NIMHANS Campus

Heritage Museum

The Heritage Museum, NIMHANS was established in 2015 to commemorate NIMHANS becoming an Institute of National Importance and celebrate 160 years of the Hospital.

The Heritage Museum is an interactive museum with seven zones on the ground floor. These zones chronologically take the visitor through the historical development of the Mental Hospital, the formative years of the All India Institute of Mental Health, contemporary NIMHANS and the future. The museum tells the story of the history and development from the time of the Lunatic Asylum in 1850 to NIMHANS through the medium of infographics, artefacts and narratives. Information is made interactive with the use of audio-video using digital technology.

The museum captures the stories of pioneering doctors of the Mysore Government Mental Hospital, and the architects of the AIIMH and NIMHANS. The visit of important dignitaries, including Presidents, Prime Ministers and Nobel Laureates to the NIMHANS campus is pictorially presented. The serene campus with all its flora and fauna is presented as an ideal nurturing and healing environment, a place for state-of-art care and high standards of academic and scientific achievements. The museum also provides an overall glimpse of NIMHANS, including the annual patient visits, training, research and publication by the faculty; NIMHANS in the popular media, innovations and contributions of NIMHANS and the range of activities carried out by the numerous departments. It also illustrates the various collaborations of NIMHANS, nationally and internationally.