Blog

In which we take our museum handling objects on the road! 

Learn more about Bethlem Museum’s new and exciting activity trails for families, encouraging learning, play and exploration. 

On 30 September 1915, Bethlem Hospital's magazine Under the Dome carried news of wartime aerial bombardment

On 24 August 1815, Bethlem Hospital's patients were transferred from its old building to its new premises.

On 30 June 1915, Bethlem Hospital's magazine Under the Dome carried news of the War.

On 14 June 1815, a Parliamentary enquiry heard praise of Bethlem Hospital's new Matron and Steward

​Nearly 100 paintings from the Bethlem collection can be seen online thanks to a hugely ambitious project by the BBC and the Public Catalogue Foundation.

On 24 May 1815, a Parliamentary enquiry heard details of the fees payable for admission of a patient to Bethlem Hospital

On 19 May 1815, a Parliamentary enquiry was told that chains and fetters were only suitable for "pauper lunatics"

On 18 May 1815, a Parliamentary enquiry heard Bethlem's apothecary explain his preference for using manacles on patients, rather than strait-waistcoats

On 10 May 1815, a Parliamentary enquiry heard how one female patient at Bethlem Hospital had been chained to a wall for five or six years

On 9 May 1815, a Parliamentary enquiry heard a call for improvements to conditions at Bethlem Hospital