Museum of Poison

Museum of Poison A small museum about poison in Bergen, Norway.

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Paracelsus the physician, alchemist and philosopher born in Switzerland in 1493, is often called the father of toxicolog...
30/05/2026

Paracelsus the physician, alchemist and philosopher born in Switzerland in 1493, is often called the father of toxicology.
His famous principle,
"The dose makes the poison,"
tells us that any substance can be harmful—or beneficial—depending on how much is taken.

Salt is a good example of Paracelsus's principle. Approximately 1–2 g per kilo of bodyweight is potentially lethal. So even a substance essential for life can become a poison when the dose is high enough.
This idea remains the foundation of modern toxicology today.

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29/05/2026

One of my visitors, pointed out something funny😉
The advert for the poison says in French:

“Sauvez vos parquets, boiseries et charpentes de la destruction par les parasites”
The translation:
“Save your parquet floors, woodwork, and timber frames from destruction by parasites.”

The insect shown is a wood-boring beetle and look at the museum wall the advert is hanging on!😅

27/05/2026

Incredible claims from cigarette and to***co adverts of the past🌬
What's your favourite?🤔

25/05/2026

This is the iconic Remick edition of sheet music with the devilish cover art of "Car-Barlick-Acid Rag" (a two-step cakewalk) that was composed in 1901 by Clarence C. Wiley, a young pharmacist from Oskaloosa, Iowa.

He self-published it locally around 1903, then sold the rights to Giles Brothers (1904) and later to major publisher Jerome H. Remick & Co. (1907), which gave it national popularity.

It was Wiley’s only published piece — a playful, spooky rag inspired by carbolic acid -a common but dangerous disinfectant☠️

If you want to hear it🤗
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N-oIDXhpF1Q&t=35s

25/05/2026

This emerald green ribbed beauty is a classic Scrubb’s bottle. It is embossed with “SCRUBB’S” and was a must-have household staple in the early 1900s. Used for cleaning, laundry, and even as a luxurious bath additive -“Try it in your bath!”😳

Paired here with its stunning original advertising poster from *The Illustrated London News* (April 1913) featuring a glamorous Edwardian lady promoting “The Key to Cleanliness!”🌟

Who else bathes in ammonia?🤔💀

24/05/2026

This tiny green bottle once contained Fumeline, an antiseptic fluid used with the Fumeline Lamp around the late 19th and early 20th century.

The liquid was poured into the small metal lamp and gently heated by a night-light candle, releasing antiseptic vapours into sickrooms and homes. This was when infectious diseases were a constant threat, products like Fumeline were marketed as a modern way to "purify" the air😳

Interestingly the adverts actually stated that the bottle was labelled "POISON", warning users to keep it away from children and vulnerable persons☠️

Would you have used poisonous vapours to disinfect your home?🤔

This black-and-white photograph documents a personal encounter with one of Texas’s most medically significant arachnids:...
22/05/2026

This black-and-white photograph documents a personal encounter with one of Texas’s most medically significant arachnids: the brown recluse spider 🕷

May 30, 1985, Clara Watkins of 8738 Gardenridge in the New Braunfels area of Texas was bitten on the finger. Like many recluse bites, the incident was not immediately recognized. The venom, which can cause localized tissue necrosis (skin and muscle death), led to significant medical concern and recovery time. Watkins was 68 years old at the time.

Despite all the hype centered around how dangerous these spiders can be, actual brown recluse bites are very uncommon. These spiders prefer to hide in quiet, undisturbed places (that’s how they get their name) and generally only bite when they feel extremely threatened or trapped against the skin.

Over 90% of brown recluse bites result in no reaction or minimal symptoms. Only a fraction of that rare number of those bitten have an adverse reaction or experience complications as a result.

Clara was one of the 10%, but she survived! ☠️🇺🇲

This collection of respiratory antiseptic products was produced by Wright, Layman & Umney Ltd., Southwark, London, and d...
21/05/2026

This collection of respiratory antiseptic products was produced by Wright, Layman & Umney Ltd., Southwark, London, and dates mainly to c. 1910–1925.
It includes a metal Coal Tar Inhaler and Vaporizer, original absorbent blocks, and bottles of coal tar vaporizing liquid marked:

“POISON – Total Cresols 75%”☠️

The products were marketed for the treatment of colds, bronchitis, influenza, catarrh, sore throats, and other respiratory complaints through the inhalation of antiseptic coal tar vapors before the antibiotic era. Some even claimed to cure asthma and hayfever!🇬🇧💀
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20/05/2026

These early 20th-century Ci******es d’Abyssinie Exibard contained toxic herbs from the official French anti-asthmatic formula: mainly stramonium (Datura) and belladonna, delivering powerful alkaloids (atropine, scopolamine) that relaxed airways but risked hallucinations, rapid heartbeat, delirium, and poisoning☠️

Did you know that deadly venoms are being used to as the basis for life-saving medicine?Scientists 'milk' snakes, scorpi...
19/05/2026

Did you know that deadly venoms are being used to as the basis for life-saving medicine?

Scientists 'milk' snakes, scorpions and cone snails to collect their toxins, then test and refine these poisons in the lab.

The Brazilian pit viper's venom gave us captopril, a widely used blood pressure drug, while the cone snail's toxin inspired ziconotide, a powerful painkiller for severe chronic pain.

The analysis of nature's deadliest weapons are helping us to create our greatest healers!

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18/05/2026

Each year since 1977, ICOM has organised International Museum Day.
The objective of International Museum Day is to raise awareness about the fact that, “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.”
Last year, more than 37,000 museums participated in the event in about 158 countries and territories.

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Jacobsfjorden 6
Bergen
5003

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Mandag 18:00 - 21:00
Tirsdag 06:00 - 21:00
Onsdag 18:00 - 21:00
Torsdag 18:00 - 21:00
Fredag 18:00 - 21:00
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