"If anyone could capture the agony of mental illness – what we call in the profession the ‘nameless dread’ – he could." My feature on how Charles Lutyens became the trailblazer for #arttherapy. In today's The Telegraph Bethlem Museum of the Mind Robert Howard telegraph.co.uk/art/artists/th…

Excellent exhibition of the paintings of Charles Lutyens Bethlem Museum of the Mind. museumofthemind.org.uk

The SL5 bus makes the route to Bethlem Museum of the Mind so much easier. Drops right outside the Bethlem.

One of our brilliant followers recently drew our attention to wheelmap.org - you can now view images that show our accessibility for wheelchairs here: wheelmap.org/way/52088451 You can also find further access info here bit.ly/MOTMaccess

Saturday 21 Sept: Henry Cockburn & his father Patrick will be speaking about the years since the release of ‘Henry’s Demons: Living with Schizophrenia, A Father & Son’s Story’ 📗 Tickets are free but booking is essential bit.ly/3T9wZDB

RIP Seni Lewis, who passed on this day 2010 #RIPSENI

It's National Read a Book Day! 📚 Not that we need an excuse to read more books 😃 Here's a selection of the fantastic reads available to buy from our shop and online! #NationalReadABookDay bit.ly/MOTMbooks

Got that new term/back to school/new notebook feeling? 📝📒✏️🍂 Come and spend some time learning about the history of mental health treatment at Bethlem Museum of the Mind this weekend - we're open today 9:30-5pm! bit.ly/visitmotm

Visiting this week? Don't forget to tag us in your social media posts! 🤳 We're on Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok We are open to the general public Wednesday-Saturday 9:30-5pm bit.ly/visitmotm #louiswaincat #selfie #museumselfie

Excited for Now You See Me! 🎨 Our exhibition features artworks by past and present service users, staff, and volunteers. Join us on Tuesday 17th September, 2-5pm, at the Maker Space Gallery, Occupational Therapy Department, Bethlem Royal Hospital. 🖼️✨ #Art #Wellbeing

Saturday 21 September: Henry Cockburn & his father Patrick will be speaking about the years since the release of ‘Henry’s Demons: Living with Schizophrenia, A Father & Son’s Story’ 📗 Tickets are free but booking is essential bit.ly/3T9wZDB

Off to study Psychology at Uni this month? Pop into Bethlem Museum of the Mind this weekend for some inspiration! Sharing the history of Mental Health treatment in England since 1247. bit.ly/visitmotm #mentalhealth #history #psychology

Happy National Colouring Day!! ✏️🎨🖌️ We're celebrating by showcasing these unique colouring books - available to buy in our Museum shop! bit.ly/visitmotm #colourinbeckenham #colourincroydon #louiswain #NationalColouringDay

#onthisday in 1666 the first meeting of the Court of Governors was held at Bethlem. An excerpt from the Minutes explains that this was because of a "fierce & lamentable" fire at Bridewell Hospital. (There are only 2 commas in this whole piece of writing, remember to breathe...)

'Psychogeriatric Ward' by Charles Lutyens is the pretty big! But Lutyens' largest work is the 800 sq ft mosaic in St Paul's Church, East London bit.ly/3XEJEAS 'A World Apart: the Work of Charles Lutyens' is on until 30 November.

Today is Mexico's Independence Day! Here is an article from the Mexican newspaper Diario de Yucatán all about our current exhibition: A World Apart The Art of Charles Lutyens! bit.ly/3MqO4F9

Next guided Bethlem History Walks are on: 🚶‍♂️ Saturday 21 September 11am 🚶‍♀️ Saturday 12 October 11am Walks are free but places must be booked: bit.ly/motmevents

We're often asked about 'secretly' held patients at Bethlem. The most famous case is James Tilly Matthews-bit.ly/2UXfCXD. To prove his sanity he designed a new Hospital building. Rejected by the Governors, they did award him £30 for his efforts.

In 2011 Patrick & Henry Cockburn’s ‘Henry’s Demons: Living with Schizophrenia, A Father & Son’s Story’ was released. ‘There is poetry in this prose’, said one reviewer, ‘the bipolarity of misery and exaltation that Blake understood’. This Saturday, 11am bit.ly/3T9wZDB

#otd in 1949, artist Bryan Charnley was born. We hold 7 of his works including 'Sleep'. Diagnosed with schizophrenia in adolescence, Charnley was said to have found sleep a great refuge & used dreams as a source of imagery & inspiration such as in this painting.