Valerijonas Pharmacy | Siauliai, Lithuania

Vaistinė Valerijonas

Pharmacy VALERIJONAS (UAB vaistinė „Valerijonas“), the history of which started in 1870 in Siauliai, Lithuania, treasures its history and traditional pharmacy. Traditionally, its pharmacists not only consult and sell medicines, dietary supplements and cosmetics, but also produce medicines according to doctor prescriptions. In 2019, UAB vaistinė „Valerijonas“ opened a small pharmacy museum and a tea house at the premises of the pharmacy, which are open to the public. The museum preserves over two hundred pharmacy objects, most of which are connected to local pharmacy history of the period of 1920-1940. Guided tours and workshops take place in the museum and a tea house, the number of visitors exceeded 3000 in the last two years. Workshops connected to a traditional pharmacy are being held there, such as The Worth of Herbs, Lip Balm Workshop and Facial Cream Workshop. UAB vaistinė „Valerijonas“ preserves and promotes heritage related to history of pharmacy. Its guided tours and workshops align with and contribute to the themes of the European Route of Historic Pharmacies.