The oldest pharmacy in the city, it has been operating since the end of the 17th century and up to the present. It is located in the center next to the Church. We have already been here in 2022. The first hall is actually a pharmacy. Behind it is a second smaller hall, which is a museum. The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free. During the previous visit, we paid for the photography – one Belarusian ruble per camera, this time the photography was free. You can take a guided tour of the museum with tea tasting. The price depends on the number of tourists. Minimum of 25 rubles if the group consists of 1- 5 people. I liked the coctory the most, a herbal laboratory that looked like an alchemist's workshop, where medicines were prepared. All explanatory signs are in Belarusian. But you understand them easily. This time we were without children and were able not only to inspect "large objects": antique scales, lamps, inkwells, exotic scarecrows, but also to take a closer look at "small" ones, such as stands with old medicines and other "non-standard" products that were sold in pharmacies more than 100 years ago. It was very interesting to read the old inscriptions. The inscription in German on the Delicia green box was especially funny. It translates as "a radical means to destroy Swabians and Russians." As you know, Prussians are called red-haired "German cockroaches. By analogy, it was assumed that this is a means of fighting cockroaches. We were on Saturday at 5 p.m., there weren't many visitors at first, but groups of schoolchildren came periodically. At the pharmacy you can buy souvenir teas in a beautiful gift box- "Garadzenskaya garbata" in various combinations. Delicious!

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This pharmacy can easily be called an atmospheric place.The pharmacy is a museum under a vaulted ceiling, with interesting exhibitions about the treatment and medicine of several centuries, starting from the Franciscan monks.It's interesting to be there.Herbs , natural ointments , cosmetics .Even if you are not sick, you want to buy phyto-seagulls for cheerfulness, and maybe for a good night's sleep).

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