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January 26, 2025

Celebrating 40 Years of Glenside Hospital Museum

The museum originated from humble beginnings, starting out as a collection of intriguing objects and documents gathered on the balcony in the hospital dining room. Today, the museum's displays are carefully curated by a dedicated team of volunteers to captivate and educate visitors about mental healthcare. Read 10 great facts in this celebratory post.

January 25, 2025

Glenside Hospital Museum Welcomes HRH The Princess Royal to Celebrate 40 Years of Educational Excellence

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.

March 30, 2024

Celestine Lewis Nursing Auxillary At Glenside Hospital

Celestine Lewis is one of many who came to work in hospitals as they became part of the NHS.

March 30, 2024

May Tanner Psychiatric nurse at Glenside Hospital and Sister at the BRI

May Tanner provides her history of working in Bristol hospitals as it became part of the NHS.

February 9, 2024

The Victorian clock tower at the former Glenside Hospital, now UWE Glenside Campus

February 9, 2024

What impression did Glenside have on those who lived and worked there?

Hear from long-stay patients who lived at the hospital, and a variety of staff who worked there.

January 17, 2024

Exploring the Asylum Archives

This article explores what we can glean about those who wrote the records of the Bristol Lunatic Asylum found at the Bristol Archives.

June 23, 2023

The Birth of Electroconvulsive Therapy

The Electroconvulsive Therapy concept was that seizures, or convulsions, could be beneficial in treating psychiatric illness.

June 4, 2023

The straitjacket and padded cell – care or brutality?

The straitjacket, what is the meaning behind this device? Is it a form of care, as some claim, or a form of brutality, as others argue?

May 22, 2023

Denis William Reed – Artist within Glenside

Denis was a talented and ambitious graduate from the Royal College of Art. He was a patient at Glenside Hospital in the 1950’s and suffered from bouts of severe depression.