Chareonkrung Road’s new museum charts the history of Western medicine in Thailand from the 17th-century Ayutthaya period onwards.

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The name ‘Berlin Pharmaceutical’ doesn’t exactly have any direct connection with the city of Berlin in Germany as the designation originated in commemoration of a German professor who taught lessons in western medicine to the company’s founder, Doctor Chai Chainuvati M.D. when he was a student at Tongii Medical School in Shanghai. Nevertheless, the story behind the foundation of the clinic and modern pharmaceutical factory in the middle of a Chinese neighborhood during the transitioning time of Thailand’s political landscape in 1932 sounds anything but ordinary. Its exhibits take the form of an antique examining room, drug compounding room and “memory room” showcasing Bangkok’s WWII medical history.

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Location:      Berlin Pharmaceutical Museum, Sua Pa Intersection, Charoenkrung Rd.

Open hours: Wed - Mon 9am - 5pm (Closed on Tuesday)

Ticket Cost:  40 THB/person

Contact:       Tel. 02-225-4700

     FB - Berlin Pharmaceutical Museum Bangkok

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