Entry No. 19 — the Los Angeles file — filed under: haunted

Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum

A free, deeply strange Sunset Boulevard museum run by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, filled with antique psychiatric devices, restraint chairs, electroshock and lobotomy instruments (including a recreated ice-pick lobotomy station), and grim historical exhibits. It is one-sided advocacy rather than neutral medicine, which makes the parade of vintage medical-oddity hardware all the more surreal to walk through. Admission is free and it is open Monday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm (closed Sundays).

The move: Wander the free galleries of antique restraint chairs and electroshock machines and debate how much of the curation you believe.

📍 Hollywood, Los Angeles
💸 $
⚡ Up for anything
🌗 Indoors

Where: 6616 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028

Hours: Added 2026-06-23 — confirm current hours before you go.

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last checked: 2026-06-23