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The recent Open House London weekend saw us once more 'under the dome' at the Imperial War Museum, where we welcomed a record 142 visitors on...

Unescorted #3 glimpses the lives and unique perspectives of patients at medium-secure psychiatric units. Opening on 5th October at the Bethlem...

Read about Kim Noble's exciting new book, now available for purchase.

This month's 'In the Frame' features a work by John Martin, not to be confused with his brother Jonathan Martin, who was a patient at Bethlem.

Enoch Powell's famous 'water-tower' speech was given fifty years ago this year. In it, he expressed the British Government's determination to...

As we continue with this series of curatorial conversations, we hope to find out more about what our readers think of our plans to relocate.

This month we focus on the stories of two artists, one of whom was a resident at Bethlem and the other who is often mistakenly thought to have been resident her

Readers of the blog will know that the Archives and Museum’s recent show at the Bethlem gallery, Unknown and Unknowable?, featured work from...

Our Friends' Secretary has written this interesting review of the Museum Boerhaave (the Dutch National Museum for the History of Science and Medicine).

Read part two of Jackie's experiences in the Charles Hood Unit at Bethlem.

Here are the final details for our involvement in the Imperial War Museum's event for Open House London on Saturday September 17. These free...

This month's 'In the Frame' looks at the disturbing painting, 'The Strangler'.