Bethlem Museum of the Mind
@bethlemmuseum.bsky.social
A museum dedicated to the history of mental healthcare. Free admission.
Current exhibition - Kindred 16 January - 27 June 2026
Current exhibition - Kindred 16 January - 27 June 2026
We are thrilled to be mentioned in the Londonist's list of top exhibitions to see in London this month! bit.ly/3LJm9Uc
Our exhibition, 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥, opens this Friday 16 January. Focusing on the power of communities for those suffering mental health challenges.
Two Embracing Figures by David Chick
Our exhibition, 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥, opens this Friday 16 January. Focusing on the power of communities for those suffering mental health challenges.
Two Embracing Figures by David Chick
January 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM
We are thrilled to be mentioned in the Londonist's list of top exhibitions to see in London this month! bit.ly/3LJm9Uc
Our exhibition, 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥, opens this Friday 16 January. Focusing on the power of communities for those suffering mental health challenges.
Two Embracing Figures by David Chick
Our exhibition, 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥, opens this Friday 16 January. Focusing on the power of communities for those suffering mental health challenges.
Two Embracing Figures by David Chick
Our new exhibition, Kindred, opens this Friday, but if you were to visit tomorrow afternoon you may catch a sneak peek in advance 👀
🗓️ KIndred: 16 January - 27 June 2026
🔗bit.ly/MOTM_Kindred
🖼️ Image: Totem Pole II by Ben Silcock
🗓️ KIndred: 16 January - 27 June 2026
🔗bit.ly/MOTM_Kindred
🖼️ Image: Totem Pole II by Ben Silcock
January 14, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Our new exhibition, Kindred, opens this Friday, but if you were to visit tomorrow afternoon you may catch a sneak peek in advance 👀
🗓️ KIndred: 16 January - 27 June 2026
🔗bit.ly/MOTM_Kindred
🖼️ Image: Totem Pole II by Ben Silcock
🗓️ KIndred: 16 January - 27 June 2026
🔗bit.ly/MOTM_Kindred
🖼️ Image: Totem Pole II by Ben Silcock
🖼️ It's the last Saturday of the Bethlem Art Fair! There's still loads of gorgeous, one-of-a-kind, affordable art to be found: from sculpture to greetings cards, pottery to oil painting. Don't miss out!
Open 9:30-5pm - entry is free
#affordableart #bethlemmuseumofthemind Bethlem Gallery
Open 9:30-5pm - entry is free
#affordableart #bethlemmuseumofthemind Bethlem Gallery
January 10, 2026 at 8:35 AM
🖼️ It's the last Saturday of the Bethlem Art Fair! There's still loads of gorgeous, one-of-a-kind, affordable art to be found: from sculpture to greetings cards, pottery to oil painting. Don't miss out!
Open 9:30-5pm - entry is free
#affordableart #bethlemmuseumofthemind Bethlem Gallery
Open 9:30-5pm - entry is free
#affordableart #bethlemmuseumofthemind Bethlem Gallery
🫂 Kindred: The Loneliness of Suffering and the Community of Lived Experience
📆 Opens Friday 16 January at Bethlem Museum of the Mind
🔗 bit.ly/MOTM_Kindred
#mentalhealth #kindred #freeexhibition
📆 Opens Friday 16 January at Bethlem Museum of the Mind
🔗 bit.ly/MOTM_Kindred
#mentalhealth #kindred #freeexhibition
January 9, 2026 at 3:05 PM
🫂 Kindred: The Loneliness of Suffering and the Community of Lived Experience
📆 Opens Friday 16 January at Bethlem Museum of the Mind
🔗 bit.ly/MOTM_Kindred
#mentalhealth #kindred #freeexhibition
📆 Opens Friday 16 January at Bethlem Museum of the Mind
🔗 bit.ly/MOTM_Kindred
#mentalhealth #kindred #freeexhibition
Only ONE week left to explore the Bethlem Art Fair! 🎨🖼️
Discover unique, affordable pieces and take home something truly special. Don’t miss out! Open today 9:30am-5pm.
#bethlemgallery #bethlemartfair Bethlem Gallery #affordableart
Discover unique, affordable pieces and take home something truly special. Don’t miss out! Open today 9:30am-5pm.
#bethlemgallery #bethlemartfair Bethlem Gallery #affordableart
January 3, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Only ONE week left to explore the Bethlem Art Fair! 🎨🖼️
Discover unique, affordable pieces and take home something truly special. Don’t miss out! Open today 9:30am-5pm.
