The
Glenside Hospital Museum houses collections relating to the history of
Bristol Psychiatric Hospitals, and Learning Disability Hospitals.
The
Museum, re-developed in 2009/10, has on display an array of
medications and remedies, drawings by patient Denis Reed, a fully
operational church organ, E.C.T. machines, padded cell, straight jacket,
mortuary equipment, ophthalmic instruments, an undercarriage door of a
Messerschmitt Bomber from WW2, and dioramas of an everyday ward, sick ward,
and operating theatre.
If
you are visiting us, please check our opening hours over the Cristmas / New
Year period on our 'Visit Us' page!
The
Museum, re-developed in 2009/10, has on display an array of
medications and remedies, drawings by patient Denis Reed, a fully
operational church organ, E.C.T. machines, padded cell, straight jacket,
mortuary equipment, ophthalmic instruments, an undercarriage door of a
Messerschmitt Bomber from WW2, and dioramas of an everyday ward, sick ward,
and operating theatre.
