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Florence Nightingale Museum (London)

 
Description: The Florence Nightingale Museum is located at St Thomas' Hospital, which faces the Palace of Westminster across the ... more
Florence Nightingale Museum (London) ... 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.

Newest Review: ... This museum covers the Crimean War and her tremendous contribution to caring for the wounded and her dedication to her vocation. Admission is £5.80 which sounds quite a lot, but I thought it was worth it as it not something that I will probably ever do again. A family ticket for 4 is £16. Opening times are 10am to 5pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 4.30pm on bank holidays. There is ... more

 ... wheelchair access for anyone who requires it, although the entire museum is on ground level. There is such a lot inside. For the kids there's special section where they can find out about Florence Nightingale in an easily understood and understandab...more

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janharper
Premium Review Florence Nightingale Museum (London): Fascinating History of Nursing and the Crimean War (316 words)
by - written on 21/05/09 (Very useful, 22 readings)
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The Florence Nightingale Museum is situated at St, Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1. It's one of those places that I had heard of but never had the opportunity to visit. I was actually at St. Thomas' so I decide it might be worthwhile taking a look and I wasn't disappointed. Florence Nightingale is famous for the huge impact she made on modern nursing practise. This museum covers the Crimean War and her tremendous contribution to caring for the wounded and her dedication to her vocation. Admission is £5.80 which sounds quite a lot, but I thought it was worth it as it not something that I will probably ever ...  Read the complete review

Mildew82
Premium Review The lady of the lamp lights up a little corner of London (584 words)
by - written on 20/04/09 (Very useful, 107 readings)
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Finding myself in London with an afternoon free and wanting to make it worthwhile having spent the usual extortionate amount to pay for the pleasure of riding in a noisy, crowded and dirty train I wanted to find somewhere cheap that I could spend my time in a constructive way. Having consulted the 2 for 1 offer booklet for all ye long suffering locomotive travellers (you can probably tell that me and trains do not see eye to eye) I stumbled across the Florence Nightingale Museum for a mere £5.80 (with two of us going that worked out at £2.90 - nice!). Thinking that yes, since there was such a huge gap in my Florence Nightingale / Crimean War knowledge that ...  Read the complete review

 

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