#bethlemgallery #bethlemartfair Bethlem Gallery #affordableart
Discover unique, affordable pieces and take home something truly special. Don’t miss out! Open today 9:30am-5pm.
#bethlemgallery #bethlemartfair Bethlem Gallery #affordableart
🎉 It's a brand New Year! 🎉
We're open again tomorrow! Start the year off exploring mental health history, strolling in the grounds of the Hospital, and shopping at the Bethlem Art Fair (just one week left to bag some affordable one-of-a-kind art!)
🕒 Open 9:30 – 5pm
#bethlemmuseumofthemind #artfair
We're open again tomorrow! Start the year off exploring mental health history, strolling in the grounds of the Hospital, and shopping at the Bethlem Art Fair (just one week left to bag some affordable one-of-a-kind art!)
🕒 Open 9:30 – 5pm
#bethlemmuseumofthemind #artfair
January 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
🎉 It's a brand New Year! 🎉
We're open again tomorrow! Start the year off exploring mental health history, strolling in the grounds of the Hospital, and shopping at the Bethlem Art Fair (just one week left to bag some affordable one-of-a-kind art!)
🕒 Open 9:30 – 5pm
#bethlemmuseumofthemind #artfair
We're open again tomorrow! Start the year off exploring mental health history, strolling in the grounds of the Hospital, and shopping at the Bethlem Art Fair (just one week left to bag some affordable one-of-a-kind art!)
🕒 Open 9:30 – 5pm
#bethlemmuseumofthemind #artfair
🎄 The sun sets on this Christmas Eve and we’re taking a festive break! Our doors will reopen on Friday 02 January 2026 at 9:30am.
✨ Seasonal greetings from everyone here at Bethlem Museum of the Mind ✨
✨ Seasonal greetings from everyone here at Bethlem Museum of the Mind ✨
December 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🎄 The sun sets on this Christmas Eve and we’re taking a festive break! Our doors will reopen on Friday 02 January 2026 at 9:30am.
✨ Seasonal greetings from everyone here at Bethlem Museum of the Mind ✨
✨ Seasonal greetings from everyone here at Bethlem Museum of the Mind ✨
Remember we are open:
🎉 Today!
🎁 Tomorrow, Fri 19 December
🌲 Sat 20 December
🎄Christmas Eve, Wed 24 December
Drop by for some last minute Christmas shopping at the Bethlem Art Fair and Museum shop, and soak up a little history before the holidays 🖼️
Images: All available in the Museum shop!
🎉 Today!
🎁 Tomorrow, Fri 19 December
🌲 Sat 20 December
🎄Christmas Eve, Wed 24 December
Drop by for some last minute Christmas shopping at the Bethlem Art Fair and Museum shop, and soak up a little history before the holidays 🖼️
Images: All available in the Museum shop!
December 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Remember we are open:
🎉 Today!
🎁 Tomorrow, Fri 19 December
🌲 Sat 20 December
🎄Christmas Eve, Wed 24 December
Drop by for some last minute Christmas shopping at the Bethlem Art Fair and Museum shop, and soak up a little history before the holidays 🖼️
Images: All available in the Museum shop!
🎉 Today!
🎁 Tomorrow, Fri 19 December
🌲 Sat 20 December
🎄Christmas Eve, Wed 24 December
Drop by for some last minute Christmas shopping at the Bethlem Art Fair and Museum shop, and soak up a little history before the holidays 🖼️
Images: All available in the Museum shop!
