Buildings designed to lodge and care for the sick, injured, aged, infirm, disabled or mentally disordered. Medieval hospitals housing the poor, lepers, aged and infirm are included, even if medical care was minimal.
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A mission to archive both historical and current information about asylums across the United States and around the world.
History of Grand Rapids, Michigan sanitarium devoted to rectal disorders.
A "cyberspace shrine" for the abandoned Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital, Maidenhead, England.
Railroad-oriented page features some building photos of this Long Island, New York mental hospital which has long since been closed.
Gallery of photographs of this former Connecticut mental hospital.
An exploration of mental hospitals, asylums and housing for the insane.
Road report and review of the Glore Psychiatric Museum at the former mental hospital site. St. Joseph, Missouri.
Mcgill University provides a searchable database of images, a case study of the Royal Victoria Hospital, and a bibliography.
Overview of historic Illinois state institutions for the mentally ill, developmentally disabled, and other populations.
The Australian Science Academy Project explains its creation of a museum to document the history of this 19th-century former asylum in Victoria. Includes an illustrated history by Daniel Cass.
Information on Long Island, New York state hospitals and how they were served by the Long Island Railroad.
Founded 1858 and designed by architect Isaac Perry. Now known as Binghamton State Hospital. Contains recent and vintage photos, historical info, rare documents, links, and forum.
Photo gallery of Normansfield Hospital, founded by John Langdon Down in 1868 for people with learning disabilities.
History of Northville mental hospital complex in Michigan, with many recent photos.
Gallery of modern photos.
Britain's oldest surviving operating theatre. Provides history of the museum, details of its facilities, schools and groups.
Illustrated article about sanitarium at Gute Hill in Owosso, Michigan
Illustrated virtual tour of hospital originally designed by architect Samuel Rhoads.
Brief architectural specification page concerning mental institution in Farview, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
Photographs of the abandoned buildings at Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center in Brentwood, New York.
Genealogy-related page with image and early history of medical/spa sanitarium in Mt. Clemens near Detroit.
Posting photographs and information about abandoned hospitals and asylums.
Posting photographs and information about abandoned hospitals and asylums.
A mission to archive both historical and current information about asylums across the United States and around the world.
An exploration of mental hospitals, asylums and housing for the insane.
Genealogy-related page with image and early history of medical/spa sanitarium in Mt. Clemens near Detroit.
Britain's oldest surviving operating theatre. Provides history of the museum, details of its facilities, schools and groups.
History of Northville mental hospital complex in Michigan, with many recent photos.
Road report and review of the Glore Psychiatric Museum at the former mental hospital site. St. Joseph, Missouri.
History of Grand Rapids, Michigan sanitarium devoted to rectal disorders.
Photographs of the abandoned buildings at Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center in Brentwood, New York.
A "cyberspace shrine" for the abandoned Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital, Maidenhead, England.
Overview of historic Illinois state institutions for the mentally ill, developmentally disabled, and other populations.
Photo gallery of Normansfield Hospital, founded by John Langdon Down in 1868 for people with learning disabilities.
Founded 1858 and designed by architect Isaac Perry. Now known as Binghamton State Hospital. Contains recent and vintage photos, historical info, rare documents, links, and forum.
Illustrated article about sanitarium at Gute Hill in Owosso, Michigan
Railroad-oriented page features some building photos of this Long Island, New York mental hospital which has long since been closed.
Brief architectural specification page concerning mental institution in Farview, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
Information on Long Island, New York state hospitals and how they were served by the Long Island Railroad.
Gallery of modern photos.
Mcgill University provides a searchable database of images, a case study of the Royal Victoria Hospital, and a bibliography.
Illustrated virtual tour of hospital originally designed by architect Samuel Rhoads.
Gallery of photographs of this former Connecticut mental hospital.
The Australian Science Academy Project explains its creation of a museum to document the history of this 19th-century former asylum in Victoria. Includes an illustrated history by Daniel Cass.
