Glenside Hospital Museum
Explore Mental Health, Inspire Change
Destigmatising mental illness and learning difficulties, bringing attention to personal wellbeing and increasing understanding of the brain and selfcare
News & Events
Latest events and exhibitions
We are delighted to announce that our PoW! (Protect Our Wellbeing) initiative has received funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to strengthen and preserve our organisation for future generations.
Watch this space for exciting events and initiatives coming in 2025!
Our current exhibition ‘Answering the Call’ recognises and celebrates the stories of Commonwealth Nurses at Glenside Hospital using textiles, ceramics, oral histories and sculpture to bring their extraordinary contributions to life.
Volunteering
The museum has a wide variety of projects and is always looking for people to work on them. There is a lot of historical research to conduct, displays to be put together, and general work to ensure we provide the best visitor experience we can.
We are flexible and able to give volunteers a role that fits in with their own interests or requirements.
Visit Us
Glenside Hospital Museum is located within the grounds of the old psychiatric hospital housed in the 1881 Grade II listed asylum church. The main hospital building is now used by the University of West of England as their Health and Social Care Campus. We’re in situated in the Grade II listed church just inside the grounds. For more details, including group booking and accessibility, please see our visiting page.
"If you have never been to Glenside Hospital Museum, it is a wonderful museum. It is not gloomy or depressing but fascinating and hopeful. A really progressive institution."
Julie Bergen
"A fabulous history of the area, the hospitals, and of approaches to mental health and learning disabilities. An amazing array of artefacts, surgical instruments and ephemera. The staff were really welcoming and knowledgeable. Absolutely loved it!"
Lea Roberts
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