Museum Dr. Guislain

Name: Museum Dr. Guislain
Address: Jozef Guislainstraat 43B, 9000 Gent, Belgium, Gent, Belgium

4.1/5 ★ based on 8 reviews

Contact Museum Dr. Guislain

Address :	Jozef Guislainstraat 43B, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Phone :	📞 +9989
Website :	https://www.museumdrguislain.be/nl/Over/Index/
Categories :	Tourist attraction , Local history museum ,
City :	Gent
Description :	Exhibits on the history of psychiatry & a collection of art in Belgium's first mental asylum.

Jozef Guislainstraat 43B, 9000 Gent, Belgium

Best Local history museum in belgium

E	Elizabeth Ramberg on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Really fascinating museum. The building itself is really beautiful on the outside. I found the permanent exhibit (history of psychiatry) both interesting and disturbing. There was a special exhibit on anxiety that I enjoyed. Loved the mix of objects, photos, videos, and words.
S	Shanie Hayes on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This place is a must when in the area.the exhibitions are split into different areas and so engaging and informative. Site is beautiful and calm. A must is to visit the insider art section for some of the most interesting and dynamic art work Plenty of Parking at the Museum. Allow time for your visit We spent 4 hours here.very good value for money. Cafe on site excellent value 3 Euro's for coffee and 2 Pancakes!!!
B	BARTOSZ R on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Thrilling experience in some places. It's a museum that one will not forget after the visit.
R	Ronald Damwijk on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Museum D'r. Guislain is a former psychiatric hospital. To get there you can either take the tram or walk. From the center of Ghent it's about a 30 minute walk. The permanent exhibition shows some amazing work of paintings and sculptures. I went for a photography exhibition and stayed longer to view the permanent exhibition.
D	Dorene Joy Abelleja on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Nice art expo and staffs are very frindly. Must visit. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
S	Siegfried B on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A very interesting museum on mental health. They have very nice exhibitions. At the time of our visit there was the very interesting exhibition on the influence of mental illness on art by way of dance. It had some nice art pieces and lots of footage. There was also an exhibition of photos and video work on addiction which was very high quality. The permanent collection on mental health and on the facility itself is also good, but lacks context and information. The permanent art collection of “non professional” artists or artists who have turned away from the art world, is curious, but less interesting than the other collections. The buildings are the former mental asylum, which gives extra value to the visit. We experienced the staff as a negative point: they were clearly bored and gave the impression of being inconvenienced by the visitors. Some were downright rude, which was a shame.
D	Desirae Helton on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Very nice museum! I enjoyed the different exhibits especially Unhinged.
R	Robin Irwin on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Honestly, I am a bit mixed about the museum. The building and the courtyard are beautiful, and the museum does portray the absolute dread of having to stay in this significant place, at the birth of psychiatry: this development represented frontier medicine and this exhibition shows the abuse and hefty dose of stigmatisation that still exists. What I do miss however, is more explanation about the various mental illnesses that are defined and removed from clinical books and how they initially manifested in this new frontier of psychiatry and psychology. There is perhaps a slight suggestion made by the museum that it was and is perceived that mental health issues are entangled with certain types of artistic expressions. This is currently shown with the outsider art exhibition and the artistic expressions shown, all made by people who are mentally disturbed in one way or another