Glore Psychiatric Museum

Glore Psychiatric Museum
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Established1967
Location3406 Frederick Ave., St. Joseph, Missouri, United States
Coordinates39°46′34″N 94°48′30″W / 39.77611°N 94.80833°W / 39.77611; -94.80833
TypePsychiatric history
FounderGeorge Glore
CuratorScott Clark
Public transit accessBus transport St. Joseph Transit
Websitewebsite
The "Tranquilizer Chair"
The "Bath of Surprise" for rapidly immersing patients into ice water
The "Giant Patient Treadmill" allowed patients to walk off excess energy.
Dr. Young's Ideal Rectal Dilators exhibited in the museum

The Glore Psychiatric Museum is part of a complex of St. Joseph, Missouri, museums, along with the Black Archives Museum, the St. Joseph Museum, and the American Indian and History Galleries. 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.[1] It has been called one of the fifty most unusual museums in the United States.[2]

  1. ^ "Website". Glore Psychiatric Museum. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
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