The Cardadeu Tomàs Balvey Museum-Archive (), in

Cardedeu Cardedeu () is a small town in the comarca of Vallès Oriental in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. It is near Granollers, the capital of Vallès Oriental, and it is placed between Serralada Litoral and Montse ...

Vallès Oriental Vallès Oriental () is a comarca (county) in the Barcelona region in Catalonia (Spain). Its capital is Granollers. Along with Vallès Occidental it forms the historical Vallès region. In May 2015, Vallès Oriental lost four municipalities - C ...

, is organised around the legacy of Tomàs Balvey i Bas (1865–1954), the last of a line of

apothecaries ''Apothecary'' () is an archaic English term for a medical professional who formulates and dispenses '' materia medica'' (medicine) to physicians, surgeons and patients. The modern terms ''pharmacist'' and, in British English, ''chemist'' have ...

in Cardedeu. The theme of the museum is based on the pharmacy and its pharmacist, focusing on the world of illness, remedies and health. The Museum-Archive is part of the

Barcelona Provincial Council Local Museum Network The Barcelona Provincial Council Local Museum Network (), also known as ''Catalonia’s Biggest Museum'', is a tool for support and collaboration from and for the museums of the province, which makes available to municipalities a series of services ...

and of the Catalan Pharmacy Museum Network.

Exhibition

The most iconic element of the Museum-Archive is the old Balvey pharmacy itself, with the original furniture from 1812; more than 200 Empire style pharmacy jars which still hold the original contents; and the shop instruments: Flasks, stills, mortars, etc. In addition to the exhibition, there is a

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with regional vegetation and medicinal herbs that would typically be found in a pharmacist’s garden. The museum collection also includes

ethnological Ethnology (from the , meaning 'nation') is an academic field and discipline that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationships between them (compare cultural anthropology, cultural, social anthropology, so ...

archaeological Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

and decorative materials, as well as a collection of 10th–14th century parchments and documents related to the history of

References

External links

Official site

Xarxa de Museus de Farmàcia de Catalunya site
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