Who Invented It? at the Pharmacy Museum Cottbus: Experience the History of Science
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When pharmacies become workshops of knowledge
The special exhibition "Who Invented It? Maybe a Pharmacist!" at the Brandenburg Pharmacy Museum Cottbus opens a surprising view of the history of scientific and technical innovations. The focus is on discoveries from three centuries that have emerged from pharmacies and their laboratories.
Research spirit between pharmacy and everyday life
For centuries, pharmacies were much more than places for drug production. They served as laboratories, repositories of knowledge, and fields of experimentation. The exhibition shows how careful observation, craftsmanship, and scientific curiosity led to the development of new processes and products.
Presented examples include the production of beet sugar, the development of soda water, the isolation of morphine, early gas lighting systems, and well-known everyday products like UHU glue and Chlorodont toothpaste. The examination of work connects the history of pharmacy, the history of technology, and everyday culture into a vivid narrative about the path from observation to invention.
Historical spaces and sensory materials
The Brandenburg Pharmacy Museum is located in the former Löwen Pharmacy at Cottbus Altmarkt. Historic pharmacy, herb chamber, poison chamber, and galenic laboratory shape the exhibition atmosphere. Wood, glass, ceramics, metal, herbs, and historical laboratory equipment make the history of pharmacy an immediate aesthetic experience.
The exhibition is not a classical presentation of painting or sculpture but a cultural-historical installation of objects, spaces, and narratives. This connection gives the art experience its special quality: science does not appear abstract but materializes in containers, tools, formulations, and traces of practical research.
Cultural education with proximity to the object
A detailed guided tour of the special exhibition is possible with prior telephone registration. During the regular museum tour, the exhibition is presented in a shorter form. 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. For groups and special appointments, individual arrangements can be made.
An audio guide in German, English, and Polish complements the educational offerings. Personal headphones should be brought along. The museum is not accessible for people with disabilities due to its historic building structure; the exhibition rooms cannot be entered with a wheelchair, walker, or stroller.
Conclusion: Experience the history of science live
This special exhibition makes visible how closely pharmacy, chemistry, the history of technology, and everyday culture are interconnected. Those interested in historical spaces, scientific discoveries, and cultural education will experience a concentrated and inspiring examination of work in Cottbus. The special impact of objects, materials, and details of the space unfolds strongest on-site — a visit to the Brandenburg Pharmacy Museum enriches the aesthetic experience as well as the understanding of the history of progress.
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