Equal parts interesting, creepy, and saddening. So glad this museum is open to the public to see how previous mental health treatment was like. It occurred to me while exploring that we just never really know what’s better until something new comes along. I felt so much empathy for the patients that had to endure some unusual and somewhat brutal forms of therapy because their mental health condition was not yet fully understood. We are in a much better place today for treatments and I am so grateful. In the future there will likely be improved methods, but at least we are making efforts to become aware. This experience is so unique!

What an incredibly unique and interesting place! I was expecting something smaller, but this is four floors of relics and stories from the history of psychiatric care in general as well as the history of this specific psychiatric museum. Definitely worth the price of admission, and I highly recommend it to everyone!

Lots to wander through and see. The people were super nice and helpful. It was interesting and there was a lot besides just the asylum part. Kids had fun.

Very informative and cool to go see. If you like the creepy vibe you should go to the lowest level to the morgue. They also have a few other museums attached that are smaller. Be ready to spend at least three hours there. Only down side is all of the reading.

It has definitely grown and more interesting. Several other smaller exhibits have been added in a separate wing, which works well.

Amazing history and display setup. If you ever get to visit St Joseph Missouri, you have to visit this place. The price of entrance was $8 per person. They had a cute little gift shop with different things you could purchase.

I didn't realize it was a bunch of museums in one so that was a neat surprise. Worth checking out.

I have visited the Glore Museum several times and always enjoyed my visits; all the stellar reviews of the museum are absolutely correct. This time, however, I want to give special thanks to the staff during my last visit with my siblings. We had really been looking forward to touring the Glore; my brother and sister had never been there and were visiting from out of state. So you can imagine my distress when, just as I was turning in to the parking lot, I discovered that my car had a flat tire! We went to the front desk of the museum, and Max and Heather were very understanding regarding our situation. They allowed me to stay in the lobby of the building (since it was raining) while my siblings started their tour. I called AAA, then had to wait for a call from the roadside assistance technician, and then had to call the local tire store to arrange a time to bring my car in to have the tire repaired! I’m sure it wasn’t optimal to have all that activity occurring at the entrance to the museum, but they remained calm and considerate and very helpful (especially in providing information like the exact address of the museum). Thankfully, I did have time to tour the museum as well, and my siblings and I ended up having a delightful visit. Max was very solicitous and asked about my car as we were leaving (the technician had changed out my flat tire for the spare), and seemed genuinely glad to hear the good news that I’d be able to have the tire repaired. This was also the first time I’d visited the museum with pets, as my siblings were traveling with their dogs. We were delighted to discover that the Glore Museum does permit well-behaved dogs on leashes in the museum! It was a relief to be able to take our time wandering through the exhibits, without someone having to watch the pets outside. The museum is such a unique place, with such wonderful exhibits, that I look forward to every visit and love taking out-of-town guests there. It was wonderful to be treated with such kindness and understanding when I had my tire mishap. It was just one more example of why the Glore Museum is the BEST museum in Missouri!

A very educational museum!!! The stories that we need to know aren't always the easiest to hear. If you want to learn and do better, there needs to be a conversation about the past❤️

Amazing place to learn a little history especially about some of the trauma and general hardships some of the folks there went through!

The history of the museum revealed some horrible treatment methods utilized by physicians in the past. The museum houses a very detailed collection of medical and physical evidence of how mental health was addressed in the past. It is still frightening to think that women, and men , were once institutionalized simply because they spoke their minds or “danced to the beat of their own drums”.. Admission fee was $10.00 for us , but rates were lower for children and senior citizens.

Wonderful showcase of the past. It was very sad actually to see how we treated mentally ill in the past. Do not go in the basement alone as an empath.

Very interesting. Makes you realize how far we have come but also how we could do so much better as a society/mental health care system. Bless the mentally ill and those who care for them.

This place was really neat and very educational. I definitely recommend checking it out at least once!! Oh and don't forget to buy yourself a cherry mash while your there lol

A great collection of asylum artifacts and a couple other collections added in as well. The artifacts did a great job of telling the tale of the asylum over time and really bringing to life some of the experiences of patients and staff. For those who fancy learning about psychology or psychiatry it was a great way to see some of tools and equipment up close and really take in some atmosphere. The staff was super friendly and helpful. The gift shop has some interesting offerings beyond the typical generic offerings seen most places. The other attached collections are well worth the time, and contained some great pieces tying in to local history and reflecting on the events of national importance.

This is the most interesting museum I've been to in a very long time. Incredibly informative and well stocked with equipment and oddities. My performance group had a project video shoot and were given a space to store our stuff and change costumes. I was very pleasantly surprised by the staff, they were phenomenal. 10/10 would recommend

View the history of psychatric therapy though the eyes of a real hospital turned museum. Must see if you are interested in the unusual or the subjects. Several other museums in the same building and same admission fee. So a good value. Some have claimed it's haunted.

Interesting museum. I'd definitely go again if I was in the area. We used a Groupon and was on 15 for 2 people. The gift shop has a lot of cool items.

What a unique and interesting museum this is. It's definitely one of a kind. How far psychiatric care has come since then is mind-blowing. If you haven't been here yet, put it on the list if you're near here!

Very interesting information . really shows the progression of treatment for mental health! They have current treatments and and pamphlets to help you know. Very inforamative with a small gift shop. Not expensive and very ADA compliant.

The museum had a lot of information, and we spent a couple of hours walking around. There was a lot of new information that surprised us. The front desk clerk wasn't exactly friendly, but we might have just caught her on an off day. We would recommend for adults and teens. Note to management: the pond outside needs maintenance. The fish's water is dirt and not pump isn't working. The filter is clogged and needs to be cleaned.

So much to see! Often fascinating, sad, and uplifting. I love seeing the art and writing of former patients, Wild facts about Western treatment of mental health over the last couple hundred years. I had no idea that 20th century Missouri mental patients ran a fully functional farm for their own sustenance and profit. The dental room and morgue are quite frightening. I love the mental health fact area with regulating activities and brain activity diagrams. It's a calm place to relax after some of the more overwhelming displays. I very much appreciate that the museum isn't all shock and awe, It excuses care and respect for it's history's participants and makes effort to reduce mental health stigma today. Max from the gift shop was super friendly and helpful and even offered to tour the tunnels where patients had made art on the walls. It was fascinating and a bit creepy as expected. I even got to test the acoustics. Thanks Max! Aside from the mental health museum, smaller sections had a hallway of black and indigenous portraits from 150 yrs ago that were gorgeous and something I'd never seen before. The Doll museum had old creepy stuff as well as very cool fashion and Barbie collections.