London's Florence Nightingale Museum reopens to mark Int'l Nurses Day

STORY: London's Florence Nightingale Museum reopens to mark Int'l Nurses Day DATELINE: May 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:21 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the museum 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LAURA SHARPE, Actress in role of Florence Nightingale 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DAVID GREEN, Director of the Florence Nightingale Museum 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): LAURA SHARPE, Actress in role of Florence Nightingale 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): LAURA SHARPE, Actress in role of Florence Nightingale 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): FIONA HIBBERTS, Consultant Nurse with St Thomas' Hospital STORYLINE: A London museum dedicated to the pioneer of modern nursing Florence Nightingale reopened on Thursday to mark the International Nurses Day, which falls on the same day. First opened in 1989 and based in St Thomas' Hospital in London, the museum was forced to close in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The museum collection is made up of almost 3,000 artifacts relating to the life, work and legacy of Nighti