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

The Archivist now concludes his long-running book review:Inconvenient People contains just one authorial intimation concerning the important...

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

It's already shaping up to be a good year for events and exhibitions in the history of psychiatry and psychology. First up is a conference at...

An exhibition showcasing plans and artwork for the new ‘Museum of the Mind’ at the Bethlem Royal Hospital will be on display in the Bethlem Gallery...

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...

The Archivist here continues the review of Inconvenient People which he started late last month:An attentive reading of the preface to Sarah...

This month, one of our volunteers has chosen to comment on the artwork of Nadia Chomyn.

As we prepare to celebrate the New Year, we might wonder about the different uses of dance in modern and historical healthcare. In November...

Here is the first instalment of the Archivist’s promised review of Inconvenient People: Lunacy Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victorian England.Inconvenient...

Now that the oil paintings held by the Archives & Museum (representing about 10% of our art collection as a whole) are available to view on the...