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Find out more about the myths surrounding the 'Bedlam bones'.

Among the seemingly limitless corridors of the Victoria and Albert Museum, one small exhibition is well worth negotiating the maze. Two small...

Read Henry Morley's account of Bethlem in 1857.

Bethlem Archives and Museum has an impressive collection of work by artist Stanley Lench (1934-2000) that now forms an exciting exhibition at...

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...

This month's 'In the Frame' looks at a photograph by the well-known society photographer, Henry Hering.

We've recently heard about an interesting event - and a new website and blog - devoted to "asylum science", with a particular focus on the nineteenth...

On the 4 September our Education Officer will be speaking at the Nicholson Gallery in Leek in connection with their current exhibition of the...

We have already blogged about the recently opened Outside In: London show at the CGP Gallery. In conjunction with this scheme, a new show at...

This month we continue our look at voyeurism in museums.

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