Museum of Images of the Unconscious (Portuguese: Museu de Imagens do Inconsciente) was inaugurated on May 20, 1952, in the then National Psychiatric Center in the Engenho de Dentro neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, initiated by psychiatrist Nise da Silveira. It houses approximately 350,000 artworks created by patients with mental disorders through the art therapy practiced by Dr. Nise. Museum was fouded on May 20, 1952. Against the invasive treatments prevalent in the 1940s (such as electroshock, lobotomy, insulin therapy), the psychiatrist Nise da Silveira practised treatment through the art therapy within the Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Department (STOR) of the psychiatric center. She took over the leadership of the department in 1946 and founded a painting and sculpture studio on September 9, 1946, in an unused administrative area of the complex. At that time, the Psychiatric Center had approximately 1,500 patients, the majority of whom had chronic schizophrenia. More information...
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