Blog - Collection

The Edward Adamson Festival is already in full swing and we're really enjoying seeing the range of artworks on display in the Museum. We're...

Stray adverts for the Journal of Mental Science.

Here is the second in a series of twelve posts by guest blogger Dr Nick Hervey sharing his research on a police file on ‘…Insane Persons and others who have com

This month's 'In the Frame' comes from one of our work placement volunteers who came to help us out for a week in January.  Rory has chosen “Alone” by Figgy Fox

As part of a new series on our blog, we are looking for your thoughts on captions for some of the artworks in our collection. We're working on...

Stray advertisements from the Journal of Mental Science.

Read the first of Dr Nick Hervey's blogs about a range of people who got too close for Her Majesty's comfort between 1837 and 1852.

You may remember us announcing back in December that we have been shortlisted to win a day working with the photographer, Rankin.  Well, the...

As many of you will be aware, Bethlem Archives and Museum are in the process of moving to a bigger and better place on the hospital site.  Part...

Our first 'In the Frame' of 2014 comes from our newly retired Conservation Officer.

Stray advertisements from the Journal of Mental Science.

Find out more about how Christmas has been marked at Bethlem in the past.