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New Orleans Pharmacy Museum

514 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130 (French Quarter)
504-565-8027
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Ranked #30 of 151 attractions in New Orleans
Type: Specialty Museums
Owner description: Located at the site of the first licensed apothecary shop, the Pharmacy Museum includes cures for anything that ails you including voodoo potions and... more » Owner description: Located at the site of the first licensed apothecary shop, the Pharmacy Museum includes cures for anything that ails you including voodoo potions and other weird medicines. « less
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 17, 2013 NEW

For $5 this is an absolute steal. You could spend the better part of a day in here taking in all the history and viewing the myriad pharmaceutical artifacts in this two story museum. You'll find archaic surgical instruments, alcohols, voodoo potions, herbal palliatives, chloroform and other early anaesthetics, etc. etc. What's really eerie is reading early physicians' journals, as... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 17, 2013 NEW via mobile

If you don't find the topic interesting you maybe satisfied with looking in the windows but you will miss a lot. Cool building, beautiful display cases and furniture. Courtyard in back is authentic & relaxing. The tour we had was only the main floor but the guide was knowledgeable and articulate. We explored the second floor on our own. Plan... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 9, 2013

We were both pleasantly surprised to have enjoyed this small pharmacy museum as much as we did. The tour was conducted by a very pleasant young man, sorry, never got his name, he presented the tour with enthusiasm and wit, a great combination! We had quite a large group on our tour, about 25/30 but he managed to hold everyones... More

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2 of 5 stars Reviewed May 4, 2013

This is an old drug store, cleverly converted to a museum. However, it was a small store, and even though all the items are antique and displayed as they would have been back in the day, you get as much from looking in the window as you do from browsing inside. Unless you are really a pharmacy buff, I'd give... More

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See 10 more reviews by Randy B for New Orleans
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 3, 2013 via mobile

Went and took a tour of the first pharmacy in the U.S. We were fortunate to have a tour guide when we went. I think it actually made the tour much more interesting learning about treatments and medications for ailments from several decades ago.

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 21, 2013

Couldn't believe how much information and antiques were in this tiny little museum. Especially like the leeches container, and the really old glass eyes (kinda freakie); we really enjoyed the museum and artifacts, staff was friendly and knowledgable.

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 13, 2013

Easy to find on Royal Street, our tour, (starting at noon - which i believe is the only time for a guided tour, (Make sure you definitely do the tour - well, worth it) and lasted about an hour. Our guide had good knowledge about the articles in the pharmacy and medicine in the last two centuries including live leeches!... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 7, 2013

Great museum and tour! Would highly recommend to all. Some really neat pieces of history in this museum with great background!

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 4, 2013

This sounded interesting but is only open a few hours a day. We LOVED this museum and happened to get there in time to hear the talk given that walks you through much of the ground floor exhibit, leaving us time to go back and look at everything more closely and then upstairs where the exhibit continued and to the... More

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See 8 more reviews by baklava24 for New Orleans
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed March 29, 2013 via mobile

This is a really interesting place. Anyone in the medical field, veterinary or pharmacy will find this interesting. I spent hours in there reading everything and taking in the 2 floors of info. It goes from anesthesia to eye glasses. There is a $5 self guided tour. We always think that we have come so far with medicine but really... More

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