Royal College of Nursing

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Title

Royal College of Nursing

Description

This Category B-listed 1869 villa imaginatively incorporates Victorian features, including a Pompeian-style painted vestibule and cupola. It is now the Scottish headquarters of the RCN, the world's largest professional organisation and trade union for nursing. There are exhibition displays, including the history of nursing and RCN Scotland's first headquarters at Heriot Row in the New Town. One discovery during refurbishment of the 1869 villa was original and intact decoration attributed to David Ramsay Hay, a leading reformer of interior design.

Source

edinburgh

Date

1869

Type

Museum

Identifier

1798

Spatial Coverage

current,55.92782,-3.195745;

Museum Item Type Metadata

Street

42 South Oswald Road

Place

Edinburgh

IsNewThisYear

No

OpeningDate1

23/9/2017

OpeningTime1

10.00-16.00

Activities

ACTIVITIES: Guided tours, volunteers from the Queens Nursing Institute Scotland, Erskine Care Home and 205 (Scottish) Field Hospital to speak to visitors about the different roles of nursing in various settings educational activities.

www.rcn.org.uk/scotland

WC

Yes

DisabledWC

Yes

DisabledAccess

Yes

Refreshments

No

EventsForChildren

Yes

Parking

Yes

HearingLoop

No

LimitedAccess

No

NotAccessible

No

ID

14063

IsIncludedThisYear

No

Postcode

EH9 2HH

Citation

“Royal College of Nursing,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 6, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/1796.

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