The Florence Nightingale Museum celebrates the life and work of the best-known figure in nursing history.
Learn about the work of the pioneering 19th-century British nurse and health reformer, known as ‘The Lady with the Lamp’.
Did you know Florence Nightingale was the first female member of the Royal Statistical Society? That she owned over 60 cats throughout her life and had a pet owl called Athena? Do you know why she was called Florence?
Nightingale was the founder of modern nursing, one of our greatest Victorians and a female icon in her own lifetime. She is still an inspiration to nurses around the globe.
21 Aug, 7 Sep and 22 Sep: Florence Nightingale’s London tour. Walk in the footsteps of the ‘mother of nursing’ and discover the life of Florence Nightingale through the places where she lived and worked. Tickets £16.
Meet Miss Nightingale. Find out how Miss Nightingale became known as the “Lady with the Lamp” with performances at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm on the first and third Saturday of each month.