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In August a small group of us traveled to Turku to attend an event hosted by Société Helsinki in collaboration with the Pharmacy Museum and the Qwensel House. We delighted the visitors with dance workshops in which the visitors could participate, and brought a living history atmosphere into the museum.
The Qwensel House is the oldest wooden house in Turku. It is furnished to represent a gentry home in which the owner professor of medicine Josepf Gustav Pipping and his family lived from 1789 to 1815. The interiors of the house are in rococo and gustavian style.
Lovisa Augustin, a daughter of a middle class family in Turku, skillfully embroidered the silk artwork above dating to 1797 with hair. In the house there are plenty of beautiful details, several artworks and valuable mirrors from which the members of the society could check thier appereance.
During the dance workshop the main hall got crowded with people. The hall's walls are decorated with charming painted wallpapers from the middle of the 18th century.
In the courtyard we enjoyed some refreshments in the sunny weather. Above you can see some ladies admiring one of the paintings in the house and below our dancing master is smiling cheerfully.
At the end of the day the museum closed for visitors and the museum guide gave an interesting tour of the house and apothecary to the society.
Our artist also immortalized the participants of the day into these portraits.
We would like to thank the museum, visitors and the participants of this event for a memorable summer day in the Qwensel House! Authentic surrondings and successful collaboration are very valuable to us.
ps. You can visit the Pharmacy Museum and the Qwensel House on the Digimuseo-website.
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