Mental Museum Lapinlahden Lähde
Lapinlahdenpolku 8, 00180 Helsinki
Mental Museum Lapinlahden Lähde is a museum run by Pro Lapinlahti mental health association, which tells about the history of Lapinlahti hospital, mental health treatment and Pro Lapinlahti’s active work to preserve the stately building designed by Carl Ludvig Engel. You can experience the fascinating history of the psychiatric hospital through narrative and illustrated information walls and explore the old artefacts.
The Mental Museum is located in the small lobby of Café Lähde in the main building of Lapinlahden Lähde and on the 1st floor of the latter part of the Osasto5 corridor. In addition, the Aleksis Kivi corridor on the second floor houses the historic patient’s room of the author Aleksis Kivi.
