Visiting the Black Eagle Pharmacy Museum

We have visited the “Black Eagle” Pharmacy Museum in Székesfehérvár (Hungary) and have been delighted. The Fekete Sas Patikamúzeum, part of the Szent István Király Múzeum, has revealed analogies for some items in our collection, but we have also discovered novel objects such as: medicine jars made of metal inside glass covers, a miniature model of a historical pharmacy, a “doll-house” apothecary shop, as well as typical Jesuit containers with the order’s symbol (IHS). We thank Mrs. Anna Krizsány for the wonderful reception and guided tour and for her catching enthusiasm for specific museum-related activities. We have ground pepper in a mortar, have sniffed a variety of pharmaceutical ingredients, from the most beautifully scented to the most daunting, we have stamped dispensing envelopes, have lifted the heaviest pestle and have counted the number of seconds the mortar resounded when the pestle fell. Visiting this museum is strongly recommended!