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Florence Nightingale Museum: British Military Nursing in Peace and War
Florence Nightingale Museum
St Thomas’ Hospital,
Lambeth Palace Road,
London, SE1 7EP SE1 7EP
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm
Price:
Adult: £12
Concession (senior and disabled visitors): £10
Student (with valid student ID): £7
Child: £6
Family (2 adults + up to 4 children): £30
Art Fund Adult/Student (with valid Art Fund card) 50% off full price Adult/Student tickets
Blue Badge Guides, Museum Association members, London Pass holders, Nightingale Badge holders, children under 5 and carers accompanying a concession ticket holder: Free
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Florence Nightingale Museum: British Military Nursing in Peace and War
British Military Nursing in Peace and War, is a permanent display tracing the history and vital, life-saving importance of military nursing, from the Crimean War achievements of Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole to today.
Set within a replica field hospital tent, containing a timeline of key military nursing events, from the Crimean War to the opening of NHS Nightingale during the Covid-19 pandemic, British Military Nursing in Peace and War features a combination of historic objects and interviews with serving and retired military nurses; a further twenty interviews with military nurses, historians, patients and NHS colleagues are part of an accompanying online exhibition.
The exhibit includes filmed performances by actors playing historic nurses and has been sponsored by the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s Dynamic Collections campaign, the Mary Seacole Trust, and the Royal Society.
Set within a replica field hospital tent, containing a timeline of key military nursing events, from the Crimean War to the opening of NHS Nightingale during the Covid-19 pandemic, British Military Nursing in Peace and War features a combination of historic objects and interviews with serving and retired military nurses; a further twenty interviews with military nurses, historians, patients and NHS colleagues are part of an accompanying online exhibition.
The exhibit includes filmed performances by actors playing historic nurses and has been sponsored by the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s Dynamic Collections campaign, the Mary Seacole Trust, and the Royal Society.