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The Glore Psychiatric Museum, part of St. Joseph Museums, Inc., houses an extensive collection that chronicles the early history of psychiatric treatment through a series of dioramas, models, and reproductions. It also explains the more than 130 year history of St. Joseph State Hospital (now NMPRC).
The award winning Glore Psychiatric Museum is the largest of its kind in the world, and a community treasure in St. Joseph. MO. On your exploration of the museum you will see historic treatments, sustainability practices, patient art work, therapy options and so much more!
5 days ago · St. Joseph Museums, Inc. is the home of Glore Psychiatric, Black Archives of St. Joseph, Archaeology & Native American Galleries, Doll Museum and the Wyeth-Tootle Mansion - Truly something for EVERYONE!
Identified as one of the 50 most unusual museums in America, Glore’s Psychiatric Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri is a macabre collection of unsettling displays documenting the treatment of the mentally ill over the centuries. From a nineteenth-century dousing tank to an exhibit of more than 1,000 metal objects removed from a patient’s ...
The Glore exhibits feature the 130-year history of the adjacent state mental hospital, and illustrate the history of mental health treatment through the ages. It has been called one of the fifty most unusual museums in the United States.
Apr 21, 2015 · Glore Psychiatric Museum. 338 reviews. #3 of 60 things to do in Saint Joseph. Speciality Museums. Closed now. 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Write a review. About. Housed in the medical, surgical, and admitting unit of the former St. Joseph State Hospital, the museum is one of only a few of its kind.
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Glore Psychiatric Museum. 3408 Frederick Avenue (One Mile West Of I-29, Exit 47) St. Joseph , Missouri 64506. 816-364-1209 or 800-530-8866. In 1968 the Glore Psychiatric Museum was started in an abandoned ward of the St. Joseph State Hospital by George Glore.
