Friends of the Florence Nightingale Museum

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The Friends of Florence Nightingale Museum are a vibrant community of international nursing heritage supporters. Based in the US, the Friends share the Museum’s mission to celebrate Florence NIghtingale’s life and work, and promote the preservation of the history of the nursing profession.

The Florence Nightingale Museum, located in London, England, is a UK charitable trust, and relies entirely on contributions and museum receipts. You can contribute to the preservation and development of the Museum’s collections and facilities by becoming a Member of the Florence Nightingale Museum.

Friends of FNM Updates


Attending opening of the new exhibit “Healing Spaces: Healthcare Design Past, Present and Future”, funded by donations from American Friends.


Reprised last year’s Nurses Day event with “Tacos and a Talk, Take 2” which included a historical uniform display. Featured speaker was consultant & podcaster Nurse Rosa Hart.


Completed production of Friends of FNM’s interactive online Virtual Tour Of Lea Hurst. Thanks to nurse Betty Long and the Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates, we were able to preview the tour at the Nightingale Museum booth during the AONL conference in Boston, Massachusetts.


Attended performance of Nurse Blake’s “Shock Advised!” tour. Blake combines his “passion for nursing and comedy to create a positive disruption in the nursing space.” Nurse Blake.


Organized second annual Nurses Day event “Tacos and a Talk” co-sponsored by Zeta Phi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau. Featured speaker was renowned Nightingale scholar and author, Lynn McDonald.


New permanent exhibit British Military Nursing in Peace and War opens. The Friends contributed a video interview with Col Dan Kirkpatrick - US Air Force Nurse to the archive for international military nursing.


Led by Dr. Donna Curry, a group of American nurses visited Nightingale-related locations around England. Their tour included the Nightingale's grave, the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, and 2 nights at her childhood home, Lea Hurst.


Museum display at the American Association of the History of Nursing Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


Successful GoFundMe campaign to pay for shipment of Nightingale’s wheelchair from the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD to the Florence Nightingale Museum in London. The wheelchair is documented as Nightingale's Wheelchair.


Organized & sponsored Nurses Day picnic, “Nurses Lunch Break,” in Dayton, Ohio. Friends of Florence Nightingale Museum CEO, Dr. Donna Miles Curry, appeared in Nightingale dress to deliver the keynote address. (Oakwood Register article)


Museum display at the Wright State University School of Nursing Graduation. Dr. Curry referenced Nightingale and the Museum in her keynote address.


Florence Nightingale Museum in London officially reopens after long closure for Covid. Friends founder Dr. Curry presents donation check to Director David Green.


Registered the "Friends of the Florence Nightingale Museum" as a 501(c)3 nonprofit business in Ohio.