Blog - Relocation

See the beginnings of works to build the new Bethlem Museum of the Mind.

Find out the results of our survey on 'whose narrative' for the new museum.

Here's a summary of our recent survery looking at how we might display challenging objects in the new museum.

Hear the results of our survey about photographs in the new museum.

This week we've been compiling much of the feedback received from our online questionnaires as well as those completed in person at various events...

The history of the Bethlem Royal Hospital spans hundreds of years, bringing us right up to the present day. As such it can give an account of...

As our ongoing Hospital Snapshots series has explored, the new technique of photography was quickly adopted by asylum physicians from the 1850s...

As we explored in our former series, Curatorial Conversations, one of the challenges facing a museum of psychiatry is the vast number of potentially...

As readers of this blog will probably be aware, we at the Archives and Museum are preparing to move in 2014. At present, we are working on designs...

We continue our look at why Bethlem has been located at its various sites throughout history.

An exhibition showcasing plans and artwork for the new ‘Museum of the Mind’ at the Bethlem Royal Hospital will be on display in the Bethlem Gallery...