Museum of Psychiatric Hospital & #290 intermui a

One of the most unusual museums of Jelgava is located at the Gintermuiza Psychiatric Hospital on Philozofu Street. The expositions of the museum include not only historical documents, photographs and other material telling the history of the psychiatric hospital, but also a unique collection called Iztele. In Latvian it means “imagination”.

This name was called the exhibition of art works, which for several decades was replenished due to the creativity of patients. The program of treatment and rehabilitation of patients includes drawing and other creative activities. The results of the patients’ work are exhibited in the museum. These are drawings, crafts, homemade door handles, devices for brewing tea, various smoking pipes and much more.