Aptekarstwo bydgoskie

A permanent exhibition at Bydgoszcz's Apteka pod Łabędziem, dedicated to the history of the city's pharmaceutical industry.

The exhibition is divided into four parts. In the first room, visitors can learn about the history of pharmacy in Bydgoszcz. The showcases contain objects such as dishes, bottles, mortars, drug packaging, labels and photographs. This part also shows the history of the pharmaceutical industry in Bydgoszcz—the Halina and Hadroga factories. The third part of the exhibition is a prescription room dating from the late 1960s and early 1970s. It contains the original prescription lodges with their furnishings, which include prescription vessels and pharmacy scales and other instruments.

The centrepiece of the exhibition is an authentic galenic laboratory, once used to produce medicines from plant and animal products as well as minerals. It features a steam-powered production line and original furniture. A Fritz Kilian tablet production machine from the early 20th century is also exhibited there. The second room of the exhibition is the former dispatch room. It contains furniture from the turn of the 20th century, including a National cash register and an antique scale. On the shelves, there are pill bottles, decanters and pharmacy tins, as well as drug packaging from the early 20th century - the so-called "peculiars".

associate curator: Gabriela Frischke
exhibition design: Marta Simon
graphic design: Ewa Widacka-Matoszko
photo reproductions: Wojciech Woźniak
education: Dominika Raduńska-Pacholska