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Care & Custody: Past Responses to Mental Health Opening Reception

We invite you to join us for the opening reception for the National Library of Medicine’s traveling exhibit, “Care & Custody: Past Responses to Mental Health.”

Susan Griffith, Associate Hospital Administrator for Eastern State Hospital, will speak on the history of the Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum, the second oldest psychiatric hospital in the United States.

The exhibit is open to the public and will be on display on the first floor of the Medical Center Library Feb. 9 – March 21.

RSVP here.

Pop-Up & Research Workshop

Please join us for two other events related to the traveling exhibit:

Stop by the Lucille C. Little Fine Arts & Design Library for a display on Artists, Mental Health, and Institutions featuring books about artists' experiences with mental health institutions drawn from library collections.

Date:
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Time:
11:30am - 1:30pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Medical Center Library
Audience:
Everyone Faculty Graduate Students Undergraduate Students
Categories:
Speaker

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Event Contact

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Stephanie Henderson

Medical Librarian
University of Kentucky Medical Center Library
Questions? Email: mclib@uky.edu