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The Throop Museum, Albany, NY

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The Throop Museum

A reconstructed 19th-century pharmacy museum on the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences campus.

106 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 · Albany, NY

About The Throop Museum

The Throop Museum occupies the first floor of the O'Brien Building at the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. It recreates a rural pharmacy from the 1800s and early 1900s, with original shelves, drawers, counters, and compounding tools. Its apothecary bottles and jars are arranged by era. A companion Manufacturing Museum imitates a mid-19th-century laboratory and shows equipment and bottles from major drug companies. Visits are arranged by request, and the museum has been featured in a Travel Channel program and a regional newspaper article.

  • #pharmacy history
  • #apothecary
  • #19th century
  • #college museum
  • #Albany

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