We're excited to announce our first exhibition of 2026 - 'Kindred: the loneliness of suffering and the community of lived experience' opens on 16 January 2026 🔗 bit.ly/MOTM_Kindred
Image: Holding Onto Daddy by Benji Reid
#bethlemmuseumofthemind #mentalhealth #community #kindred #art #photography
Image: Holding Onto Daddy by Benji Reid
#bethlemmuseumofthemind #mentalhealth #community #kindred #art #photography
Kindred: The Loneliness of Suffering and the Community of Lived…
Bethlem Museum of the Mind explores the history of art and mental healthcare, on the site of the Bethlem Royal Hospital, or 'Bedlam'.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We're excited to announce our first exhibition of 2026 - 'Kindred: the loneliness of suffering and the community of lived experience' opens on 16 January 2026 🔗 bit.ly/MOTM_Kindred
Image: Holding Onto Daddy by Benji Reid
#bethlemmuseumofthemind #mentalhealth #community #kindred #art #photography
Image: Holding Onto Daddy by Benji Reid
#bethlemmuseumofthemind #mentalhealth #community #kindred #art #photography
🎄 Christmas at Bethlem 1859 ✨
When the Hospital was situated at St George's Fields (see second photo for the impressive exterior!) balls were usually held monthly. This illustration captures the festive spirit of these gatherings 💃
#christmasatbethlem #victorianchristmas
When the Hospital was situated at St George's Fields (see second photo for the impressive exterior!) balls were usually held monthly. This illustration captures the festive spirit of these gatherings 💃
#christmasatbethlem #victorianchristmas
December 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🎄 Christmas at Bethlem 1859 ✨
When the Hospital was situated at St George's Fields (see second photo for the impressive exterior!) balls were usually held monthly. This illustration captures the festive spirit of these gatherings 💃
#christmasatbethlem #victorianchristmas
When the Hospital was situated at St George's Fields (see second photo for the impressive exterior!) balls were usually held monthly. This illustration captures the festive spirit of these gatherings 💃
#christmasatbethlem #victorianchristmas
🎄 Christmas at Bethlem, 1907. When the hospital was located at St George’s Fields (now the site of London's Imperial War Museum!), the male and female wards shared communal spaces filled with art, curiosities, and statues - one of which we see here decorated as Father Christmas! 🎅
December 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🎄 Christmas at Bethlem, 1907. When the hospital was located at St George’s Fields (now the site of London's Imperial War Museum!), the male and female wards shared communal spaces filled with art, curiosities, and statues - one of which we see here decorated as Father Christmas! 🎅
A little Christmas treat from us 🧩
Enjoy a free #LouisWain online jigsaw!
👉 bit.ly/3p1y6na
(Image: Cat's Christmas by Louis Wain)
#louiswain #jigsaw #mindful #bethlemmuseumofthemind
Enjoy a free #LouisWain online jigsaw!
👉 bit.ly/3p1y6na
(Image: Cat's Christmas by Louis Wain)
#louiswain #jigsaw #mindful #bethlemmuseumofthemind
December 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
A little Christmas treat from us 🧩
Enjoy a free #LouisWain online jigsaw!
👉 bit.ly/3p1y6na
(Image: Cat's Christmas by Louis Wain)
#louiswain #jigsaw #mindful #bethlemmuseumofthemind
Enjoy a free #LouisWain online jigsaw!
👉 bit.ly/3p1y6na
(Image: Cat's Christmas by Louis Wain)
#louiswain #jigsaw #mindful #bethlemmuseumofthemind
We are OPEN today!
9:30am-5:30pm today, free entry and plenty of festive shopping to be had in the Bethlem Art Fair! Plus discover the history of Bethlem and mental health treatment in our permanent Museum display 🧠💚🖼️
#bethlemartfair #bethlemmuseumofthemind
#christmasshopping
9:30am-5:30pm today, free entry and plenty of festive shopping to be had in the Bethlem Art Fair! Plus discover the history of Bethlem and mental health treatment in our permanent Museum display 🧠💚🖼️
#bethlemartfair #bethlemmuseumofthemind
#christmasshopping
December 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
We are OPEN today!
9:30am-5:30pm today, free entry and plenty of festive shopping to be had in the Bethlem Art Fair! Plus discover the history of Bethlem and mental health treatment in our permanent Museum display 🧠💚🖼️
#bethlemartfair #bethlemmuseumofthemind
#christmasshopping
9:30am-5:30pm today, free entry and plenty of festive shopping to be had in the Bethlem Art Fair! Plus discover the history of Bethlem and mental health treatment in our permanent Museum display 🧠💚🖼️
#bethlemartfair #bethlemmuseumofthemind
#christmasshopping
🎄 Christmas Opening Hours! ✨
Bethlem Museum of the Mind will be closed from 𝗧𝗵𝘂 𝟮𝟱 𝗗𝗲𝗰 𝟮𝟱 - 𝗧𝗵𝘂 𝟬𝟭 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝟮𝟲 but there's plenty of time to visit before Christmas!
Open every Wed-Sat (excl. dates above) and entry is FREE 🎅
bit.ly/visitmotm
#bethlemmuseumofthemind #christmasinlondon #freeentry
Bethlem Museum of the Mind will be closed from 𝗧𝗵𝘂 𝟮𝟱 𝗗𝗲𝗰 𝟮𝟱 - 𝗧𝗵𝘂 𝟬𝟭 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝟮𝟲 but there's plenty of time to visit before Christmas!
