This week (7th – 11th October) we have an exhibition at Cardiff University to mark Mental Health Awareness Week.
Do call in if you are passing the Viriamu Jones Gallery in the main University building
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Mental Health Awareness Week October 2019
October 9th, 2019New Exhibition at Glamorgan Archives
March 11th, 2019Here are the details for our current exhibition at the Glamorgan Archives
General Update
November 17th, 2018So sorry for lack of posts this year, no reflection to a lack of activity or exhibitions.
Since our wonderful city showcase at the Cardiff Story Museum we have had a number of exhibitions:
June 2018
University Hospital of Wales
July 2018
Haydn Ellis building, Cardiff University
St Fagans
November 2018
Amanda Cashmore from the BBC interviewed Dr Ian Beech regarding the role of Whitchurch during WW1 and especially its treatment of shell shock, see link below
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-45892116
Remembrance Event at the National Museum
Whitchurch Village Library as part of Remembrance Sunday
Rhydypennau Library – small WW1 display until the end of the week
The Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital during WW1
New Exhibition at the Cardiff Story Museum
February 23rd, 2018We are very pleased to announce our next exhibition from Saturday the 3rd of March at the Cardiff Story Museum based in the old library building on the Hayes in the City Center.
We will have the City Showcase space which is downstairs and the exhibition will share some of the stories of those who worked and were treated at Whitchurch Hospital. There will also be some artefacts on display from Whitchurch.
The exhibition will run from Saturday the 3rd of March until Sunday the 3rd of June 2018
Photo taken by Eyes2Me Photography
New Exhibition – Whitchurch Hospital – Moving On
February 22nd, 2017We are very happy to announce our next exhibition at Cardiff Central Library opening on the 6th of March
Please come along and have a look at the exhibition and have a look at the events on during the week
The events are listed on Eventbrite:
Moving On Exhibition
Arddangosfa Symud Ymlaen
Exhibition at The National Museum, Cardiff
November 1st, 2016
Exhibition at the National Museum Cardiff
Exhibition at the National Museum Cardiff
We were invited to take part in the Re-Imagining Challenging History conference by Dr Jenny Kidd, lecturer at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural studies and Dr Rachelle Barlow, School of Music, Cardiff University.
Elen Phillips, Principal Curator Contemporary & Community History at St Fagans joned us with the amazing tablecloth made in 1917 at Whitchurch Hospital.
Huge thank you to everyone who made it a great experience including Alan Vaughan Hughes from Special Collections and Archives at Cardiff University, Eleri Evans from the Museum, Jenny Kidd, Rachelle Barlow, Elen Phillips and all those who shared their stories of Whitchurch Hospital with us.
1917 tablecloth made in Whitchurch Hospital
Exhibition at the National Museum Cardiff
Tea Party Photos
May 26th, 2016Here are the photos that Craig Harper from Media Resources took on the 11th of March. Thank you to the Mental Health Clinical Board for permission to put on the website.
It was a lovely afternoon of meeting up with old friends and colleagues, thank you to all who came along.
Recognise anyone? Do get in touch if you were there or recognise some faces.
Lovely tea in the dining room
The Exhibition is now Closed
April 16th, 2016Thank you to everyone that supported and visited our exhibition during March and again this week. We have had so many visitors it has been amazing. We hope you have enjoyed the experience as we all have.
The Exhibition is Now Closed
Updated Programme of Events for the Exhibition
April 12th, 2016
Updated Programme of events
Exhibition Programme of Events
April 6th, 2016PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
Monday 11th April – Whitchurch Hospital 1908 – 2016:
A General History
(A talk by Dr. Ian Beech, Academic Manager for Mental Health, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales, Pontypridd).
At: 12:30 to 13.30pm. (Limited spaces. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment)
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Wednesday 13th April – Whitchurch Hospital 1915 – 1919:
The Hospital During WWI
(a talk by Dr. Ian Beech, Academic Manager for Mental Health , Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales, Pontypridd).
At: 12:30 to 13:30 pm. (Limited spaces. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment)
Both talks above will take place in the Lecture Theatre, opposite Ward East 2, Whitchurch Hospital
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Thursday 14th April 6-8pm (only) and
Friday 15th April 10-1pm (only) On Ward East 1, Whitchurch Hospital
WWI Tablecloth Display –
An opportunity to view another important artefact of the hospital’s long history.
The embroidered tablecloth, bought in Jacob’s Market, Cardiff, in 1981, and dated ‘1917’, was made by WWI military casualties recuperating at the hospital. It includes the names of numerous staff and soldiers there at the time. It is now preserved at St. Fagan’s Museum of Welsh Life, who has kindly agreed to display the tablecloth).
