The Museum of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust is devoted to the history of the hospital and personalities connected with the hospital since its inception in 1852. Part of the Museum and Archive Service, the museum shows artefacts, artworks, photographs and documents and in addition there are three book collections.

Open by appointment Monday-Friday (not Bank Holidays) 10.00 - 16.15.

The College of Optometrists is the custodian of the British Optical Association Museum, the premier optical collection in the country comprising historic spectacles and lenses, pince-nez, opera glasses, contact lenses, opticians' equipment, orthoptic devices, models of eye disease, paintings and prints. The BOA Library has an outstanding collection of books on optics and the workings of the human eye from the sixteenth century to the present.

The Hunterian Museum collections have been brought together over four centuries by a cast of colourful characters including the surgeon and anatomist John Hunter (1728-1793). They are a fascinating mix of human and animal anatomy and pathology specimens, wax teaching models, surgical and dental instruments as well as paintings, drawings and sculpture.

Open 10.00-17.00 Tuesday to Saturday

Warrior monks set out from here to fight for the faith and tend the sick; men, money and supplies went from here to hospitals on the great medieval pilgrim routes; Victorian pioneers began a first aid movement here that spread around the globe and continues today. Come and visit the Norman crypt, Tudor Gatehouse and new interactive St. John Ambulance Gallery.

Open Monday-Friday 10.00-17.00, Saturday 10.00-16.00

One of the oldest hospitals in the world, St Bartholomew's, or Bart's, was founded in 1123, and has cared for the sick and injured ever since. The Museum tells this inspiring story. Highlights include: historic surgical instruments, sculpture, medieval archives, and unique works of art, including spectacular paintings by William Hogarth.

Open 10.00-16.00 Tuesday-Friday

The museum and archives record and depict the humanitarian work of the British Red Cross, in peace and in war, from 1870 to its vital contribution in today's society. The collection includes nursing and medical equipment, uniform, textiles from around the world, medals and badges. Research facilities and a reference and photographic library are also available

Throughout the year, daily: 10.30am – 5pm. Last admission is 4.30pm

Monday to Saturday 10 am – 5 pm
Last entry to museum 4.30pm
Closed Bank Holidays