Open every Wed-Sat (excl. dates above) and entry is FREE 🎅
bit.ly/visitmotm
#bethlemmuseumofthemind #christmasinlondon #freeentry
December 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🎄 Christmas Opening Hours! ✨
Bethlem Museum of the Mind will be closed from 𝗧𝗵𝘂 𝟮𝟱 𝗗𝗲𝗰 𝟮𝟱 - 𝗧𝗵𝘂 𝟬𝟭 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝟮𝟲 but there's plenty of time to visit before Christmas!
Open every Wed-Sat (excl. dates above) and entry is FREE 🎅
bit.ly/visitmotm
#bethlemmuseumofthemind #christmasinlondon #freeentry
Bethlem Museum of the Mind will be closed from 𝗧𝗵𝘂 𝟮𝟱 𝗗𝗲𝗰 𝟮𝟱 - 𝗧𝗵𝘂 𝟬𝟭 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝟮𝟲 but there's plenty of time to visit before Christmas!
Open every Wed-Sat (excl. dates above) and entry is FREE 🎅
bit.ly/visitmotm
#bethlemmuseumofthemind #christmasinlondon #freeentry
Louis Wain Christmas Cards available to buy in the Museum shop and online 😻
Three Cats and Plum Pudding, Cat's Christmas, and Carol Singing Cats -all by Louis Wain (1860-1939)
bit.ly/louiswainshop
#louiswain #catsandchristmas #louiswaincats #bethlemmuseumofthemind
Three Cats and Plum Pudding, Cat's Christmas, and Carol Singing Cats -all by Louis Wain (1860-1939)
bit.ly/louiswainshop
#louiswain #catsandchristmas #louiswaincats #bethlemmuseumofthemind
December 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Louis Wain Christmas Cards available to buy in the Museum shop and online 😻
Three Cats and Plum Pudding, Cat's Christmas, and Carol Singing Cats -all by Louis Wain (1860-1939)
bit.ly/louiswainshop
#louiswain #catsandchristmas #louiswaincats #bethlemmuseumofthemind
Three Cats and Plum Pudding, Cat's Christmas, and Carol Singing Cats -all by Louis Wain (1860-1939)
bit.ly/louiswainshop
#louiswain #catsandchristmas #louiswaincats #bethlemmuseumofthemind
Our archive may be small, but it’s mighty - housing over 6,000 items that trace the evolution of psychiatric care through Bethlem Royal Hospital, the Maudsley & Warlingham Park. Whether you're a researcher, student, or curious visitor, there's a story here waiting to be uncovered.
#EYAYourArchives
#EYAYourArchives
December 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Our archive may be small, but it’s mighty - housing over 6,000 items that trace the evolution of psychiatric care through Bethlem Royal Hospital, the Maudsley & Warlingham Park. Whether you're a researcher, student, or curious visitor, there's a story here waiting to be uncovered.
#EYAYourArchives
#EYAYourArchives
2026 marks 350 years since Bethlem moved from its medieval Bishopsgate home to a purpose-built site at Moorfields, with the iconic Raving & Melancholy statues installed over the gates. Today’s site still sits on a 999-year lease from the City of London, so only 649 years left...
#EYAAnniversaries
#EYAAnniversaries
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
2026 marks 350 years since Bethlem moved from its medieval Bishopsgate home to a purpose-built site at Moorfields, with the iconic Raving & Melancholy statues installed over the gates. Today’s site still sits on a 999-year lease from the City of London, so only 649 years left...
#EYAAnniversaries
#EYAAnniversaries
Our Archives are open to all, we strive to make them accessible. We recently hosted sessions at River House, Bethlem’s forensic unit, to explore our collections for Black History Month. We were blown away by the enthusiasm from participants! More on Black lives & Bethlem-bit.ly/44hFnGL #EYAInclusion
December 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Our Archives are open to all, we strive to make them accessible. We recently hosted sessions at River House, Bethlem’s forensic unit, to explore our collections for Black History Month. We were blown away by the enthusiasm from participants! More on Black lives & Bethlem-bit.ly/44hFnGL #EYAInclusion
You can explore our Lantern Slide Collection on our website for free! bit.ly/MOTMLantern Including early 20th-century gems like Sister Simpson dressed as Southwark Hospital for a fancy dress ball!
We’re working on digitising more records in 2026, watch this space!
#EYADigital #ExploreYourArchives
We’re working on digitising more records in 2026, watch this space!
#EYADigital #ExploreYourArchives
December 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
You can explore our Lantern Slide Collection on our website for free! bit.ly/MOTMLantern Including early 20th-century gems like Sister Simpson dressed as Southwark Hospital for a fancy dress ball!
We’re working on digitising more records in 2026, watch this space!
#EYADigital #ExploreYourArchives
We’re working on digitising more records in 2026, watch this space!
