Museo Farmacia Taquechel
Restored nineteenth-century apothecary with cedar shelving lined in hand-painted French porcelain jars.
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This guide to Museo Farmacia Taquechel in Havana traces the rivalry between three of the city's leading apothecaries at the end of the nineteenth century, and how pharmacist Francisco Taquechel built his own shop into one of Havana's finest after taking over a townhouse on Calle Obispo in 1898. You'll hear about the hand-ground powders, brass scales, and a French porcelain water filter once prized as a marvel of engineering, plus the cedar shelving still lined with jars imported from France. Look up at those shelves as you listen, still holding the same jars a working pharmacist once reached for.
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