Florence Nightingale Museum
A museum at St Thomas' Hospital holding the world's largest collection of material on Florence Nightingale's life and work, opened in 1989.
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Did you know
St Thomas' opened the world's first secular nursing school in 1871, directly founded on the training principles Nightingale developed after her work in the Crimean War. The museum sits right by the hospital that put her ideas into practice.
Local tip
It's a small, single-subject museum rather than a large one, so it pairs naturally with a walk along the South Bank rather than being a destination for a whole afternoon on its own.
Finding it
- Address
- The Florence Nightingale Museum, 2, Lambeth Palace Road, South Bank, Waterloo, London Borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England, SE1 7EP
- Nearest station
- Lambeth North (Tube), 351 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
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