39TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
FOR THE HISTORY OF PHARMACY VIENNA 2009
REMEDY AND SOCIETY    September 16 - 19, 2009
 
AUSTRIAN SOCIETY FOR THE  HISTORY OF PHARMACY (ÖGGP)
  AUSTRIAN SOCIETY FOR THE  HISTORY OF PHARMACY (ÖGGP)
TOURS
   

 
 
1. SCIENTIFIC EXCURSIONS
The Austrian Society for the History of Pharmacy will organize guided tours to the Viennese highlights of history of pharmacy and medicine for congress participants and accompanying persons. You are kindly requested to register for these tours at the local registration desks. As the number of persons for each tour is limited, we shall list the participants according to the date of registering for the tours.

Only tour 1 needs to be pre-booked, because it will take place before the beginning of the congress.

Tour 1: Historical pharmacies in the city

Please note that tour 1 is already fully booked!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Meeting point: University of Vienna, Main Building, Main Entrance
Duration: 14.00-16.00
Fee: € 10.00 per person
Please consider that you need to be a good walker!

We kindly ask you to book this tour when registering for the congress. The pre-booking will be based on the date of registration and the Congress Secretariat will send you a confirmation note. Due to the limited number of participants only persons who can show a confirmation of their pre-booking can take part in the tour in Vienna. The tour fee will be charged directly at the registration desk.

In Vienna's first district, there are various pharmacies located in buildings of architectural interest or which show interesting historical furnishings. There are baroque-style pharmacies belonging to religious orders such as the Barmherzigen Brüder or the Ursulinen and pharmacies decorated according to Art Nouveau style, Classicism and Biedermeier. The former pharmacy of the Ursulinen order is now part of the collections of the Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art. When roaming around in Vienna's town centre your eyes will catch diverse details reminding of the town's history of pharmacy. They range from the memorial plaque of an apothecary attached to the facade of Saint Stephan's cathedral to a small shop specialised in selling antiquities of medical and pharmaceutical interest.

Tour 2: Historical collections of the Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Meeting point: in the entrance hall of the Lecture hall Centre (University Campus, Courtyard 2) after the closing of the congress
Duration: about 2 hours
Fee: € 10.00 per person

If there is any further demand, additional excursions will be offered on Sunday, September 20, 2009, and during the following week.
Meeting point: Sunday, September 20, 2009, and the following weekdays:
Department of Pharmacognosy, University Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna
Public transport:
Underground: U4, U6, stop: Spittelau, exit Verkehrsamt
Tram: Line D, stop: Liechtenwerder Platz
Time and dates will be determined in agreement with the interested parties.

The Department of Pharmacognosy houses representative collections of historical interest. The collection of pharmaceutical objects comprises many apothecary jars, instruments and pharmaceutical utensils and pharmacopoeias which mainly belonged to the former Imperial Pharmacy near the Emperors palace in Vienna. The second collection represents a comprehensive and valuable collection of medicinal drugs, whose origin dates back to the middle of the 19th century.

Tour 3: Library of the Austrian Apothecary Association and Library of the Department of History of Medicine
Thursday, September 17, 2009, and Friday, September 18, 2009
Meeting point: in the entrance hall of the Lecture hall Centre (University Campus, Courtyard 2)
Duration: 16.00-18.00
Fee: € 10.00 per person

Near the Lecture hall Centre of the University Campus there are two important libraries regarding the history of pharmacy and the history of medicine. The small but well-assorted library of the Austrian Apothecary Association is located in a newly renovated Art Nouveau-style hall. The library contains not only countless valuable documents of Austrian apothecaries and acts of the former Hapsburg monarchy but also many pharmacopoeias, taxes, monographs and pharmaceutical journals.

The library of the Department of the History of Medicine houses a huge collection of historical medical books and is counted as one of the most important libraries in Europe. It even represents the largest specialist library in the German language area. The library was established under the reign of Emperor Joseph II to be used by the military physicians of the Medical-chirurgical Academy.

