"The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic

The Community Consortium has just completed a website and a traveling exhibit entitled "The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic," based on research into the lives of people whose suitcases were found in an abandoned attic at Willard Psychiatric Center in New York State. The website and exhibit present the lives of the suitcase owners in all their richness and complexity, and examine the history of psychiatric institutions during the early-mid 20th century through the eyes of those who spent decades within their walls.


The website is at www.SuitcaseExhibit.org and information about the traveling exhibit is at http://www.exhibitionalliance.org/documents/48.doc

Thanks,

Darby Penney
for the Community Consortium

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This is a very moving and informative exhibit. It shows how far we have come as a society, and how far we have yet to go, when it comes to mental health stigma and treatment.