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Hallucinations and electricity in the nineteenth century

History

With the rise of electricty in the late nighteenth century, many Bethlem patients reported hallucinations associated with the telephone. 

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Chance Encounters in the Museum 1

History

Earlier this month this blog encouraged people to come to the Archives & Museum to see Caius Gabriel Cibber’s statues of Raving and Melancholy...

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Exploring history in the Bethlem Archives

History

With over 450 years of material, the Bethlem archives are enormous. A new blog series will showcase some of its history. 

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Portraits: Patients and Psychiatrists - Behind the scenes of the exhibition

Exhibitions

Portraits; Patients and Psychiatrists By Gemma Anderson New show at the Bethlem Gallery 19 May – 18 June 2010The new Bethlem Gallery exhibition...

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Understanding Mental Health: Education at Bethlem Archives and Museum

Learning

We welcome visits from both primary and secondary schools and whenever possible take the opportunity to talk to teachers about what we can offer...

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Body Matters: a different perspective

Exhibitions

So what does the museum’s part-time registrar do when she’s not at Bethlem? Answer - an MA in Museum Studies at UCL. A major part of the course...

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Conservation in the Limelight

Conservation, History

In an archive comprising half a millennia’s worth of paper records, the work of a conservator is never done. It is a slow and steady labour...

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Bedlam: History Channel Documentary 9 May

News

There's another chance to catch the History Channel's recent documentary "Bedlam - the History of Bethlem Hospital" this week. The show, first...

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Welcome to the Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives and Museum Blog

News

This blog has been set up by the Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives and Museum and will provide regular updatest...

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