Pharmacie de la Misericorde

The museum is divided into two separate rooms, one holding equipment and utensils typical of an 18th-century pharmacy, and the other displaying objects common to a 19th-century pharmacy. Many visitors combine a trip to the Pharmacie de la Miséricorde with a visit to the adjacent 19th-century Chapelle de la Miséricorde, where a charitable order of nuns would often distribute medicines from the pharmacy to the city’s sick. Period paintings hang on the chapel’s walls.

A single entrance ticket grants visitors access not only to the Pharmacie de la Miséricorde and the Chapelle de la Miséricorde, but also to the Museum of Old Montpellier (Musée du Vieux Montpellier). Some sightseeing passes of Montpellier include access to the Pharmacie de la Misericorde.

• The Pharmacie de la Miséricorde is a must for anyone with an interest in medical history.

• Tickets, which grant access to the pharmacy, chapel, and the Museum of Old Montpellier are valid for a week.

• Guides are sometimes on hand to offer additional information and explanations about the site.

Pharmacie de la Miséricorde is situated in the historic center of Montpellier, about a 10-minute walk from the city’s Arc de Triomphe (Porte du Peyrou), and about five minutes from Place des Martyrs de la Résistance. If coming from outside of the historic center, take the tram (lines 1 or 2) to Comédie station, and make the five-minute walk from there.

Pharmacie de la Miséricorde is open every day except Monday. The museum is usually quiet and free of crowds.

Ticket-holders for the pharmacy museum are also entitled to free access to the Museum of Old Montpellier. Housed inside a historic mansion, the museum’s collections including religious icons, carvings, antique furniture, paintings, weapons, and other decorative as well as functional objects.