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Glore Psychiatric Museum


Glore Psychiatric Museum
3406 Frederick Ave.
Saint Joseph, MO 64506
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“Glore Psychiatric Museum” RoadsideAmerica.com
“The Bad Taste Tour Goes to the Looney Bin” Savvy Traveler
“In Minnesota, a Museum of Madness” Washington Post
“St. Joseph, MO” Ladies Home Journal
TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #4 of 24 attractions in Saint Joseph
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Traveller Description: When you first drive up you will notice two large mental facilities. The one with barbed wire is a working medical facility.   The barbed wire area is more »
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Attraction type: Museum, Speciality museum
Address: 3406 Frederick Ave. Saint Joseph, MO 64506
Tel: (816) 387-2310

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“Very Interesting & A Bit Creepy Too”
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4 of 5 stars
zippy608
Wakefield, MA
14 Sep 2009

This museum is actually in one of the buildings that was originally known as "State Lunatic Asylum No. 2". It first opened its doors in 1874. The rest of the buildings, I believe, are now part of the Department of Corrections. The museum tells the history of mental illness and asylums and some of the treatments that were used throughout... more

“Eye-opening”
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4 of 5 stars
britt_leigh_2
Great Mills, Maryland
24 Jul 2008
1
person found this review helpful

This was definitely a very enlightening and interesting place to go. I don't even have a passing interest in psychology or psychiatry, but I was enthralled in the history of treatment for the mentally ill. I would certainly recommend it, but probably not for small children. more

“Fascinating, educational, and one of a kind”
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5 of 5 stars
nikisma
san francisco, ca
3 Apr 2005
7
people found this review helpful

My husband and I visit St. Joe more often than we like, owing to his having family in the area, and I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that you can count the number of attractions worth visiting there on one hand. However, we have been to the Glore Psychiatric Museum on numerous occasions and it never ceases to... more

“Educational like a haunted house/mortuary...”
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3 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
1 Apr 2002
18
people found this review helpful

I visited about four years ago (I was about 16 years old) and to this day my visit to the Glore Museum stands out as one of the most eerie specticals of my life. The inmate-produced artwork still wakes me from my sleep and remembering the weird cages, harnesses, and instuments of lobotomy make my skin crawl. Don't get me... more

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Glore Psychiatric Museum Address

3406 Frederick Ave., Saint Joseph, MO 64506
Tel: (816) 387-2310