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We are back!

Thanks to the generous support of The British Academy and The Leverhulme Trust, over the next year and a half I will be continuing my research on former asylums—their reuse, processes of memorialisation, and the development of “mind museums.”

We begin this week with fieldwork at the Bethlem Museum of the Mind.

More to follow soon!

Sulla pagina dedicata alle nostre pubblicazioni http://www.ausl.re.it/le-nostre-pubblicazioni è ora disponibile il settimo ebook della collana "La città dei dimenticati". Si tratta de "Fascismo, carcere, manicomio : la storia di Giusepe F.", di Francesco Paolella.

Yesterday we had the the pleasure of hosting a celebration event to mark 'City in a Citadel', the first solo by local artist and expert by experience R.R.

Many of the people who turned out to support R.R. are South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust staff who were part of the care team that helped on his journey through in-patient services.

R.R. spoke to those gathered about the staff who helped introduce him to and , and the lifeline these creative activities became.

You can find 'City in a Citadel' on now until the end of May at the Mental Health Museum.

I’m delighted to share that I’ve been awarded by The British Academy a BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant. 🤍
My study investigates the cultural significance of the heritage of mental health, Mind Museums, and their role in challenging stigma and promoting reflectivity on mental health.

The funding will support fieldwork across the UK, a Knowledge Exchange Workshop at the MUSEO LABORATORIO DELLA MENTE, writing and networking, building on research I began within the ReMIND project in 2019.

I’m grateful to Northumbria University for the support through my sabbatical and institutional funds, and excited for the synergies this work creates with CA22159 Euro Hist Health project and the collaboration with UK Mind Museums.

Soon more news!

Mental Health Museum MAPP Museo d'Arte Paolo Pini Biblioteca scientifica "Carlo Livi" San Servolo Venezia Museo del ManicomioManicomiodivolterra Bethlem Museum of the Mind Fondazione Mario Tobino-Ex Manicomio di Maggiano

Had a great visit to the Southwell Workhouse on Thursday with the Museum and Heritage working group of the COST Action EuroHealthHist. The Workhouse and Infirmary is one of the founding members of International Coalition of Sites of Conscience and a great example of how such historical architectural complexes are palimpsests of tangible and intangible heritage, as well as the different approaches to their conservation and public representation.

Very happy to had the chance to present my research on and the heritage of mental health at the conference in Galway.

https://www.routledge.com/Mind-Museums-Former-Asylums-and-the-Heritage-of-Mental-Health/Lanz/p/book/9781032193984

I concluded spring-break with a very interesting international but - above all - truly interdisciplinary conference. Historians, curators, architects, artists from various parts of Europe and beyond discussing how to valorise and actualise the heritage of mental health in “museums and beyond”.
Thanks to Mental Health Museum for the hospitality, the organisations and the opportunity to present my research to an exceptional audience.

📔Published by Routledge History, Heritage Studies and Archaeology "Mind Museums" is the result of the ReMIND project 3-years long research on the transformation of former psychiatric asylums into museums. The book explores what mind museums are, how they are, and what do they do.

➡️ Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions -MSCA for Students

Mind Museums | Former Asylums and the Heritage of Mental Health | Fran Mind Museums offer a fresh perspective on the heritage of mental health, bringing museums into sharp focus. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches from