Latvian Museum of Pharmacy, Riga

Name: Latvian Museum of Pharmacy
Address: Riharda Vagnera 13-15, Riga, Latvia

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The Latvian Museum of Pharmacy is a medical museum in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 1987 in association with the Pauls Stradins Museum for History of Medicine and is located on Richard Wagner street in an18th century building which itself is an architectural monument. The museum is dedicated to understanding the development of pharmacy and pharmacies in Latvia and contains documents and books from the 17th- 19th century, pharmacist tools and devices for preparing drugs, and drugs which were manufactured in Latvia in the 1920s and 1930s ()

Local name: Farmācijas muzejs Established: 1970 (54 years ago)Coordinates: 56°56'55"N, 24°6'42"E

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Riharda Vagnera 13-15Centra (Vecpilsēta)Riga Latvia

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Latvian Museum of Pharmacy – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St. Peter's Church, Galerija Centrs, Riga Cathedral, Cat House.

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Which popular attractions are close to Latvian Museum of Pharmacy?

Nearby attractions include Riga Porcelain Museum, Riga (2 min walk), Martas Krastas Galerija, Riga (2 min walk), St. John's Church, Riga (3 min walk), Russian Theatre, Riga (3 min walk).

How to get to Latvian Museum of Pharmacy by public transport?

The nearest stations to Latvian Museum of Pharmacy:

Tram

National Opera • Lines: 11, 5, 7 (3 min walk)
Aspazijas bulvāris • Lines: 1, 11 (4 min walk)

Bus

Inženieru iela • Lines: 1, 11, 13, 14, 16, 2, 24, 30, 300, 316, 324, 371, 57 (6 min walk)
13. janvāra iela • Lines: 10, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 3, 32, 322, 338, 344, 346, 363, 370, 371, 38, 39, 4, 43, 54, 55, 7, 8 (6 min walk)

Trolleybus

Latvijas Universitāte • Lines: 15 (6 min walk)
13. janvāra iela • Lines: 27 (6 min walk)

Train

Rīga-Pasažieru (12 min walk)
Torņakalns (36 min walk)