National Lottery Grants for Heritage – £10,000 to £250,000
An exhibition of the history of British military nursing will be created, featuring the voices and stories of military nurses, veteran patients and historians. This will explore the collections and include objects from the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps. An online exhibition will be created alongside this so everyone can explore the stories. A pop-up exhibition will be taken on tour to community venues.
As part of the project, the relationship between these two iconic women will be explored, particularly comparing and contrasting how history has treated them. This will be brought to life through a new dramatic performance at the museum and online. The project will also look at how they continue to inspire the NHS today, including the recent NHS Nightingale Hospitals and Seacole Recovery Centres.
This project received funding through our Dynamic Collections campaign.