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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Download our free Inkblot activity for children 7 and upwards

In March 2020 Theresa Lola, Young People’s Laureate for London ran a series of poetry workshops. Here we look at some poems written in the first workshop...

For Museum Week, Glass Artist & Bethlem Gallery volunteer Xavier White recalls the day he joined a Museum of the Year photoshoot with Museum of the Mind staff

The second in a series of three blog posts looking at poems produced by participants in a workshop with Theresa Lola, Young People’s Laureate for London.

The third Museum Book Club - 10 Madnesses...