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Have your field trip in Turku!
Welcome to the 18th century and to the oldest wooden house in Turku. On our guided tour you will learn how the gentry lived almost 300 years ago. Who was Pipping, the master of the house?
The museum also houses a 19th century pharmacy. You will learn what pharmacies and medicines were like 150 years ago. What were leeches used for?
Bloodletting and noble life
What is stinking gum? Who needed arsenic? Who had to pay luxury tax? The Qwensel House is much more than a Pharmacy Museum. There is a part of the museum that is over 300 years old and houses an 18th century gentry’s apartment, once occupied by the famous professor of medicine Josef Pipping.
On our guided tour you will find out about 19th century pharmacy business and learn how the gentry lived in the late 18th century.
The tour can be tailored according to the customer’s wishes.
The Association of Pharmacists has high hopes
The Turku Association of Pharmacists was established in 1936, and it soon began to systematically collect pharmacy paraphernalia. A complete pharmacy interior from the 1850s was found and purchased in Oulu. The collection became so vast that in 1938 the association decided to establish a pharmacy museum in Turku. There was no location for the museum, however.
Ticket sales end at the museum 20 minutes before closing time.
Admission fees
- Adults 7 €
- Children 7–15 yrs. 2,50 €
- Children under 7 yrs. have free admission.
- Families 16 €
- Concessions 3,50 €
- Groups -25 %
- Groups, schools and students à 2,50 €
We accept cash payments. Card payments are preferable due to health and security reasons in the aftermath of the covid-19 pandemic.
The competition is held by the Finnish Museum Association and the Finnish committee of the