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Pharmacy Museum and Qwensel House

Lantinen Rantakatu 14, Turku 20100, Finland
022620280
Ranked #3 of 18 attractions in Turku
4.5 of 5 stars 16 Reviews
Type: Museums
Owner description: The Qwensel House is the oldest bourgeois housing from the autarchic times in Turku. The house was built approximately in the year 1700 to an area...... more » Owner description: The Qwensel House is the oldest bourgeois housing from the autarchic times in Turku. The house was built approximately in the year 1700 to an area that was reserved for the nobility. « less
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Turku, Finland
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11 reviews 11 reviews
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed March 29, 2012

If you want historical place of Turku and see old houses and shops. there is very nice atmosphere More

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Tampere, Finland
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26 reviews 26 reviews
Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed March 4, 2012

It's small so if you hate museums you know that you will be out quickly. You don't have to be interested in pharmacies..this place gives you a good idea how upper middle class people were living in the 18th century. More

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Turku, Finland
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7 reviews 7 reviews
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed March 1, 2012

The entrence fee is really cheap and you can see how they were doing medicine here in Turku several hundreds of years ago. The interior of the building is old too with several bedrooms to see including old furniture and artifacts. There's an old pharmacy lab in the back with tons of different artifacts. Theres a room were they were... More

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Turku
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22 reviews 22 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed February 21, 2012

In the very heart of Turku by the Aura River you find this centuries old house, home of the Pharmacy Museum. The house itself is one of the few OLD houses saved from many destructing fires, which have destroyed ancient Turku many times. Come here and enjoy the calm atmosphere. Especially in the Summer time it is wonderful to sit... More

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Turku, Finland
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13 reviews 13 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed February 13, 2012

Nice but small museum that gives a good picture of life in Turku centuries ago. More

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Finland
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57 reviews 57 reviews
Reviews in 14 cities Reviews in 14 cities
43 helpful votes 43 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 9, 2012

This is a nice little museum in a very old building in almost center of the city. The place if full of period pieces of furniture and facinating pharmacy equipment and history shown in interesting way. More

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Finland
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57 reviews 57 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 9, 2012

This is a nice little museum in a very old building in almost center of the city. The place if full of period pieces of furniture and facinating pharmacy equipment and history shown in interesting way. More

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Pori, Finland
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13 reviews 13 reviews
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5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed February 1, 2012

The pharmacy museum is housed n the oldest house in Turku. The visit wont take you very long but it is interesting to see how things were done in the old times. More

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Turku, Finland
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23 reviews 23 reviews
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14 helpful votes 14 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed January 10, 2012

In the heart of Turku, just a hundred meters from the market-square, you find a peaceful oasis. First you can study, how they made drugs two hundred years ago and after that you can have a nice cup of coffee at Qwnsel House´s garden. All the traffic is just fifty meters away, but you are in peaceful oasis. PS. In... More

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Frankfurt, Germany
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67 reviews 67 reviews
Reviews in 33 cities Reviews in 33 cities
16 helpful votes 16 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed December 2, 2011

Conveys a feel similar to the one when visiting the Jim Thompson House in Bangkok. Most impressive the pharmacy just when entering. A further wing well illustrates the modest lifestyle of the past by the exhibit of a finnish bourgeois household. More

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