Blog - Collection

The risks of being a botherer of royalty.

Hear how Bethlem's Park Farm functioned during the War.

Read this month's 'In The Frame' from our former Registrar, Rebecca, who sadly left us last month for pastures new.

Discover more about the farm at Bethlem Royal Hospital in the 1920s - 1930s.

Kirsten Tambling continues her Schizophrenia Awareness Week consideration of how Bryan Charnley depicted his experiences of schizophrenia in his art.

What became of Queen Victoria’s would-be assailants?

Bryan Charnley was a British artist who sought to capture in paint the experience of schizophrenia. On the occasion of an upcoming exhibition at the Museum of t

This month's 'In The Frame' is kindly contributed by reader Jenni Lidyard, who looks at Valerie Potter's, 'Untitled'.

Thanks to U3A volunteer, Peter Charles, for sharing his research on the Sports Cup.

Thanks to U3A volunteer, Peter Charles, for starting us off with an interesting insight into the history of the nit comb.

Read the latest news from our Manisons in the Orchard project.

Over a period of 12 weeks, volunteer researchers from the University of the Third Age (U3A) have been delving into the past of some of the museum’s collection o