Spotlight: Asylum Art

Schedule

Wed Jun 24 2026 at 12:30 pm to 12:50 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Physicians' Gallery | Edinburgh, SC

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About this Event

Join us at the Physicians’ Gallery on the last Wednesday of every month at 12.30pm for a curator-led talk exploring one of the objects on display in our Gallery.

Our topic for this talk is the history of asylum art - exploring the creative work of Victorian patients. These asylum residents documented their dreams, their inventions and their day-to-day lives in these deeply personal artworks.


This 20 minute talk is free. The meeting point is in the Gallery.

Find out more about our Gallery on our website.


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Physicians' Gallery, 11 Queen Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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