#EYADigital #ExploreYourArchives
There’s a long history of pets in the hospital - how many animals you can spot in this photo of an 1850s ward? The Victorians believed a homely environment, with pets, was beneficial for patients. Today, we have our own Hospital cat, who has to be gently kept away from our artworks…
#EYAPets #Arlo
#EYAPets #Arlo
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Hidden in our archives are what remains of the stories of people who were not heard in their lifetime. Our Change Minds projects explored the lives of real people in our casebooks, but there are hundreds more waiting to be re-discovered.
Uncover their stories here bit.ly/MOTM_people
#EYASilence
Uncover their stories here bit.ly/MOTM_people
#EYASilence
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hidden in our archives are what remains of the stories of people who were not heard in their lifetime. Our Change Minds projects explored the lives of real people in our casebooks, but there are hundreds more waiting to be re-discovered.
Uncover their stories here bit.ly/MOTM_people
#EYASilence
Uncover their stories here bit.ly/MOTM_people
#EYASilence
Bethlem was founded as The Priory of the Order of St Mary of Bethlehem in 1247. The Order disappeared from history in the 1300s, but they gave us our name and our first symbol ⭐ Our star pin is inspired by a medieval manuscript recording activities of the Order bit.ly/bethlemstarpin
#EYAMedieval
#EYAMedieval
December 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Bethlem was founded as The Priory of the Order of St Mary of Bethlehem in 1247. The Order disappeared from history in the 1300s, but they gave us our name and our first symbol ⭐ Our star pin is inspired by a medieval manuscript recording activities of the Order bit.ly/bethlemstarpin
#EYAMedieval
#EYAMedieval
🎄 Christmas & New Year Opening Hours 🎄
Here’s when we’ll be open over the festive season:
✅ Wednesday 24 December – OPEN 09:30–17:00
❌ Thursday 25 Dec - Thursday 01 Jan (inclusive) – CLOSED
✅ Friday 2 January – OPEN 09:30–17:00
✨ Wishing you a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! ✨
Here’s when we’ll be open over the festive season:
✅ Wednesday 24 December – OPEN 09:30–17:00
❌ Thursday 25 Dec - Thursday 01 Jan (inclusive) – CLOSED
✅ Friday 2 January – OPEN 09:30–17:00
✨ Wishing you a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! ✨
December 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🎄 Christmas & New Year Opening Hours 🎄
Here’s when we’ll be open over the festive season:
✅ Wednesday 24 December – OPEN 09:30–17:00
❌ Thursday 25 Dec - Thursday 01 Jan (inclusive) – CLOSED
✅ Friday 2 January – OPEN 09:30–17:00
✨ Wishing you a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! ✨
Here’s when we’ll be open over the festive season:
✅ Wednesday 24 December – OPEN 09:30–17:00
❌ Thursday 25 Dec - Thursday 01 Jan (inclusive) – CLOSED
✅ Friday 2 January – OPEN 09:30–17:00
✨ Wishing you a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! ✨
The work of Stanley Lench is both beautiful and simultaneously a critique of the construction of beauty, and of art itself. You can view more of his extraordinary and vivid art here 🔗 bit.ly/MOTM_Lench
#EYABeauty
Image: Marlene Dietrich (c.1975)
#EYABeauty
Image: Marlene Dietrich (c.1975)
Stanley R. Lench
The Bethlem Museum of the Mind artwork collection by Stanley R. Lench. Containing 80 pieces.
bit.ly
November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The work of Stanley Lench is both beautiful and simultaneously a critique of the construction of beauty, and of art itself. You can view more of his extraordinary and vivid art here 🔗 bit.ly/MOTM_Lench
#EYABeauty
Image: Marlene Dietrich (c.1975)
#EYABeauty
Image: Marlene Dietrich (c.1975)
Our latest conservation project is also the most visible! Bethlem's turret clock, on top of the Museum building, is being restored and will tell the time for our visitors early in the New Year 🕰️
Scaffolding is in place, but we’re open as usual!
#EYAConservation @maudsleynhs.bsky.social
Scaffolding is in place, but we’re open as usual!
#EYAConservation @maudsleynhs.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Our latest conservation project is also the most visible! Bethlem's turret clock, on top of the Museum building, is being restored and will tell the time for our visitors early in the New Year 🕰️
Scaffolding is in place, but we’re open as usual!
#EYAConservation @maudsleynhs.bsky.social
Scaffolding is in place, but we’re open as usual!
#EYAConservation @maudsleynhs.bsky.social