December 13, 2025
Visit this blog post to take a virtual walk through Glenside Hospital’s former wards and on-site homes for hospital staff. If you have personal connections and memories of these sites, we'd love to hear from you!
December 13, 2025
This blog post will introduce you to many of the buildings dotted around the Glenside site, some of which have disappeared over the years while the majority are still going strong. If anything here prompts interesting memories of Glenside Hospital, we're keen to hear from you.
September 22, 2025
As part of our National Lottery Heritage Fund PoW! project (Protect our Wellbeing) we have been collecting bite-size memories and glimpses into everyday life at Glenside Hospital and Stoke Park Hospital. We hope that it will deepen your understanding of these historic institutions.
August 26, 2025
Ever picked up a pen and found it was advertising an antidepressant?
Welcome to the world of pharmaceutical branded goodies, colloquially known as “pharma swag”.
These little freebies were once generously distributed by drug reps during meetings with medical professionals.
August 26, 2025
The Industrial Therapy Organisation (ITO) was a pioneering initiative launched in 1957 by Dr. Donal Early at Glenside Hospital, Bristol. It aimed to provide meaningful, paid work to mental health patients as a tool for recovery. Over the decades, ITO transformed countless lives by helping over 400 patients transition to regular employment, restoring their confidence and place in society.
March 28, 2025
A physician to St. Peter’s Hospital, Bristol, where the first 164 patients came from when Bristol's first purpose-built asylum opened, is the subject of a book published in June 2025 by Margaret Crump.
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.
February 9, 2024
Hear from long-stay patients who lived at the hospital, and a variety of staff who worked there.
