Comprehensive List:
Our academic research into exhibitions about mental health in the United States has included interviews with the creators, and/or curators, of the exhibits listed below. In our opinion, those seeking to design future exhibits about mental health would benefit greatly from investigating these exhibits. Contact information for exhibit creators and curators is provided where permission has been received.
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Coming into: Mental Health and Stigma in Council Bluffs, IA and Canton, China University of Nebraska - Omaha (NE)
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Create Awareness, Kent State University (OH)
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Deconstructing Stigma (at Logan Airport), McLean Hospital (MA)
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I Am More, Amy Kerr Draws (MA)
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Inside Out Project Group Action: Out in the Open. In it Together, Mental Health Association of Essex & Morris, Inc. (NJ)
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Many Faces of Our Mental Health, Museum of Science, Boston (MA)
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Mental Health: Mind Matters, Science Museum of Minnesota (MN)
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Mindful: Exploring Mental Health Through Art, Contemporary Craft (PA)
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My Mother’s Keeper, Creativity Caravan (NJ), Mental Health Association of Essex & Morris, Inc. (NJ)
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You Have Nothing to Worry About, Savannah College of Art & Design (GA)
Notes: (1.) We acknowledge that, in addition to those listed above, other important exhibitions about mental illness must exist in the U.S. that our research has yet to uncover. If you are aware of other exhibits, please email links to nmmhproject@gmail.com and we will consider researching them and including above. (2.) The above list specifically excludes any exhibits, or museums, whose primary focus seems to be an examination of historic facilities and historical treatment methods for mental illness.