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 Museums in London SE1
Florence Nightingale
Museum
Florence
Nightingale must be the most famous nurse in the world and this
museum
at the southern end of Westminster Bridge celebrates her life
and achievements. It contains a unique collection of her personal
possessions including clothes, furniture, books, letters and
portraits. As might be expected, there is a good section of
exhibits relating to her role in the Crimean War and the Scutari
Hospital there.
Quick Facts
Address: 2 Lambeth
Palace Road, London SE1 7EW
Telephone: 020 7620 0374
Tube: Westminster on the
Jubilee Line
Directions: Leave the
tube station, turning left over Westminster Bridge. When you
have crossed the bridge, the museum is on the right and is part
of St Thomas' Hospital.
Museum
of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
This museum,
open by appointment only, has fine collections covering 500
years of pharmaceutical objects including dispensing equipment
and drug storage containers, 17th - 18th century Lambeth delftware,
18th - 21st century proprietary medicines, bronze mortars, medical
caricatures and photographs.
Quick Facts
Address: 1 Lambeth
High Street, London SE1 7JN
Telephone: 020 7572 2210
Tube: Lambeth North on
the Bakerloo line.
Directions: When you come
out of the tube station, just across the road, almost immediately
opposite, there is small road called Hercules Road. Walk down
there to the end then turn right into Lambeth Road. Lambeth
High Street is the fourth turning on the left. The museum is
on the corner.
Free entry
to over 60 different attractions – places to go, things to
do, sights to see. To make the most of your visit, you'll also
get a free pocket-sized guidebook with detail of all the attractions
and comprehensive maps. For more information click here: Londonpass
Design
Museum
Housed in a 1950s warehouse, this
museum
is devoted to 20th century design. It has permanent exhibitions
of mass produced items, many still in use now. It seeks to explain
how design affects our everyday life and why products look and
work in the way they do. The museum also has temporary exhibitions
of modern design.
Quick Facts
Address: 28 Shad
Thames, London SE1 2YD
Telephone: 020 7378 6055
Tube: Tower Hill on the
Central and District Lines or Tower Gateway on the Docklands
Light Railway.
Directions: Whether you
use Tower Hill or Tower Gateway stations, cross Tower Bridge
then take the first turning on the left and then immediate left
again into Horselydown. Shad Thames is at the bottom of that
road on the right and runs alongside the Thames.
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