On Tuesday, May 20th the Local History Departed visited the Long Island Psychiatric Museum. There were twenty-four patrons who toured this museum with us. Sara Kalvin, Director of Public Relations gave us a tour of the museum. We had a chance to learn about the history of three Psychiatric Hospitals on Long Island (Kings Park, Pilgrim and Central Islip. The museum contains a large scale model of Pilgrim State Hospital. We learned that there were other hospitals that used the same floor plan for their hospitals. We had a chance to wander around the museum and view the artifacts that were rescued from the buildings as they were closed down.
