About the Royal London Hospital Museum
The museum covers the history of the hospital since its foundation in 1740 and the wider history of medicine in the East End.It includes works of art, surgical instruments, medical and nursing equipment, uniforms, medals, documents and books.
There is a forensic medicine section which includes original material on Jack the Ripper, Dr Crippen and the Christie murders. There are also displays on Joseph Merrick (the 'Elephant Man') and former Hospital nurse Edith Cavell.
The museum is located in the crypt of a 19th-century church behind the hospital.
Address
Royal London Hospital Museum,
Newark Street,
London,
E1 2AA
Admission Charges
Entry is FREE
Link to Royal London Hospital Museum's website
Royal London Hospital Museum Map
Nearby Venues
1. Whitechapel Gallery
2. Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum
3. Dennis Severs' House
4. Museum of Childhood
5. Bishopsgate Institute
6. Tower of London
7. The Crypt Museum
8. Tower Bridge
9. Ragged School Museum
10. Brunel Museum
11. London City Hall
12. HMS Belfast
13. Geffrye Museum
14. Bank of England Museum
15. Museum of Methodism and John Wesley's House
16. London Mithraeum
17. Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
18. City of London Police Museum
19. Fashion and Textile Museum
20. The View from the Shard
21. Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
22. Barbican Centre
23. Clink Prison Museum
24. Museum of London
25. St Paul's Cathedral
26. Shakespeare's Globe
27. Museum of London Docklands
28. St Bartholomew's Hospital Museum
29. Tate Modern
30. Museum of the Order of St John
