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Dr Nicholas Tromans (author of Richard Dadd: The Artist and the Asylum) visited the museum on Saturday 11 February to formally open the exhibition...

We continue with our curatorial conversations as we try to decide how our new museum will look and feel.

Antonia White’s Beyond the Glass, the last in the sequence of autobiographical novels which began with Frost in May, was briefly reviewed on...

Read the next in our series looking at biography and psychology.

Find out about sport at Bethlem and what was on offer in the 19th century.

Read more about windows and how they have historically depicted mental health.

Bridge Over Troubled Water is Bethlem Hospital resident Barrington’s first solo exhibition, running from 8 February until 2 March 2012. It showcases...

Read our Registrar's thoughts on this mysterious work by Charles Sims.

A new exhibition on Richard Dadd, focusing on his early work and career, opens this week in the Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives & Museum. On...

Enjoy these pictures of mental health as depicted in stained glass.

Enjoy the last in this current series by exploring the experiences of Angus Mackay during his admissions to Bethlem.

This month's post is more questions than answers, but helps us to think about how visitors to the museum may be affected by the objects on display.