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Dr. Guislain Museum

Museum Dr. Guislain

Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium

Museum of the history of psychiatry and outsider art, housed in Belgium's oldest psychiatric hospital (inaugurated 1857) in Ghent, founded on the reform work of Dr. Joseph Guislain.

Focus
Neurodiversity, cross-neurotype, Psychosis and schizophrenia
Leadership
Family- or professional-led
Where
In person
Languages
Dutch, English

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Verified 2026-09-09 from museumdrguislain.be. Added 2026-09-09 by the editorial team.

Note: Exact year the museum (as opposed to the 1857 hospital) opened to the public could not be confirmed from primary sources; secondary sources vary (1980s). Run by the Guislain psychiatric institution/foundation, not by patients or an nd-led body.

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