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Last day open 2024: Saturday 21 December.  First day open 2025: Thursday 2 January.

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Blog Readers’ Giveaway & Review Competition

Competition

Our enterprising Archivist has been chosen to be a World Book Night Giver (see here for details) and would like to give readers of this blog...

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Romancing the Stone

Art

Last year we highlighted an opportunity for those with UK subscription television services to see Caius Gabriel Cibber’s statues of ‘Raving and...

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In the Frame for February 2011: The Little Traveller II by an anonymous artist

Art

Find out more about one of the many anonymous works in our collection.

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The Passions of Richard Dadd: Final

Art

The Bethlem Gallery’s Passions of Richard Dadd exhibition has now closed, after three busy weeks. Dadd enthusiasts may like to note that we intend...

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Exercising the Brain

History

Read one of our volunteer's experiences of volunteering with us.

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Letter to America 2

History

Find out what happened next in the 'Letter to America' series.

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In the Spotlight: Introduction

History, Personal accounts

Our new series, 'In the Spotlight' looks at the personal stories of some of Bethlem's historic patients.

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The Passions of Richard Dadd: Progress Report

Exhibitions

The Bethlem Gallery’s Passions of Richard Dadd exhibition is off to a flying start. Both the Gallery and the Museum saw a steady stream of visitors...

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Letter to America 1

History

In the course of his research at the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia our Archivist stumbled upon a letter written to Dr Silas Weir Mitchell

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In the Frame for January 2011: Stanley Lench’s ‘The Two Face Pig of Art’

Art

See what our Conservator has to say about Stanley Lench's 'Two Face Pig of Art' in this month's 'In The Frame'.

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The Passions of Richard Dadd: Exhibition Opens 12 Jan

Exhibitions

A new exhibition opens next week at the Bethlem Gallery, investigating the range of emotional expressions exhibited by Victorian artist and former...

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Letter from America

Art, Exhibitions

Our Archivist reviews Thomas Eakins’ 1875 work, 'The Gross Clinic'.

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