Tour 4: Madhouse Tower - The Federal Pathologic-anatomical Museum Vienna
Thursday, September 17, 2009, and Friday, September 18, 2009
Meeting point: in the entrance hall of the Lecture hall Centre (University Campus, Courtyard 2)
Duration: 16.00-18.00
Fee: € 10.00 per person

The museum is open to the public (University Campus, entrance: van-Swieten-Gasse). For further details refer to www.narrenturm.at. The opening hours are: Wednesday (15.00-18.00), Thursday (8.00-11.00).

The museum is located in a tower-like building which was erected in 1784. It was one of the first psychiatric hospitals and operated until 1866. Because of its shape and use it is still called the "Madhouse tower" by the Viennese.

The museum was founded in 1796 as a museum of the Pathologic-Anatomical Institute. Today it houses the largest and oldest collection of such preparations worldwide. Most of the about 50.000 exhibits are maceration preparations (human and animal dry preparations of bones and other body parts with pathological changes), wet preparations (objects preserved in formaldehyde) and moulages (castings of pathological body parts in wax or paraffin). In addition, the collections include old and new medical devices illustrating specific diseases.

Tour 5: Museum of the History of Medicine, Medical University Vienna
Thursday, September 17, 2009 and Friday, September 18, 2009
Meeting Point: in the entrance hall of the Lecture hall Centre (University Campus, Courtyard 2)
Duration: 16.00-18.00
Fee: € 10.00 per person

The museum is open to the public (Josephinum, 1090 Vienna, Währingerstraße 25). The opening hours are Monday to Friday (09.00-15.00).

The Department of the History of Medicine houses various medico-historical collections including a unique collection of anatomical and obstetric wax models of the 18th century which was produced in Florence. When visiting the museum "Reale Museo di Fisica e Storia Naturale" ("La Specola") in Florence, emperor Joseph II was fascinated by the exhibited lifelike wax models and ordered a duplicate collection for the future Medical-chirurgical Academy, Josephinum, in Vienna, After an arduous transport over the Alps the 1192 wax models finally reached Vienna. They were thought to illustrate the medical teachings at the Josephinum but also to be shown to the public. The wax models are displayed in the original show cases made of rose wood fitted with Venetian glass.

Tour 6: Austrian National Library - State Room and Collection of Manuscripts
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Meeting point: in the entrance hall of the Lecture hall Centre (University Campus, Courtyard 2)
Duration: 16.00-18.00
Fee: € 15.00 per person

The State Room is open to the public (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, entrance Josefsplatz). For further details refer to www.onb.ac.at. The opening hours are Tuesday to Sunday 10.00-18.00, Thursday until 21.00)

The State Room designed in baroque style is one of the most beautiful historical library halls worldwide. Emperor Karl VI ordered the construction of this jewel of baroque architecture for his court library. It was built between 1723 and 1726 according to the plans of the renowned court architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. The frescos of the ceiling were drawn by the artist Daniel Gran and finished in 1730.

The collection of handwritten manuscripts is the nucleus of the library representing one of the most important collections worldwide. It includes numerous autographs and literary bequests and houses a jewel of history of pharmacy, the famous "Wiener Dioskurides".
 

  AUSTRIAN SOCIETY FOR THE  HISTORY OF PHARMACY (ÖGGP)
TOURS
   

 
 
2. SIGHT SEEING
Please, register for these tours through Austropa Interconvention by using the enclosed hotel booking form which may be downloaded from the congress website
Austropa Booking form.pdf (114KB) Austropa Booking form.pdf (114KB)

Tour 1: Walking through Old Vienna
Friday, September 18, 2009
Meeting point: 10.00 at the main entrance (University of Vienna, Main Building)
Duration: about 2 hours
Price per person including guide and entrance fee: € 20.00
Please consider that you need to be a good walker!

