Florence Nightingale Museum Florence Nightingale Museum The Florence Nightingale Museum is located at St Thomas' Hospital, which faces the Palace of Westminster across the River Thames in South Bank, central London, England. It is open to the public seven days a week. It re-opened on 12 May 2010 following an extensive £1.4m refurbishment. The museum tells the real story of Florence Nightingale, "the lady with the lamp", from her Victorian childhood to her experiences in the Crimean, through to her years as an ardent campaigner for health reform. Nightingale is recognised as the founder of modern nursing in the United Kingdom. The new
Florence Nightingale Nightingale", featuring Elisabeth Risdon. In 1936, Kay Francis played Nightingale in the film titled "The White Angel". In 1951, "The Lady with a Lamp" starred Anna Neagle. Portrayals of Nightingale on television, in documentary as in fiction, vary – the BBC's 2008 "Florence Nightingale", featuring Laura Fraser, emphasised her independence and feeling of religious calling, but in Channel 4's 2006 "Mary Seacole: The Real Angel of the Crimea", she is portrayed as narrow-minded and opposed to Seacole's efforts. Other portrayals include: Florence Nightingale's image appeared on the reverse of £10 Series D banknotes issued by the Bank of England from