MENTAL HEALTH MUSEUM

The mental health museum is one of the most unique tourist attractions in Wakefield that offer the visitors a unique experience. Housing a very notable collection of objects that are related to mental health and dated back as early as the 19th century this museum is open only from Tuesday to Thursday.

The mental health museum is among the unique places you can see in Wakefield. This unusual venue houses a plethora of objects related to mental health hospitals and cares in the past till today in chronological order.

Visitors of the museum are able to see the chains that were once used on the patients, the electroconvulsive therapy equipment, and the patent cells that were home to these patients. In addition to all this, the museum also houses a number of textbooks, medicine storage cabinets, and even the clothing that the mental health professionals wore during the time. Visitors are pushed into wondering and debating about the standard of mental health care both in the past and current times.

Location: Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Ln, Wakefield WF1 3SP, UK

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Highlights

• Head inside this unique destination which introduces mental health-related objects that belong to the 19th century and onward chronologically. 
• Visitors witness a rather unusual collection like the chains used to restrain patients, electroconvulsive therapy equipment and padded cells. 
• The museum also features the various clothing worn by mental health professionals in these centuries, including heavy skirts, corsets, thick stockings and even kitchens.
• Visitors are able to indulge in a debate regarding the examination of mental health care in the past as well as in the current time.