Museum Ovartaci

Museum in Denmark

Museum Ovartaci in Aarhus, Denmark is a combined art and historical museum dedicated to the work of the artist Ovartaci, history of psychiatric treatment and art produced by patients at the Risskov Psychiatric Hospital. It was a part of Aarhus University Hospital in the same buildings as the Psychiatric Hospital in Risskov, but now it is located on Olof Palmes Alle in Aarhus N. The museum also offers social programmes directed at psychiatric patients, including an open atelier, and creative workshops. The hospital opened in 1852 under the name “Jydske Asyl” (English: Jutish Asylum) in building

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Coordinates:
56.19°N, 10.19°E

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