This week, I got the chance to visit two special exhibits: the Getty Museum has an exhibit on the alchemy of color and the Getty Research Institute has one on art depicting alchemy. From antiquity to ...

In the dim illumination of a library devoted to protecting ancient books from light degradation, James R. Voelkel gingerly picks up a nearly 600-year-old alchemy text. Written by hand sometime around ...

Jacques Lagniet, “Recueil des plus illustres proverbes, divises en trois livres…” (1657-1663), engraving, on view in The Art of Alchemy (courtesy the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles) The “Great ...

In a quiet corner of a European museum, a set of stained crucibles and dusty glassware has forced historians to redraw the timeline of chemistry. When scientists analyzed this medieval alchemist’s kit ...

The Chemical Heritage Foundation wants to set the record straight about alchemy. The medieval practice, often perceived as a dark art or pseudoscience, actually helped form the process of scientific ...

Potion Craft: Alchemy Simulator has a great premise. Rather than focus on the medieval battles or town and country management seen in games like Manor Lords, Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord, or Crusader ...