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A new exhibition coming to the Bethlem Gallery later this month looks at hallucinations in Surrealist art.

We consider what the relationship between literature and madness is in the 21st century, reflection on the Madness and Literature Network Conference.

In mid-May we told you how the Archives & Museum’s Registrar uses her spare time: studying for a degree in Museum Studies, and curating a student...

Our Registrar considers Henry Chapront's illustrations to J.K.Huysmans’s novel Là-Bas. 

From next weekend, Saturday 7 August, visitors will have a chance to view the Museum collection on a Saturday, thanks to our new volunteer team...

This week, a new exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculpture by Peter Rowbotham opened at the Bethlem Gallery. Peter lives and works in Croydon...

During the nineteenth century Bethlem's hospital population became increasingly middle-class, and improvements in its conditions may have had something to do wi

The Future of Medical History conference, organised by the soon-to-be closing Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL took place...

Conventions of classifying and diagnosing mental illness have changed a lot over the years. 

Well, the weather turned out beautiful for the Sunfayre last Saturday, 10 July. So, on a wet and dreary Tuesday morning, let us transport you...

A discussion of a black comic look at life on the ward by the semi-anonymous artist 'Nelson'. 

It's getting close to the 2010 Bethlem Sunfayre and, given the beautiful weather, it seemed the perfect time to let you know what's going on...