Psykiatrihistoriska museet
Museum in the former “stora dårhuset” (“great madhouse”) from 1826 in Växjö, on the history of mental health care from the Middle Ages to today, with an exhibition on dental care.
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About the museum
The Museum of Psychiatric History opened in March 1985 in the 600-square-metre building from 1826 that was popularly known as the “stora dårhuset” (great madhouse), at Sigfridsområdet in Växjö, where Sankt Sigfrids sjukhus is located. The museum is run by Region Kronoberg and shows the development of mental health care from the Middle Ages to today.
The collection comprises just over 4,000 objects, including care equipment, clothing, technical equipment, archive material, photographs, artworks and specialist literature. Older and newer treatment methods are shown together with objects that illustrate the social, architectural, trade-union and care-ideological development.
The exhibitions deal, among other things, with the development of the hospital grounds, socio-therapy, occupational therapy, art therapy, treatments through the ages, the home of an attendant (vaktpiga or vaktdräng) and a chapel. On the upper floor there is an exhibition on dental care, with a treatment room from the 1950s and a dental library collection. The stories are conveyed by guides who have themselves worked in psychiatry or dentistry.
Highlights
- The great madhouse from 1826
- Care equipment and treatments through the ages
- Collection of just over 4,000 objects
- Dental care exhibition with a treatment room from the 1950s
- Guides with their own experience of psychiatry
Permanent exhibitions
- Mentalvårdens historia – Exhibitions on the development of mental health care from the Middle Ages to today, with treatments, occupational therapy, socio-therapy, art therapy and a chapel.
- Tandvård – Exhibition on the upper floor with a treatment room from the 1950s, equipment and tools from Kronoberg dental care, and a collection of dental literature.
- Founded
- 1985
- Operated by
- Region Kronoberg
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided visits are booked by phone on 0470-58 64 43. The guides have their own experience of working in psychiatry or dentistry. Books about Sankt Sigfrids sjukhus are sold at the museum. |
