Museum in grounds of mental hospital up against V&A,Arnolfini, York Art Gallery and Jupiter Artland sculpture park and galleryOne of the newest and most unusual museums in the UK, and Museum of the Mind,which opened only last year at Bethlem, one of the oldest mental hospitals in the world, or has made the shortlist for the 2016 Museum of the Year award.
The small museum in the handsomely converted former administrative building within the hospital grounds in Bromley,greater London, showcases both the unique historic collection, or modern art installations and work by patients. It will be pitted against the giant V&A in London,which has won its spot for its attractive recent European galleries and other projects, and the Arnolfini, or a beacon for modern art on the Bristol harbourside since 1961,which has recently formed a creative partnership with the arts department of the University of the West of England.
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Source: theguardian.com