Nursing and Medical Museum | Prince Henry Hospital Trained Nurses Association
Join us at the Nursing and Medical Museum and enjoy the rich history of the Prince Henry Hospital. Call us to arrange a tour for your school group or for adults.
There is no specific admission fee for visitors to the Prince Henry Nursing and Medical Museum. However, ongoing public support by way of individual donation is greatly appreciated, and will enable the volunteer team to maintain the Museum and its exhibits now and into the future.
Group tours
Group tours of the Museum, Nurses War Memorial Chapel, and the hospital precinct can be arranged Monday through Saturday by appointment. School groups are welcome if their curriculum supports the history of the hospital and/or health sciences.
Available tour times: 10:30am to 12:30pm | 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Duration of tour: 2 hours
Admission: Adults $10.00 | School aged children $2.00
On the coast at Little Bay stands the Australian Nurses' War Memorial Chapel — the only chapel of its type in Australia. The non-denominational chapel was built and is now managed by the Prince Henry Hospital Trained Nurses' Association Inc.
Weddings, funerals and baptisms may be celebrated in the chapel.
Chapel bookings and further information
For further information and to book the chapel for your special occasion, please call Lee, Chapel Booking Officer, on 0447 614 137, or email littlebaychapel@bigpond.com.
Seeking volunteers for the Nursing and Medical Museum
Would you like to become part of Prince Henry Hospital and Little Little Bay community? Currently, the Prince Henry Hospital Trained Nurses' Association's small but dedicated team is seeking volunteers to help run the Museum. We need people from all walks of life, so if you can make a cup of tea for our visitors who come on group tours, help us clean and maintain our exhibits, assist on Sundays during opening hours, and lots more, we'd love to hear from you.
For more information and to arrange a catch-up, please email Anne on A.Thom21@bigpond.com.
Prince Henry Hospital | a history developed by Dr Barbara Newman
According to the New South Wales Government Gazette of 1880, the population of Sydney was 221,000, Sir Henry Parkes was the Premier, and Sydney Hospital, as the first hospital in Australia was training nurses based on the Florence Nightingale model from London.
With an expanding population and the introduction of various communicable diseases to the colony carried by the many convicts and new settlers, it was necessary to establish a designated isolated place to develop a hospital/sanitarium to which these persons could be sent. A measles epidemic in 1867, together with a small pox outbreak in 1881 and leprosy forced Parkes and others to accommodate affected persons away from the immediate city area.
Important notice regarding coach parking zone adjacent to Museum
The bus/coach bay in Brodie Avenue is for the exclusive use of coaches and mini buses transporting visitors to the musem for guided tours during the hours between 9am and 3pm Monday through Friday.
There are many tours of the museum throughout the week both mornings and afternoons. Some visitors are wheel-chair bound and many use walking frames, so it's very important that the bus/coach bay is available during the specified hours.
Should the bay be used for general parking, other than for Museum use, Council rangers will be advised and infringement notices issued.
