Visit the Historic Rothschild Apothecary Shop

Step back through time as you enter the Rothschild Apothecary Shop at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (MOST), an authentic recreation of a circa 1900 pharmacy! Donated by Alan Rothschild in honor of the Rothschild Apothecary Shop that proudly served downtown Syracuse, the shop exhibit is a window into life, health, and medicine in the early 20th century. Displays contain hundreds of authentic, vintage medications and treatments for a wide variety of ailments—some we still use today and some that will surprise you! Discover the origins of our modern-day sodas, find out what medicine you may have been prescribed for a toothache, and practice hands-on techniques used in the shop more than a hundred years ago! Visitors can grind cinnamon bark using a mortar and pestle and create a tablet out of cinnamon using a vintage tablet compressor.