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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'.

Read part one of Jackie Hopson's 'One Good Year', talking of her experiences in the Charles Hood Unit at Bethlem.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the Perinatal Unit at the Bethlem Gallery, the new Gallery exhibition will consist of paintings, drawings, sculpture...

Find out about what goes on inside the mind of a curator and the issues we have to consider when working in a museum.

Following on from last month, we now explore the stories of more relatives of well-known people.

While the Bethlem Louis Wain collection is out on loan, there is another opportunity to see some of his well-known cat illustrations at the Chris...

This month we have a first-hand account from a mental health nurse, formerly at Bethlem.  Hear how experiences of clinical depression influenced the life and wo