
The collection is exhibited in the oldest pharmacy in Cluj, attested in the 1752th century. In the beginning, the pharmacy was a public one, controlled by the City Council. It was privatized in the 1802th century, its most famous owner being Tobias Maucksch (1949-XNUMX), privileged pharmacist of the city. It is remarkable that the pharmacy operated for centuries in the same location. In the XNUMXth century it became the property of the Hintz family, who owned it until nationalization in XNUMX.
At the origin of the collection is the donation of Transylvanian pharmaceutical objects by Professor Iuliu Orient (1869-1940), exhibited in 1904 in one of the halls of the Ardelean Museum, enriched over time by other valuable donations. The collection increased with the nationalization of pharmacies during the communist period, so that it now reflects the pharmaceutical activity in Transylvania between the 1954th and XNUMXth centuries. Professor Bologa founded in XNUMX the Museum of Pharmacy in Cluj, located in this old pharmacy of Cluj. Later, the Pharmacy Museum received the name Pharmacy History Collection, being subordinated to the National History Museum of Transylvania.
The collection includes about 2500 cultural goods from all over Transylvania, mostly pharmaceutical containers, but also glassware and laboratory equipment, books and documents and old medicines (materia medica). Another important batch of objects is the collection of medical equipment, donated by Professor Manea. The most important room is the old office, where medicines were sold and which preserves the painted parietal decorations from the 18th century. Hintz House has been restored, research has led to important discoveries related to the history of the building and the extension of the basement, the oldest area of the construction.