The museum devoted to the person who unintentionally found penicillin has turn out to be a free museum after it scrapped the entry costs to go to.
The Alexander Fleming Museum is, to be sincere, not that tremendous, being a few exhibition rooms, after which the Hallowed Area, the place he famously left his window open in a unclean lab and found penicillin. The Hallowed Area is nonetheless only a recreation. It has largely authentic objects, however for a few years, the room was used to retailer nappies for the maternity ward subsequent door, and it was solely in 1993 that the house was transformed again into Fleming’s laboratory.
There’s additionally a video which matches into much more element about his discovery, and far more importantly, mentions the work a couple of years later by individuals you’ve in all probability by no means heard of that turned an educational curiosity right into a life-saving drugs.
It additionally used to value £4 per particular person to go to, which wasn’t quite a bit, however then it’s not lots of museum both. Nevertheless, they’ve now scrapped the cost to go to, so it’s fully free, and whereas it’s nonetheless a modest little museum, being free to go to makes it a smidge higher as a spot to go to.
Nevertheless, earlier than the pandemic, you may flip up at any time when it was open because it was staffed by volunteers, however now the museum is open on weekdays by advance appointment solely made by contacting museum curator [email protected].
The museum might be discovered across the aspect of St Mary’s hospital, by the primary entrance on Praed Road — search for the iron gates and massive brick arch reverse Norfolk Place.
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