Pharmazie-Historiches Museum

The first museum we visited today was the Pharmazie-Historiches Museum. The “Pharmacy museum” contains collections of old pharmaceuticals, pharmacy furniture, laboratory utensils, ceramics, instruments, books, art- and craftwork. The museum is situated in the old house “Zum Vorderen Sessel”, where the famous humanist Erasmus and the alchemist Paracelsus once dwelled. The only downside was our…

Yellow

Today is our second day in Basel. My sisters and I have wandered about town taking in some sights – specifically – Pharmazie-Historisches Museum and Anatomisches Museum. On the way to both places I was snapping pictures in a rather random fashion and my sister told me that in her last photography class the challenge…

Guten Tag

Guten Tag This week I am in Basel, Switzerland! One of the smallest countries in Europe. One quarter of the country is covered by the Alps. It is a landlocked country surrounded by France to the west, Germany to the north, Liechtenstein and Austria to the east and Italy to the south. Anyway – enough…