During your walk in the town centre you are guided to sleepy small lanes and yards and listen to stories from the past. The tour leads you further to the Imperial Palace, the winter residence of the Imperial Family. After a walk through the Volksgarten you reach Beethoven-Pasqualati House where the famous composer lived for several years. Afterwards, passing Kohlmarkt and Graben you reach St. Stephen's Cathedral.

Tour 2: Art Nouveau in Vienna
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Departure: 9.00 at the main entrance (University of Vienna, Main Building)
Duration: about 3 hours
Price per person including bus and entrance fee: € 33.00

During this tour, you will see some exceptionally beautiful Art Nouveau buildings. The most renowned representatives of Art Nouveau are the architects Josef Hoffmann and Otto Wagner, the latter ranking among Vienna's most important and noteworthy architects. Masterpieces such as residential houses along Wienzeile or the building of the Post Office Savings Bank brought a major change to the townscape of Vienna. The excursion's highlight is a guided tour through the Church of Steinhof, an architectural masterpiece of Otto Wagner being the first European church built in Modern Style.

Tour 3: City Tour Vienna
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Departure: 9.00 at the main entrance (University of Vienna, Main Building)
Duration: about 3 hours

Price per person including bus, guide and entrance fee: € 37.00
(No fee for accompanying persons.)

Starting at the University of Vienna on the Ringstraße, you pass by the Urania, the Art Nouveau building of the "Postsparkasse", the Vienna State Opera House and the impressive Baroque palace Belvedere. In the first half of the 18th century the Belvedere was built as a summer residence for Prince Eugen of Savoy according to the plans of Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. The complex is comprised of the Lower and the Upper Belvedere including a magnificent park. Onwards, the tour takes you to Schloss Schönbrunn, the summer residence of the Austrian emperor. During its visit you will be impressed by the splendour of imperial court life.

Tour 4: Romantic Danube Valley - "Wachau"
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Departure: 9.00 at the main entrance (University of Vienna, Main Building)
Duration: about 9 hours
Price per person (bus, guide, entrance fee, Heurigen): € 88.00
The visit to the "Heurigen" includes a cold buffet, wine and mineral water.

The bus takes you to the Wachau, the romantic Danube valley near Vienna. The first destination is Melk where you will visit the impressive baroque-style convent and admire the breath-taking view of the Danube River. After the visit you may have lunch in the convent's restaurant or you may stroll through the park. After the break the tour continues along the Danube River passing a scenery full of history and legends. In Dürnstein you will be guided through this romantic village where, in the Castle of the house Kuenring, King Richard Lionheart was kept in prison 800 years ago. Afterwards, you will enjoy a visit to a typical local "Heurigen" before you go back to Vienna.

Tour 5: Impressions of Burgenland
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Departure: 9.00 at the main entrance (University of Vienna, Main Building)
Duration: about 9 hours
Price per person (bus, guide, entrance fee, Heurigen): € 80.00
The visit to the "Heurigen" includes a cold buffet, wine and mineral water.

This excursion leads you to the easternmost region of Austria near the lake Neusiedl. This lake is the largest steppe lake in Europe where numerous birds breed in its wide reed belt. The first destination is the fortress of Forchtenstein, a landmark in the region, where important collections of the former Dukes of Esterhazy are kept. You will visit the impressive collection of arms and the display of precious and obscure objects collected in former times. Afterwards, you will go by bus to the lake-sided village Rust whose historic centre was recognised officially as European Cultural Heritage. You may have lunch there or enjoy the view of the lake. The next destination is the village Rohrau, the birthplace of the great composer Joseph Haydn where you may visit the small Haydn museum. The year 2009 is dedicated to the memory of his death 200 years ago. In the village nearby, Göttlesbrunn, you will enjoy the food and wine in a local "Heurigen" before the bus takes you back to Vienna.
 
  39TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
FOR THE HISTORY OF PHARMACY VIENNA 2009
  REMEDY AND SOCIETY
  September 16 - 19, 2009
TOURS   
AUSTRIAN SOCIETY FOR THE  HISTORY OF PHARMACY (ÖGGP)