Florence Nightingale’s customized wheelchair returned to the UK after fundraising campaign

Florence Nightingale’s customised wheelchair is going on display in the UK for the first time, as part of a new permanent display at the Florence Nightingale Museum.
(c) Florence Nightingale Museum
Acquired by the Museum from the Johns Hopkins University, USA earlier this year, following a successful fundraising appeal, the wheelchair was used by Florence Nightingale in her Mayfair home, as she fought her own illness.
After her death in 1910, the wheelchair was kept in storage, but in 1920