Apothecary Hall housed the Peter O'Mara Drug Store from 1922 to 1986. It was one of the last surviving old drug stores to operate in Newfoundland and the second home for Peter O'Mara's business, which had operated out of 484-486 Water Street as The West End Drug Store from 1899. In 1987 the Newfoundland Pharmaceutical Association bought the building and carried out a major restoration of the premises. The Association decided to replicate, as precisely as it could, the interior of a St. John's drug store as it would have appeared around 1895.
Location: Apothecary Hall, 488 Water Street, St. John's, NF A1E 1B3
Contact: Newfoundland Pharmaceutical Association
Ph: (709) 753-5877; Fax: (709) 753-8615
Email: npha@npha.nf.ca
Website: www.nlpb.ca/museum.html
Hours: 10:00am - 5:00pm, Monday to Sunday in July and August.
Access to the Museum during the off-season is arranged by appointment through the main office (side door).
Admission: Free