Florence Nightingale Museum

Over het museum

The Nightingale Training School was set up at St Thomas' Hospital in 1860 with Florence Nightingale's help, and its first group of 15 trainee nurses began a model of nurse education that later spread around the world. The matron Dame Alicia Lloyd Still began collecting objects that had belonged to Nightingale or that she had given to nurses trained at the school. This group of objects, known as the Nightingalia, was used to teach the trainees and was shown at anniversaries and special events.

The collection passed to the newly created Florence Nightingale Museum Trust in 1983, and the museum opened in 1989 on the site of the training school, in the grounds of St Thomas' Hospital opposite the Houses of Parliament. It is run as an independent charity.

The galleries follow Nightingale's comfortable childhood, her struggle with her family's wishes to become a nurse, her work during the Crimean War, and her later campaigns for better healthcare and for the use of statistics in public health. Objects include the lamp that gave her the nickname the Lady with the Lamp, her medicine chest and her pet owl Athena. The museum also tells the stories of Mary Seacole and Alexis Soyer, who worked in the same war.

Hoogtepunten

• The lamp carried by Florence Nightingale
• Her medicine chest
• Athena, her pet owl
• Register of nurses sent to the military hospitals of the Crimean War
• Scutari Hospital nurse's sash
• Family trails and a dress-up corner

Vaste collectie

• Permanent galleries – The life and work of Florence Nightingale, from her childhood and the Crimean War to her campaigns for healthcare reform, with her lamp, medicine chest and pet owl.

Opgericht

1989

Beheerder

Florence Nightingale Museum Trust

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Tickets bought directly from the museum are annual tickets, valid for unlimited visits for a year from the first visit; they cannot be shared. Art Fund National Art Pass holders get 50% off adult and student tickets. Free admission for Blue Badge Guides, Museums Association members, Nightingale badge holders and Guy's and St Thomas' staff with valid ID. Tickets can be bought online or at the door.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: niet aanwezig
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The museum is on one level and is fully accessible for wheelchair users; the entrance from Lambeth Palace Road is down a slightly sloping pavement and does not require entering hospital buildings. Wheelchairs cannot be borrowed. There is an accessible toilet, and the nearest Changing Places toilet is at the main entrance of St Thomas' Hospital (radar key available from hospital security). Bench seating is provided and folding chairs can be carried around. Video content is subtitled and audio content is transcribed. Large print guides, ear defenders, blue text overlays, magnifying glasses, sand timers, fidget toys, sensory bags and a visual guide are available to borrow or download. Working guide and assistance dogs are welcome. There is no designated disabled parking; the nearest drop-off point is at St Thomas' Hospital.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations
• Kinderwagenvriendelijk
• Verschoonruimte

Free family trails (a new family trail and Athena's I spy trail) can be picked up at the entrance. The Family Corner has dress-up costumes of a Nightingale nurse and a modern nurse, and a letter-writing station. Sensory explorer bags and other access resources are free to borrow. The museum is on one level and suitable for pushchairs, and baby-change tables are in both the male and female toilets. Children under 4 enter free.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is in the Congestion Charge Zone. It is at car-park level in the grounds of St Thomas' Hospital, with a taxi drop-off point a short zebra crossing from the entrance. what3words: save.globe.afford.

Service & horeca

• Café: niet aanwezig
• Restaurant: niet aanwezig
• Museumwinkel
• Garderobe
• Kluisjes

There is no café and food must not be eaten in the gallery; Lower Marsh, a few minutes away, has cafés and restaurants. A small unstaffed cloakroom has free lockers for small bags, used at the owner's risk; large bags and suitcases cannot be stored. The shop is in the reception area.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Privéfeesten
• Zakelijke evenementen

The whole museum can be hired exclusively for drinks receptions, events and celebrations, with optional gallery tours, talks and performances; catering is supplied by partners at St Thomas' Hospital.

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