St Bartholomew's Hospital museum

Picture of entrance to St Bartholomew's museum

St Bartholomew's Hospital Museum is located in Barts North Wing. It tells the story of nine centuries of healthcare at the edge of the City of London using stories from the hospital's archives and object collections. For more information, see the Barts North Wing visitor information.

Support St Bartholomew's Hospital Museum

Although the museum is currently closed, Barts Health NHS Trust Archives continues to work to preserve and make available our historic collections. Please consider supporting our work - click here to donate.

Historic tours

While the renovation of the North Wing is underway, visitors to the site can fund out about the amazing 900 year story of St Bartholomew's and the surrounding area on a tour led by City Guides.

Meeting at the Henry VIII Gate of the hospital in West Smithfield, the walk will visit the churches of St Bartholomew the Great and St Bartholomew the Less and the hospital's amazing architecture, both ancient and modern, and tell the stories of body snatchers and heroic and pioneering medics and nurses.

Walks take place on Fridays at 2pm and finish close to Farringdon station. Ticket sales help support the work of Barts Heritage. These tours do not include a visit inside the North Wing, which is currently closed for renovation. From July 2024, Barts Heritage will be running conservation tours of the work.