New York City Should Become the Site of a National Museum of Mental Health

• By: Philip T. Yanos, PhD Paul M. Piwko National Museum of Mental Health Project, Inc.
• August 5th, 2026
• cultural institutions, mental health education, mental health history, mental health museum, New York City, public awareness, stigma, Ward's Island
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New York City prides itself on being a center of cultural institutions, boasting proudly on its tourism website that “there's an institution for every interest in the City.” The city is the site of roughly 170 museums! Yet, inexplicably, there is currently no museum focused on improving public...