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Find out more about the photographs of Henry Hering.

Whereas Paul Murphy’s Shooting Victoria, insofar as it tells the story of Edward Oxford, principally concerns itself with the commission and...

This month we continue our appraisal of the Victorian photographs of patients, looking at the photo of John Payne.

Here is the first of six posts concerning the rationale behind the location of the hospitals for which the Archives & Museum holds records: Bethlem, the Maudsle

Over a year ago we promised that we would let blog readers know when two new books on Edward Oxford, one of Victorian Bethlem’s most famous patients...

This is the last entry in our series 'Just Visitng'.

Almost two years ago, one of our volunteers here at the Archives and Museum (who has since moved on to other things) wrote a post about her experiences...

We continue our look at the 19th century photographs of Henry Hering, taken at Bethlem.

Find out abour Robert Bulwer-Lytton's experiences of Bethlem in the 19th century.

This new series focuses on the collection of photographs taken at Bethlem in the late 1850s by Victorian photographer Henry Hering.

Read more about the thoughts of this well-known Japanese author and political theorist on his visit to Bethlem in 1862.

At the time this post goes live on our blog, our Registrar will be speeding towards Belgium (courtesy of Eurostar) to deliver Bethlem’s contribution...