Florence Nightingale Museum

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The Florence Nightingale Museum is located at St Thomas' Hospital, which faces the Palace of Westminster across the River Thames in central London. It is open to the public seven days a week.

The museum tells the story of the life and work of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing in the United Kingdom. In 1860, four years after her famous involvement in the Crimean War, Nightingale founded the Nightingale Training School for nurses at St. Thomas' Hospital.

The museum's displays and collections comprise the following:

1. Introduction
2. Objects associated with Florence Nightingale:
   1. Childhood and education
   2. Travel souvenirs
   3. Costume and accessories
   4. Domestic objects
   5. Working life
   6. Gifts from Florence Nightingale
   7. Relics of Florence Nightingale
   8. Honours and special gifts
   9. The Nightingale legend
3. The Crimean War
4. Nursing

There is also a resource centre which is open by appointment to students, academics and other researchers, who may utilise the museum's collections, books and documents related to Florence Nightingale.

[edit] See also

• Florence Nightingale
• Claydon House, Florence Nightingale's family home and location of a collection of Florence Nightingale memorabilia

[edit] External link

• Official website