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.
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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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