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British Optical Association Museum
British Optical Association Museum
British Optical Association Museum, 42 Craven Street, London, WC2N 5NG

0.28km

History of eye careRead more

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Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons
Hunterian Museum
Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE

0.39km

Hunterian Collection of preserved anatomical specimens, history, artefacts and developments in surgery, part of the...Read more

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Galton Collection
Galton Collection
Galton Collection, London

0.73km

Part of the University College London, open by appointment only, scientific instruments, papers, and personal...Read more

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Florence Nightingale Museum
Florence Nightingale Museum
Florence Nightingale Museum, 2 Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EW

0.85km

Life and nursing work of Florence NightingaleRead more

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Anaesthesia Heritage Centre
Anaesthesia Heritage Centre
Anaesthesia Heritage Centre, London

0.88km

History of anaesthesia and the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and IrelandRead more

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Foundling Museum
Foundling Museum
Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ

0.93km

History of the Foundling Hospital, Britain's first home for abandoned children, art by many of Britain's most...Read more

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St Bartholomew's Hospital
St Bartholomew's Hospital Museum
St Bartholomew's Hospital, St Bartholomew’s Hospital Museum, North Wing, St Bartholomew’s Hospital,, West Smithfield, London , EC1A 7BE

1.07km

History of the hospital and its work, historic surgical instruments, sculpture, mediaeval archives, works of art...Read more

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Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE

1.09km

Medical artefacts and original artworks exploring 'ideas about the connections between medicine, life and art',...Read more

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Museum of the Order of St John
Museum of the Order of St John
Museum of the Order of St John, 26 Saint John's Lane, London, EC1M 4DA

1.13km

History of the Order of St John and its medical care in the communityRead more

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British Dental Association Museum
British Dental Association Museum
British Dental Association Museum, 64 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 8YS

1.18km

History of dental care in the United KingdomRead more

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Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Physicians Museum
Royal College of Physicians, 11 Saint Andrews Place, London, NW1 4LE

1.36km

Portraits, silver, medical instruments and artefactsRead more

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Gordon Museum of Pathology
Gordon Museum of Pathology
Gordon Museum of Pathology, London, SE1 1XT

1.55km

The largest medical Museum in the United Kingdom,[8] part of King's College LondonRead more

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Old Operating Theatre
Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
Old Operating Theatre, 9a Saint Thomas Street, London, SE1 9RY

1.56km

19th century operating theatre, herb garret and museum of surgeryRead more

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British Red Cross
British Red Cross Museum and Archives
British Red Cross, 44 Moorfields, London, EC2Y 9AL

1.57km

History and memorabilia of the British Red Cross, open by appointment onlyRead more

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Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum
Fleming Museum
Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum, 135a Praed Street, London, W2 1QY

2.18km

Located at St Mary's Hospital, London, site and history of Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin, 1928 period...Read more

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Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum
Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum
Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum, 66-68 East Smithfield, London, E1W 1AW

2.37km

British pharmacy history, medicines and artefactsRead more

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Chelsea Physic Garden
Chelsea Physic Garden
Chelsea Physic Garden, Curators House, 66 Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4HS

2.53km

Botanical garden with displays on medicinal uses of plantsRead more

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Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum
Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum
Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum, St Augustine with St Philip's Church, Newark Street, London, E1 2AA

2.73km

History of the hospital and medical care in the East EndRead more

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FAQs about Covent Garden and Medical Museums in London


Covent Garden has some great pubs which is no surprise as it is such a great area of London to meet in. Particularly if you like traditional pubs you are spoiled for choice as Covent Garden has some of the oldest and most traditional pubs to be found anywhere in London.

There are lots of pubs that serve Sunday lunch and traditional British pub grub too so if you are looking for a reasonably priced place to eat and drink one of the best gastro pubs in Covent Garden is well worth considering as a destination.

For a list of Covent Garden pubs you can view our Covent Garden pub guide (https://forbidden.london/london-guide/covent-garden/pubs) we have also recently created a blog post about our top picks for the best pubs in Covent Garden (https://forbidden.london/london-blog/best-pubs-covent-garden).



Covent Garden Piazza is always open, but the shops usually operate between 10am and 8pm Monday to Saturday and on Sunday from around 11am to 6pm. The Apple Market is open from 10am until 6pm and the East Colonnade Market is open from 10:30am until 7pm.



There is Pay & Display parking on the streets off the Piazza - Henrietta Street, Southampton Street and Tavistock Street. There is also an NCP car park on Drury Lane.



You can view a list of shops in Covent Garden, including information about offers, by viewing our Covent Garden shopping guide (https://forbidden.london/london-guide/covent-garden/shopping-in-style#businesses)


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Blue Plaques in London

Charles Fort White Plaque - Charles Fort (1874-1932) American founder of Forteanism, the study of anomalous phenomena lived here 1921-1928
Hugh Dowding Blue Plaque - Air Chief Marshall Lord Dowding 1882-1970 Leader of Fighter Command lived in a house on this site 1941-1951
St. Mildred's Church, London Blue Plaque - Site of St. Mildred's Church demolished 1872
Charles Babbage Green Plaque - Charles Babbage (1791-1871) mathematician & pioneer of the modern computer lived in a house on this site 1839-1871
John Francis Bentley Blue Plaque - John Francis Bentley 1839-1902 architect lived here
John Dankworth Blue Plaque - Sir John Dankworth CBE 1927-2010 the celebrated jazz composer, saxophinist and clarinetist "Johnny" Dankworth lived here in his early years.

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