Blog - History

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...

In the introduction to Medical Muses, a study of hysterical patients in the Salpêtrière Hospital in the nineteenth century, Asti Hustvedt notes...

Read Henry Morley's account of Bethlem in 1857.

Read about some of the letters found in the Victorian Bethlem casebooks.

During her research for a forthcoming website on the history of learning disability, Rosie Sherrington, Social Inclusion and Diversity Adviser...

A chance discovery in the archives tells us more about Robert Cowtan's time at Bethlem.

Find out more about the history of sport at Bethlem, this month focusing on cycling.