Bona Ventura

Santa Catarina · Lisbon

Pharmacy Museum

Museu da Farmácia

Museum

Run by the pharmacists' association in the street above the Adamastor viewpoint, it tells 5,000 years of medicine through odd objects: an Egyptian sarcophagus, a plague doctor's suit and a horse-drawn travelling pharmacy that belonged to the Russian tsars.

Address
Rua Marechal Saldanha 1, 1249-069 Lisboa
Hours
Mon-Sat 10:00-13:00, 14:00-18:00; closed Sun (official site; last entry 12:30 and 17:30)
Best time to go
Morning, Afternoon · About 1.5 h
Price
EUR 8 adult; EUR 5 students and over-65 (museudafarmacia.pt, 2026)
Price level
€€

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Good to know

  • Children love it: Time Out singles out the Jesuit Pedra de Goa remedy made with horn shavings.
  • Pair it with sunset at the Miradouro de Santa Catarina, 100 m away.

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