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Download our free Inkblot activity for children 7 and upwards

An explanation for kids about our free downloadable activity sheet for ages 7+

Presumed Curable tells the stories of around 60 Bethlem patients from the Victorian era, using historic medical records & photographs taken by the Hospital.

Our Archivist explains how to explore the rich online historical resources of the Museum of the Mind...

In this new series of posts about the exhibition ‘The Four Ages of Woman’ our Registrar will be writing about the art on display, & how we put it all together.

Robert Burton’s insights are idiosyncratic, unreliable & dated, but they are always entertaining, and from time to time they are right on point.

Our volunteer Barbara takes a look at the life of the psychiatrist Alexander Morison.

James Hadfield's life had a lasting impact on the place of those with mental health issues in criminal law.

In comparison with the Brilliant Figures exhibition that preceded it, Impatient! is far more topical. Sophia Gal explains...

One of our most distinct archive voices is that of Joan Rosalind Gunther.

Bethlem has many sailors amongst our patient records. Find out more in this blog post about Navy admissions during the Napoleonic wars...

You may think that an escape from the locked wards at Bethlem would be an elaborately planned event, not so in the case of Lawrence Walkerlaw in 1813...