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A museum dedicated to the remarkable woman, known as 'The Lady with the Lamp', who is credited as being the founder of modern nursing, this institution has just reopened after an extensive refurbishment. The museum is at St Thomas' Hospital in central London, on the site where Florence Nightingale founded a training school for nurses in 1860. It contains three 'pavilions', which relate the story of Florence Nightingale, from her Victorian childhood to her horrifying experiences with the wounded during the bloody Crimean War and her subsequent campaigning for reform in health care. Exhibits include such diverse artefacts as her childhood writing slate, her medicine chest, and the legendary lamp she carried whilst touring the wards during the Crimean war. Florence died in 1910, aged 90, and is revered as one of the most influential women of her age. The museum is easily accessed from Waterloo or Westminster Underground stations.

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http://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/cms/