Most Popular PlacesRandom PlaceListsItinerariesAdd a PlaceDownload the App The Living Museum Barryscourt Castle Gallery O on H Street 'Tombe de la Famille Nagelmackers' Where to See the World’s Creepiest Dolls and Toys 12 days ago All the United States New York State Queens The Living Museum A working art museum inside a psychiatric center where patients create and exhibit paintings, sculptures, installations, and even recorded music in their own studios. Tucked inside a building on the grounds of the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, the Living Museum is a collection of artists’ work that feels nothing like a conventional museum. Established in 1983, it is a working creative space where psychiatric patients can create paintings, sculptures, installations, and mixed-media works.
Artwork fills walls, rooms, and exhibition spaces, while individual artists can maintain their own studios and develop work alongside one another. There is even a music studio where albums have been recorded and are available for purchase in the museum store, along with patient artwork. Psychologist Janos Marton and artist Bolek Greczynski created the Living Museum around the idea that people receiving psychiatric care could be recognized for their artistry.
Four decades later, it remains an unusually immersive intersection of art, community, and mental health care. Get more unusual and extraordinary places each week with the Atlas Obscura Places newsletter. Your newsletter subscriptions with us are subject to Atlas Obscura's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
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