Aboca Museum, Sansepolcro: Hours, Address, Aboca Museum Reviews: 4.5/5
Aboca Museum
Aboca Museum
4.5
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
About
Aboca Museum, the original and the only Herb Museum, has rediscovered the history of the millenary relationship between Man and Herbs and is passing it down to future generations. The museum explores the ancient tradition of Medicinal Herbs through historic sources such as herbariums, pharmaceutical botanical books, ancient mortars, ceramics and glassware.Tickets and opening timesTicket pricesFull: €8 Groups (minimum 5 persons): €6 Reduced (10-14 years, over 65s, students): €4 Free of charge: children under 10 years of age accompanied by parents or a guide Summer opening hours: 1 April - 30 September (every day) Morning: 10.00-13.00 / Afternoon: 15.00-19.00 Winter opening hours: 1 October - 31 March (closed Monday, 25-26 December and 1 January) Morning: 10.00-13.00 / Afternoon: 14.30-18.00
Suggested duration
< 1 hour
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Popular mentions
4.5
421 reviews
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Mauro C
Milan, Italy160 contributions
Interesting visit
Aug 2021 • Couples
Interesting experience to see how pharmacy used to work in the past. The aboca experience is nice but too much related to the comoany that produce medicines….
Written August 4, 2021
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Pam G
Italy52 contributions
amazing!
Jul 2020
it is an incredible experience. being inside the history of the alchemic process from the plants to the medicine. see all the ancient tools. i really recommend it!
Written July 6, 2020
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Leslie F
Richmond, VA8 contributions
Loved the herbs
Nov 2018 • Family
Enjoyed this little museum of herbal pharmacotherapy. I found it fascinating that many of the herbs we use today, were used hundreds of years ago. It didn't take much time, We spend a lot of time in the store, fascinated by the products, everything was in Italian, so needed help figuring things out. Love the digestive teas!
Written December 12, 2018
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Zaira G
Italy190 contributions
Educational and fun
Aug 2018 • Couples
This well-kept museum is worth visiting as it only takes about an hour. It is well-organised with various rooms ranging from ancient medical books, to the 18th century pharmacy. They have pots of herbs all clearly labelled which you can touch and smell. Everything is well-kept. They even have a room to show how plants were picked fresh then hung to dry, containers of all sorts, and even the "laboratory area" that shows how medicinal plants were mixed and brewed. You get a 10% discount in the Aboca shop after visiting the museum.
Written August 28, 2018
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Nico260
London, UK360 contributions
Delightful small museum
Aug 2018 • Family
We very much enjoyed our visit exploring the history of the medicinal use of plants. Lots of interesting old laboratory equipment and dried samples of herbs. Takes no more than an hour.
Written August 11, 2018
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forpar
Northampton, UK10 contributions
Have not been to a museum like it before
May 2018 • Couples
Most interesting museum having on display old and updated collection of herbs for both foods and medicine use
Written June 18, 2018
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John V
Bugibba, Malta27 contributions
Worth an hour or two if your time
May 2017 • Couples
Well maintained and interesting collection. Organised tours in english are enjoyable. Worth the visit once in the area, especially if one has a health care background.
Written December 5, 2017
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Jim609
79 contributions
What a neat place
Oct 2017 • Couples
OK, I have a peculiar and professional interest in herbal medicines and the treatments used by our ancestors. This museum is just amazing. It not only has numerous texts and books on display which date to the 13th Century with recipes to formulate a specific treatment but the museum has exhibits of the equipment used. Distillation columns, retorts, a small filter press, and much, much more. Thoroughly enjoyed the museum and the staff was wonderful as well. We should be reminded that most of today’s pharmaceuticals got their start from natural products.
Written October 27, 2017
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Chicagoehc
Chicago424 contributions
Totally worth in so many ways
Sep 2017 • Couples
If you care about history, medicine, pharmacy or homeopathic medicines this is very interesting. For such a small town this museum is packed with rare and interesting objects. Your senses will be alive as the smell and visual is really enticing. Exhibitions are excellent and the rare qualities of the objects are unbelievable for this small time. It was so worth the trip.
Written October 2, 2017
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Jasmine100
United Kingdom77 contributions
Medicine and herbs
Aug 2017 • Family
A little but interesting museum about the history of herbal remedies. Fascinating display of enormous mortars. Guide book available in English.
Written August 27, 2017
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Milena D
10 contributions
Qualcuno sa se i cagnolini possono entrate?
francesca m
Citta di Castello, Italy42 contributions
Si certo, di tutte le taglie!
Frequently Asked Questions about Aboca Museum
- Aboca Museum is open:
- Sun - Sun 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
- Sun - Sat 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
- Mon - Sat 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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