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

0.39km

History of eye careRead more

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Anaesthesia Heritage Centre
Anaesthesia Heritage Centre
Anaesthesia Heritage Centre, London

0.8km

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

0.85km

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

0.86km

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

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

0.86km

History of dental care in the United KingdomRead more

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

0.98km

Life and nursing work of Florence NightingaleRead more

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

1.1km

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

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

1.17km

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

1.19km

Portraits, silver, medical instruments and artefactsRead 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

1.54km

History of the hospital and its work, historic surgical instruments, sculpture, mediaeval archives, works of 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

1.57km

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

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

1.75km

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

1.96km

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

1.98km

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

2.05km

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

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

2.15km

Botanical garden with displays on medicinal uses of plantsRead more

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

2.82km

British pharmacy history, medicines and artefactsRead more

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FAQs about Piccadilly Circus and Medical Museums in London


Piccadilly Circus is one of the busiest areas of central London so unsurprisingly there is lots to see and do in the nearby area.



There are a few different theories about where the name Piccadilly originated and new theories are periodically touted. The debate has in fact gone on for hundreds of years which shows the significance of the area. There is an excellent description of the different theories available to read on British History Online (https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols31-2/pt2/pp32-40).


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Blue Plaques in London

Boris Karloff Blue Plaque - William Henry Pratt alias Boris Karloff 1887-1969 actor was born here
David Bowie Black Plaque - This marks the location of the cover photograph for the iconic David Bowie album 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars'. Ziggy Stardust 1972
John Milsom Rees Green Plaque - Sir John Milsom Rees GCVO 1866-1952 Surgeon lived here 1914-1939
Glovers' Hall, London Blue Plaque - Near this site stood Glovers' Hall 17th - 19th Century
Francis Owen Salisbury Black Plaque - Francis Owen Salisbury "Frank" 1874–1962 artist, mural and portrait painter. Recorder of scenes of magnificent pageantry and historic event. Stained glass artist. Lived here.
Thomas Smith Tait Blue Plaque - Thomas Smith Tait 1882-1954 architect lived here

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