New Orleans Pharmacy Museum

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New Orleans Pharmacy Museum

New Orleans, LA 70130
(504)565-8027
fax (504)565-8028

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an historic building within the Vieux Carre Historic District, the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum showcases its extensive collection and provides interpretive educational programs to present and preserve the rich history of pharmacy and healthcare in Louisiana; past and present.

The Museum also highlights the role of Louis Joseph Dufilho, Jr. whose work symbolizes the beginning of a system of certifying the professional competence of pharmacists, and recognizing the vital significance of that competence for the public health.

"Almost every cobbled street in the Big Easy houses some eclectic museum or another, and the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum is one of the best." - Rand McNally, Best of the Road

"worth visiting..." - National Geographic
"All in all, for history and entertainment, "it is the best buy-for-the-buck in town." - Travelocity, Local Secrets

ocated in the
historic French Quarter
between St. Louis
and Toulouse Streets