"Who Invented It?" at the Pharmacy Museum Cottbus: Experience the History of Science
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Who Invented It? A Fascinating Look into the Pharmacy Laboratory
The special exhibition "Who Invented It? Maybe a Pharmacist!" at the Brandenburg Pharmacy Museum Cottbus tells the history of science from a surprising perspective. The focus is on scientific and technical developments that have emerged from the environment of pharmacies. The historical museum transforms the observation of work into a vivid art experience between pharmacy, everyday culture, and inventive spirit.
Pharmacies as Workshops of Knowledge
For over three centuries, pharmacies did not only produce medicines. Pharmacists observed, experimented, and developed new methods, materials, and products. The exhibition showcases examples such as beet sugar, soda water, the isolation of morphine, early gas lighting systems, UHU glue, and Chlorodont toothpaste. This creates an art-historically and culturally grounded narrative about curiosity, research, and technical progress.
Historical Rooms, Materials, and Exhibition Atmosphere
The Brandenburg Pharmacy Museum is located in the former Löwen Pharmacy at Cottbus Altmarkt. The dispensary, herb chamber, poison chamber, and galenic laboratory preserve the spatial effect of a 19th-century pharmacy. Wood, glass, metal, ceramics, herbs, and historical laboratory equipment create a sensual aesthetic experience. The exhibition makes science not abstract, but directly experienceable through objects, surfaces, recipes, and work processes.
History of Science as Cultural Education
The presentation connects the history of pharmacy, the history of technology, and everyday culture. Visitors discover familiar products from a new perspective and learn how closely practical experience, material knowledge, and scientific observation are interconnected. A detailed guided tour of the special exhibition is available by phone registration. During the regular museum tour, the exhibition is presented in a shorter form. An audio guide in English and Polish complements the educational offering; visitors should bring their own headphones.
Visit and Practical Information
The exhibition is accessible during the regular opening hours of the museum. Regular tours take place from Tuesday to Friday at 11:00 and 14:00, as well as on weekends and public holidays at 14:00 and 15:00. Individual arrangements are possible for groups and special appointments. The historical building is not wheelchair accessible to the exhibition rooms; wheelchairs, walkers, and strollers cannot be used there. Parking is available at Oberkirchplatz and in the parking garage Neustädter Platz 10. From the train station, tram line 1 leads to the Stadthalle stop, and the museum is reachable within a few minutes on foot.
Conclusion: Inventive Power between Herbs and Laboratory Equipment
The special exhibition offers an educational and atmospheric perspective on the history of progress. Art enthusiasts, families, school classes, and culturally curious guests experience how innovations for science and everyday life emerged from the pharmacist's spirit of inquiry. Anyone looking to connect pharmacy, historical spaces, and cultural education should definitely visit this exhibition live at the Brandenburg Pharmacy Museum Cottbus.
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