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The Florence Nightingale Museum is pleased to announce our Adopt an Object scheme. We have chosen some of our key objects for you to adopt either for yourself, as a gift for someone or on a corporate basis. Your donation will go directly towards looking after our fantastic collection. Your adoption will last for 12 months. -
A wonderful celebration of the fascinating and seldom heard stories of Britain’s Black nurses. From ancient and medieval Africa, through colonisation and enslavement, through wars, times of great change and onwards … to the creation of the NHS and beyond, the story of nursing has always also been the story of Britain’s Black nurses. This story includes many incredible nurses from around the world: talented, skilful, innovative, hardworking and resilient -
A History of Nursing explores the history of nursing by investigating the earliest records of the caring profession, how it progressed and what established it along the way to becoming the nursing we see today. It starts at the beginning of the story - how, once upon a time, all we had to depend on was Mother Nature. How did nursing go from being knowledge handed down through ancient scripts, folklore and sometimes by accident, to the degree-level, accountable practice of modern times? And why do nurses not wear hats anymore? A History of Nursing answers all these questions and more. -
The Florence Nightingale Museum Book of Honour Donation -
Concise historical introduction to Florence Nightingale and her continuing influence on the world. Florence Nightingale is widely known as the founder of modern nursing. She is also a brilliant and highly influential social reformer. Written by a world authority, this brief history explores Nightingale’s background and motivations. It also offers an informed assessment of the scale and significance of her legacy. It has been called timely and important by Alasdair Redfern, Bishop of Derby 2005-2018. -
This card features the Nightingale Pledge, is left blank for your message, and was created exclusively for the Florence Nightingale Museum. -
Nursing has been called the oldest of arts and the youngest of professions, and caring for the sick certainly has powerful historical, cultural and traditional roots. This book tells the story. -
This metal ornament features the iconic image of Florence Nightingale and her lamp on a ward at Scutari Hospital, with gold coloured edging and ribbon. -
War, I know, is a serious game, but sometimes very humble actors are of great use in it. Mary Seacole wrote this book to share her adventures with her fans, but also as a means to make money as she found herself having to declare herself bankrupt upon her return from the Crimea.
