Reviews of Glenside Museum. (Museum) in Bristol (Bristol).

Glenside Museum

76 Reviews

49 Comments

Museum

Historical place museum

University of the West of England, Glenside Campus, Blackberry Hill, Bristol BS16 1DD, United Kingdom

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Information of Glenside Museum, Museum in Bristol (Bristol)

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Reviews of Glenside Museum

P. E.

Fascinating museum of the history of the Psychiatric hospital which is now UWE Glenside campus. Based in the Chapel (adorned with positive and uplifting stained glass and carvings to help the patients). This is also the hospital where Stanley Spencer was an orderly before serving in Macedonia. Images from the site are on the walls of the beautiful Sandham Memorial Chapel. A carefully curated museum still an active research site. Particular thanks to Stella who was and engaging and informed guide. Well worth the visit.

S. C.

Fascinating place, really interesting. Wish it was bigger with more room for the exhibits and the other items you don't get a chance to appreciate.

M.

Currently going on to study mental health so thought it would be helpful to get an insight into the history. Great place, friendly staff who are very informative and really interesting artefacts :)

C. P.

Came here with little expectations. Turns out to be incredibly interesting and informative with lots of items to view and interact with. Incredibly knowledgable guides and a real eye opener of what the campus was used for and how people were treated with mental issues.

S. V.

Loved it, free museum about mental health in early 1900's onwards , well worth a visit but very limited opening a few days only a week, check their website for opening times

j. W.

Excellent small local museum especially for anyone in the care profession

P. C.

What a fantastic place! This museum covers both local and national history of mental health care over the last 100 years.

A. L.

Very interesting little gem that is hidden away in the old church in the grounds of what used to be Glenside Hospital (Lunatic Asylum or psychiatric Hospital) Opening hours are limited and currently as follows Wednesdays 10.00 am to 12.30 pm Saturdays 10.00 to 12.30 pm (other times by arrangement) On a bus route (no 48A - City Centre to UWE Frenchay) The main site is now run by UWE Campus This is a free museum It has a lot of interesting things in a very small amount of space and in order and it covers when it was Beaufort War Hospital and also Stoke Park Hospital (hospital for people with learning difficulties) You will need at least 2 hours and as I used to work there I did meet someone else that worked there so I did not finish it so I will have to go back It covers all the history and a lot more Well worth a visit

E. W.

Fascinating talk given by curator. A gem of a museum and a scary insight into some of the barbaric treatments thro the ages in mental health.

C. S.

Fantastic experience. Absolutely fascinating history. Lovely and fun volunteers on hand to give you the facts

S. K.

Absolutely wonderful museum that shows the brutal reality of the medical equipment used on the patients there and elsewhere...though hard to believe that people were treated so inhumanely 5 star

E. S.

This is an amazing place which outlines the history of the hospital which was a mental health facility and a war hospital. Many detailed exhibits and interesting artifacts. Well worth a visit.

t.

Really interesting, would like to know more about how some of the artifacts were used for treatments and therapies though.

C. R.

Lots to see about the history of Glenside hospital and people who stayed here

L. L.

Very interesting place, had no idea it was there. My son loved it there.

H. S.

Fascinating, loads to read and see in a lovely building. Cups of tea available too ☺

P. G.

Incredibly interesting museum - friendly and knowledgeable volunteers.

P. W.

Fascinating well worth a visit. Check when it is open as not open all the time

F. P.

Loved it. very interesting to see how mental health has changed over the years.

M. B.

Very interesting place with stories and items from the past hospital

C. K.

Absolutely fantastic visit! Well worth the trip!

S. P.

It's a really interesting place of medical history

M. M.

Treasure trove of a museum full of interesting items related to mental health and learning disability. Based in what was the chapel for Bristol Asylum.

K. S.

Fascinating detailed history, i am going back again!

D. S.

Very interesting

R. C.

Great little museum.

s.

If you are in the area not a bad stop.

A. C.

Gives me chill to be there.. so much of history

A. C.

Very interesting place of days old

D. C.

Big museum with great monuments.

T. F.

Wonderful and eclectic collection

g.

Very interesting and informative

D. W.

Really interesting place

D. F.

Fantastic museum. Brilliant helpful staff. Loved it

L. X.

Great

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Very interesting

c. p.

beautiful

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A. T.

Really interesting place. I knew of it's history as a mental institution but not that it was a WW1 hospital from 1914 to 1919. Free entry but donation required. Open Weds afternoon and 10 to 4 on Saturday. Some parking outside. It's located in the old hospital church. Lots of exhibits, some rather chilling. How our view of mental illness has changed, lunatics no more, thank goodness.

c. p.

lovely little place, a little disappointed was expecting more photos of staff from around the late 50s to 60s

M. E.

Interesting museum with lots and lots of information!

D. S.

This is a fabulous place of interest. The amount of information and artifacts that they have collected is amazing. Well worth visiting.

J. E.

This is an under- rated gem in Bristol. It's a fascinating, cared for, and compact museum run by a welcoming and informative group of volunteers. We were lucky enough to chat with a former nurse at the hospital who now volunteers at the museum. Well worth visiting and certainly worth supporting.

J. J.

This museum contains a wide range of information about mental health and learning disability treatment in the now closed Glenside, Barrow and Stoke park hospitals and wider Bristol. As well as a thought provoking timeline noting key dates, legislation and treatment developments in the country and world. A wide range of historical artefacts pertaining to mental health are maintained and displayed. Many devices are used to to explain our, uncomfortably recent, history including stories by patients and staff, in writing, video and audio forms. These perspectives are used to give visitors an idea of life within the walls of our past and sometimes present mental health system. Volunteers appear very knowledgeable and people may visit here in the course of research. A good place to go if you are available during opening times 10-12:30 Wednesdays and Saturdays. Sign states arrangements for groups may be made, in advance, outside these times.

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