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Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum

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Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum
St Mary's Hospital
Praed Street
London
W2 1NY
England

Collection details
Archives
Medicine
Science and Technology
Social History

Facilities

Shop: yes
Guided tours: yes
Library: yes
Study area: yes

Staff will visit schools, colleges, universities and community groups with lectures and presentations on Fleming, the history of penicillin, the history of medicine, hospitals, nursing and microbiology.

Contact details
General information (Tel) : 020 7886 6528
General information (Fax) : 020 7886 6739
E-mail : Kevin.Brown@imperial.nhs.uk
Website : www.imperial.nhs.uk/aboutus/museumsandarchives/index.htm>.
Website : www.medicalmuseums.org/museums/alex.htm
Education work : musei.educ.uniroma3.it/musei/iniz/incv/tel/gbr.htm

Open
Mon-Thurs 1000-1300
Other times by appointment

Closed
Public holidays and between Christmas and New Year

Admission charges
Adult £2-00
Concession £1-00

Description
Founded in 1993, the Museum features Fleming's laboratory restored to its condition in 1928 when he discovered penicillin in that very room. The Museum was designated an International Historic Chemical Landmark in 1999 by the American Chemical Society and Royal Society of Chemistry. The educational programme of the museum was coinsidered a model for smaller museums in Italy at a conference on museum educatioon held in Rome in 1999. The Museum is located in a grade II listed building within St Mary's Hospital and has been used extensively as a film location.

Collections description
Material relating to Alexander Fleming, penicillin, antibiotics, twentieth-century microbiology/bacteriology and St Mary's Hospital.

Key artists and exhibits
Alexander Fleming ; penicillin ; antibiotics ; microbiology ; bacteriology

Articles
Break Out The Bunsen Burner: It's National Science Week

Trails
From Apothecaries To Florence Nightingale - A Medical Museums Trail

Available resources
Alexander Fleming and the development of penicillin  Resource or activity pack; Virtual exhibition or images; Worksheets or templates
Hospitals and nursing 1845-1948, a century of health care at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington  Resource or activity pack; Virtual exhibition or images; Worksheets or templates

General Information
Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Pre-booking service for groups
Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
Guided tours Collections
General guide to collections available
Specialist publications on collections available
Public access available to collections information Children and Families
Events and resources for children and families General Education
Academic publications and resources available
Adult lectures and courses held
Education facilities available
Member of staff available with responsibility for education Schools Education
Direct teaching services for schools
Primary school education service available
Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
Secondary school education service available Facilities
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Mail order service available
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