Our museum

The Museum and Library of the Order of St John is housed in the 16th century gatehouse, St John's Gate, that formed the southern entrance to a Priory covering 10-acres of Clerkenwell in medieval times.

Visit us

Visit the museum to find out about the history of St John Ambulance and the Order of St John. Three galleries explore the medical, religious and military roles of the Hospitiallers; the history of St John's Gate itself and of St John Ambulance.

Important notice

The Museum is closed on Bank Holiday Weekends:

• 10 -13 April Easter
• 2 - 4 May
• 23 - 25 May
• 29 - 31August

Enquiries

Please check frequently asked questions for information and our PDF downloads on family history and medals.

The Heritage Lottery Fund has earmarked a grant of £1.53m for our museum to help with our exciting redevleopment plans.

Over the next year our small team of staff will be extremely busy with project work. When contacting the museum with medal and family history enquiries we would be very gratfeul if you could write to us rather than send an email. We expect to answer you within six weeks.

Museum news

• The Open Gate
• Temporary exhibition
• St John Historical Society
• Leaflets and publications

Museum collections

• Order of St John collections
• St John Ambulance collections