"Dr Rosa D'Alessio de Carnevale Bonino" Museum of Pharmaceutics

School of Pharmaceutics and Biochemistry of the University of Buenos Aires Junín 956 - 1st Floor
Tel. 964-8235
Open Mondays and Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. ;
Tuesdays from 3p.m. to 8p.m. ; Thursdays from 3p.m. to 5p.m., and fridays from 5:30p.m. to 8p.m.
Holidays: January and February

This museum was founded by Dr. Rosa D'Alessio de Carnevale Bonino in 1970. It arose from the need to preserve pharmaceutical wealth, and its creation was also fostered by the work carried out by Dr. Ricardo López.
The first step was to gather caramel-coloured jars (mementoes of old chemist shops), some of which had been brought over from Germany, from the Course of Pharmaceutical Techniques. This collection of jars was enlarged by the addition of stoves, scales, mortars, retorts and more jars. In December 1982, it was set up in its current location, across the corridor from the Museum of Botany. Additional elements were successively incorporated, such as pots and jars with wide and narrow necks, for powders and liquids respectively; special flasks with pouring spouts for syrups and extracts; copper stills (distilled water was produced in the old School of Medicine on Córdoba St., now School of Economics); a machine from the "Sydney-Ross" pharmaceutical company that manufactures the famous "Ross pills"; the Carlo Herba castor oil manufacturing machine; a copper device to make cold syrup; a scarifier to administer vaccines, etc.
Also of interest are the diplomas belonging to Gustavo Frers (1845) and Alejo Ángel Moine (1839), dating back to the times of Rosas.