February 6, 2025
On 6th February 2025, Glenside Hospital Museum had the honour of welcoming HRH The Princess Royal to mark an extraordinary milestone—40 years of preserving and educating the public on the history of mental healthcare.
February 6, 2025
On 6th February 2025, Glenside Hospital Museum had the honour of welcoming HRH The Princess Royal to mark an extraordinary milestone—40 years of preserving and educating the public on the history of mental healthcare.
January 25, 2025
Glenside Hospital Museum, Bristol, is honoured to welcome Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal on 6th February 2025 to mark forty years of providing a dynamic educational resource for the general public and a safe space to discuss mental health.
April 16, 2024
The history of commonwealth nurses and their contribution to the NHS is one that is often overlooked. Discover this hidden history at Glenside Hospital through the exhibition ‘Answering the Call’ which showcases the triumphs and challenges faced by these nurses.
February 9, 2024
When the word Asylum is mentioned, all sorts of images come to mind. What impression did Glenside have on those who lived and worked there? Hear from those who worked and lived there.
January 17, 2024
This article explores what we can glean about those who wrote the records of the Bristol Lunatic Asylum found at the Bristol Archives.
August 1, 2022
The 1918 Education Act made schooling for all disabled children compulsory. It was a very significant piece of legislation. By 1921, there were more than 300 institutions for blind, deaf, 'crippled', tubercular, and epileptic children.
March 13, 2018
Dr Donal Early (1917-2004) pioneered a radical new way of treating mental illness in Bristol in the 1960s and with his wife Dr Prudence Early
