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We have a small archive of photographs and some records, most records regarding Glenside / Mental Hospitals in Bristol are held in Bristol Records Office.
Open
Open Saturdays and Wednesdays
10am - 12 noon
group/school visits can be arranged.
Admission charges
Admision is FREE.
Description
A collection on the history of Bristol Psychiatric hospitals and Learning Disability hospitals.
Dr Donal Early was the main founder of the museum and was a consultant psychiatrist at Glenside from the 1950s. He and his volunteers collected memorabilia and stored them on the balcony of the dining hall of Glenside. When the old building closed he and his volunteers were given the use of the Glenside Chapel, which they renovated and have slowly developed as a museum.
The museum has a wide range of paraphernalia and images from the life of Glenside and of the local Learning Disability Hospitals of the Stoke Park Group and the Burden Neurological Institution.
The Chancel is used for temporary exhibitions and for the paintings of Dennis Reed, an accomplished artist who painted life in Glenside from the inside, in the 1950's.
There are several early ECT machines on display.
Key artists and exhibits
Paintings by Dennis Reed
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Early ECT machines
