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Placement student Rachel Ditchfield writes about her experience reseraching and curating the current museum exhibition Manasa Chitra

Volunteer Richard Martin has decoded many of the inscriptions in D'Souza's works, which were created at Bangalore Mental Hospital in the 1950s

Our work experience student reflects on Manasa Chitra, our current exhibition and the theme of Unity in Diversity for South Asian Heritage Month

Even if same sex attraction and relationships were not pathologized and stigmatized, would we know if someone in the historical record was gay?

Thomas Barclay Hennell was born in 1903, and had by his mid 20s become an accomplished and sensitive artist of the British countryside.

During the Second World War the Maudsley, concerned about the possibility of being caught up in the air raids engulfing central London, split into two.

Two people with close relationships with Bethlem Royal Hospital had fascinating, and very different, experiences in the First World War

The First World War had a very direct impact on both Bethlem and the Maudsley.

Our volunteer takes an in-depth look at the use of photography at Bethlem Royal Hospital, from its invention to the late 1800s.

One of our museum volunteers gives a bit of background and a personal reflection on Kurelek's "Out of the Maze."

A grant funded project focussed on centring lived experience, supporting co-curation and forging new professional relationships

Hannah Ruth Ormsby nurse and International Brigade volunteer