Royal London Hospital Museum
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
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Nearby Venues
1. Whitechapel Gallery
2. Dennis Severs' House
3. Museum of Childhood
4. Bishopsgate Institute
5. Tower of London
6. The Crypt Museum
7. Tower Bridge
8. Ragged School Museum
9. Brunel Museum
10. London City Hall
11. HMS Belfast
12. Geffrye Museum
13. Bank of England Museum
14. Museum of Methodism and John Wesley's House
15. London Mithraeum
16. Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
17. City of London Police Museum
18. Fashion and Textile Museum
19. The View from the Shard
20. Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
21. Barbican Centre
22. Clink Prison Museum
23. Museum of London
24. St Paul's Cathedral
25. Shakespeare's Globe
26. Museum of London Docklands
27. St Bartholomew's Hospital Museum
28. Tate Modern
29. Museum of the Order of St John
30. Kirkaldy Testing Museum
