The Oregon State Hospital Museum of Mental Health is open after a temporary closure due to COVID-19. The public are welcomed Thursday through Saturday from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The Museum will continue to [...]
This digital exhibit is based on the changing exhibit created by OSH Museum staff and volunteers and hosted in the changing exhibit gallery 2016-2017. It is recreated here in part. [...]
Exterior View, Eola Hall Museum of Mental Health Collection Add caption here Interior of Eola Hall shortly before demolition. View looking out of nurse's station on first floor. Overview Like [...]
The early part of the twentieth century marked a change in attitudes towards mental health care. While moral therapy attempted to create an environment for patients to work towards recovery, more and more [...]
I have gained more of an insight into the patient’s fears, likes and dislikes than I thought would be possible in less than two weeks. It has given me a chance to judge [...]
Exterior View of McKenzie Hall Museum of Mental Health Collection Classroom interior from McKenzie Hall Museum of Mental Health Collection Overview McKenzie Hall started as a residential facility for the general [...]
Overview We decided that the unit should be kept small and should be used entirely for treatment and not for custodial care; that the design of the interior should be as free as [...]
Photo from Museum Collection Overview Since the Hospital first opened, there was a consistent need for separate facilities serving patients suffering from tuberculosis. Given the large number of patients suffering from TB [...]
Exhibit looking at the introduction of Thorazine and other pharmaceuticals into the treatment practices at the Oregon State Hospital. The exhibit was on display from 2019-2020. When the drug Thorazine became available in the 1950s [...]
Mary Elizabeth "Beth" Carmack October 2, 1947 - June 27, 2019 Beth Carmack left us far too early. She will be fondly remembered and painfully missed by those who loved [...]
