Experts' Choice Award New Orleans Pharmacy Museum
What the experts agree on
Historic 1816 apothecary where America's first licensed pharmacist worked, now a quirky museum filled with fascinating 19th-century medical curiosities, leeches, and voodoo lore in a beautifully preserved French Quarter building.
Fodor's "To tour this musty shop is to step back into 19th-century medicine: even the window display, with its enormous leech jar and other antiquated paraphernalia, is fascinating." Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"This beautifully preserved shop was established in 1816 by Louis J Dufilho at a time when the pharmaceutical arts were, shall we say, in their infancy." Full review
Afar Magazine "America's first licensed pharmacist, this museum brims with old healthcare gems including the unconventional New Orleans voodoo past and the real love potion number nine." Full review
Where "This former apothecary housed the nation’s first licensed pharmacist." Full review
Atlas Obscura "The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building. " Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "Once home to America’s first licensed pharmacist, today this historic space lives on as the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum." Full review
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Don't miss the potions on the first floor and the living quarters of the second floor.
U.S. News & World Report16.0
"Located in the the historic and buzzing French Quarter neighborhood of New Orleans, the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum showcases the unique heritage of medicine and pharmaceuticals." Full review
Frommer's "Founded in 1950, the New Orleans Historical Pharmacy Museum is just what the name implies." Full review
National Geographic "See the whacky world of 19th-century medicine come to life, from doctors using leeches to treat high blood pressure to mercury for pretty much everything else. In addition to handmade..."
