TOURS OFFERED
March 20th, 2009 – October 31st, 2010*
Always call to confirm if you don't see your time listed.
Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Sunday
12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday
10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
*Tours of the first floor leave every hour and all four floors start every 2 hours. The last 1st floor tour leaves at 5:00 p.m. and the last 4 floor tour leaves at 4:00 p.m.
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Walk-in tours are offered Tuesday - Sunday. All four floors are available. Appointments welcome.
1st Floor
Learn about the pioneers of humane treatment for the mentally ill while visiting the first two wards for the patients and see the Civil War Section of the hospital. Hear about the gold robbery that helped West Virginia become a state and how being a border state affected the area.
$10.00
All 4 Floors
All of the first floor tour experience plus, step back in time to the 1935 fire that destroyed 4 wards of the Asylum. Visit the doctors' apartments, nurses’ quarters, Ward F where the most deviant of patients were kept, and explore the first floor of the Medical Center (added this year). Learn the history of medical treatments performed in asylums as well as how this facility helped the local community through two wars and the depression.
$30.00
Tours Include
- The history of the treatment of the insane prior to state run facilities as well as the people instrumental in improving that treatment.
- The nationwide influence of the Kirkbride Theory.
- The effects the Civil War had on the construction of the oldest parts of the hospital, "The Civil War section." (First time ever seen on tour)
- The architectural history of the facility.
- The socio-economic influence of the facility throughout history, including both World Wars and the Depression Era.
- Facts and features unique to the hospital.
- Medical procedures used throughout the years and much more!
Photography Tour
(6/05, 9/25 and 12/04 )
Morning Photo Tour - $100 (8am to 1pm)
Evening Photo Tour - $100 (3pm to 8pm)
Both - $150
The photography tours allow you entry to the interiors of the Kirkbride, the Medical Center, Geriatric building, exteriors of all buildings, the cemeteries, and the grounds. These will be a semi guided tours without historic information. Check in for the photography tour is ½ hour before the start time. Please dress appropriately for the weather. Transportation will be provided to the cemeteries.
Need more information? Please call 304-269-5070.
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