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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

Hear about Walter Abraham Haigh's battle with delusional insanity.

Staff at the museum take time to investigate further the relationship between doctor and patient.

This month one of our volunteers has chosen to highlight a painting titled Freedom by an artist known only as 'Little Flower'.

Members of the Archives & Museum’s staff recently returned to the Imperial War Museum’s Dome, formerly Bethlem Hospital’s chapel, to see a site-specific...

Recently we have been looking at the relationship between biography and psychology.  This month we focis on the late 19th century psychiatrist, George Savage.

In a slight change from our usual 'In the Spotlight' posts, this month we are looking at the experiences of some of the relatives of better-known residents of B