Museu Cusí de Farmàcia

About the museum

The museum has its origin in Joaquim Cusí, who moved his pharmaceutical company to El Masnou and in 1921 acquired the pharmacy of the Benedictine monastery of Santa María la Real in Nájera, La Rioja. This Baroque pharmacy, built in the second half of the 18th century, has a rectangular plan and a nine-section hemicycle at one end, and it was reinstalled in El Masnou as a museum of pharmacy and medicine.

Since 1997 the museum has been ceded to the Reial Acadèmia de Farmàcia de Catalunya. It is located inside the laboratory complex, next to the N-II road between Montgat and El Masnou.

Besides the pharmacy, the holdings include a library of more than nine thousand volumes, with books from before the 20th century on medicine and pharmacy, mainly pharmacopoeias and recipe books, and an extensive group on ophthalmology. It also houses ceramics, pharmaceutical glass, mortars, ex libris, prints, paintings, medical and pharmaceutical instruments and philately.

Highlights

• Baroque pharmacy of the Santa María la Real monastery in Nájera
• Library of more than 9,000 volumes on medicine and pharmacy
• Extensive holdings on ophthalmology
• Ceramics, pharmaceutical glass and mortars

Permanent exhibition

• Botica del monasterio de Nájera – Baroque pharmacy of the 18th century from the Benedictine monastery of Nájera, together with ceramics, glass, mortars and pharmaceutical and medical instruments.

Founded

1921

Operated by

Reial Acadèmia de Farmàcia de Catalunya

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: not available
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The 2025 visit programme warned that the visit is not suitable for wheelchair users or for people with reduced mobility who cannot climb or descend stairs or walk on uneven ground.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

Access is through the laboratory car park (ask the attendant), both from the N-II road and from Avenue of Teodoro Torres.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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