Pipes, snuff and medicinal remedies:
Exhibition illustrates the past and future of tobacco [31.05.13]
6th June 2013, 11:00am: preview for media representatives / 9th June 2013, 11:00am: opening ceremony in the Spielhaus of the University of Hohenheim
Formerly often used as a cure-all, discovered by native Americans, snorted, smoked, chewed, cultivated - and even applied in modern genetic engineering. The exhibition "Tobacco, a warm but sadly abused by us plant" at the Museum of History of the University of Hohenheim explores the checkered history of the cure-all agent and its current usage. The museum is located in the Spielhaus in the Exotic Garden of the University. The exhibition is open from 9 June 2013 Saturdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. and Sundays and public Holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Text: Klebs
Contact for press:
Prof Dr. Ulrich Fellmeth, Universität Hohenheim, Archiv der Universität, Hochschulgeschichtliches Museum
Tel.: 0711 459 22119 oder 22112, E-Mail: Ulrich.Fellmeth@uni-hohenheim.de
