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Shining a Light: A history of nursing support work
Royal College of Nursing, 42 South Oswald Road, Edinburgh EH9 2HH
Mondays to Thursdays, 10 am – 4pm to 29 May 2025, Free
“Discover the fascinating history of nursing support work and celebrate the contribution that nursing support workers continue to make today. From Victorian asylums and wartime volunteers to nursing assistants and care workers today, this exhibition uncovers the long history and diversity of nursing support work.
Exhibits include a handmade magazine created by a young Agatha Christie when she was a volunteer providing nursing support in the First World War, on loan from the British Psychoanalytical Society Archive. Never previously displayed, until this RCN exhibition in London and now in Edinburgh, the magazine gives a vivid insight into the resilience and camaraderie of volunteer nurses at a time of national emergency.
The exhibition shines a light on the personal stories of nursing support workers today, celebrating the contribution they continue to make – in hospitals, care homes, clinics and communities. The exhibition was co-created with Royal College of Nursing members who are support workers or work closely with support workers.
Other objects on display include items from Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Chester Riverside Museum, the Christie Archive Trust, Glenside Museum, the Red Cross Museum and Archives, and Barts Health NHS Trust Archives.”
Open to the public, the exhibition is open Monday to Thursday from 10am until 4pm
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