Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum
The RPSGB had a museum collection since 1842, which continues to be managed by the RPS today. The museum collected authentic and adulterated samples of crude drugs to demonstrate to students the difference between the two. The collection was used by students as well as researchers, importers, practitioners and manufacturers. The exhibits cover all aspects of British pharmacy history, and include:
- Traditional dispensing equipment.
- Drug storage containers.
- Fine "Lambeth delftware" dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Proprietary (brand name) medicines dating from the 18th century to the present day.
- Bronze mortars.
- Medical caricatures.
- A photo archive.
The RPS has always had a close relationship with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. In 1983 they donated over 10,000 historic specimens of materia medica, including crude drugs, herbarium sheets and slides to Kew. This material is now housed in the Economic Botany Collection (EBC) at Kew.
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