Museums at Night: Faces of Madness

Come along to visit the museum and hear talks about life at Bethlem in the Victorian period. We will also be giving visitors the chance to look closely at photographs taken of patients in the 1850s and inviting you to help us to recreate these with a 21st century twist! It is thought that photographer Henry Hering was commissioned to take photographs of patients in an attempt to document what was then known as the ‘physiognomy of insanity’; the idea that the face could reveal the essential nature of the person within. Medicine at this point was attempting to classify mental illness and doctors saw the potential of the image for diagnosis. By recreating these images in a modern setting we hope to show that you cannot tell if someone has a mental health problem just by looking at them. Refreshments will be provided.

Suitable for
Any age


Admission
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Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000006?id=EVENT470821