Selections from Lloyd's Collections
Photograph of the interior of the Lloyd Brothers, Pharmacists, Inc., warehouse, formerly on Broadway in Cincinnati, Ohio

elcome to the Lloyd Library and Museum.

The Library holds, acquires, preserves, and provides access to both historic and current books and journals, as well as archival materials, on a wide variety of disciplines that fall under the following subjects:

  • natural history
  • botany
  • pharmacy
  • medicine
  • scientific history
  • visual arts

Lloyd's resources are in fact an eclectic blend of a host of related sciences. Despite the scientific focus, the collections have relevance to the humanities, such as visual arts and foreign languages through resources that feature botanical illustrations, original artworks, and travel literature. While the Lloyd Library is not a publicly funded institution, it is open to any and all persons interested in using the Lloyd's research collections, as well as to those interested in current Lloyd art and collections exhibits. Please contact the Lloyd in advance of your visit to determine how and if we can assist you. We invite you to explore this unique establishment. For a complete list of guidelines for using the library, click here.

Today in the History of Pharmacy, Medicine, Botany, and related sciences
May 16

bullet 1866, Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer. bullet 1988, A report by United States' Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine. bullet 1763, born, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist (d. 1829). bullet 1919, born, Ramon Margalef, Spanish ecologist (d. 2004). bullet 1782, died, Daniel Solander, Swedish botanist (b. 1736). bullet 1947, died, Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, Nobel laureate for his discovery of vitamins; he also discovered tryptophan (b. 1861).

Lloyd News

LLM finally acquires Lloyd's Patented Cold Still with plans for future exhibit

View: Ways of Seeing - new exhibit on Japan, cherry trees, and the Lloyd opens May 5, 2012

American Chemical Society - Cincinnati Section, Papers now available for research use

Hear the recent fascinating lecture by LLM Board member, Nicholas P. Money, on his latest volume, Mushroom

Recent Acquisitions

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