Museum Reopens
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 [...]
Digital Exhibit: Fire at OSH!
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. [...]
Eola Hall
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 [...]
Dome Building
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 [...]
Yaquina Hall
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 [...]
McKenzie Hall
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 [...]
Breitenbush Hall
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 [...]
Santiam Hall
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 [...]
Chemical Reactions
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
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 [...]