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Red Crayfish Pharmacy

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Red Crayfish Pharmacy
Red Crayfish Pharmacy. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Red Crayfish Pharmacy (Slovak: Lekáreň U červeného raka) is a baroque building and former pharmacy from the 16th century in the Old Town of Bratislava, Slovakia. Since 1953 it houses the Museum of Pharmacy of the Bratislava City Museum. Today, the exhibition features three of the original five rooms of the former pharmacy complete with historical furniture, pharmacy equipment and Baroque – Classicist paintings and wall decorations. The museum contains an original edition of works by Paracelsus from 1574.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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