A Virtual Tour of the Brandon Mental Health Centre Museum

Bill Hillman's Manitoba Archive Project
presents

A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE
BRANDON MENTAL HEALTH CENTRE
MUSEUM & GROUNDS
Brandon ~ Manitoba ~ Canada
www.hillmanweb.com/bmhc

THE BMHC PARKLAND BUILDING
Main Building of the former Brandon Mental Health Centre
December 12, 2012 marked the 100th Anniversary of this historical structure.
HISTORY AND PHOTOS AT
www.hillmanweb.com/bmhc/parkland
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Welcome to BMHC
Part of the Bill Hillman Brandon Heritage Website Since 1999

www.hillmanweb.com/bmhc .

Join us as we take a walk back
through the history of the
Brandon Mental Health Centre,
formerly known as the
Brandon Hospital for Mental Diseases
and prior to that, the
Asylum for the Insane.

BMHC WEB TOUR DIRECTORY
Please Note: The Museum is temporarily closed. Actual tours are no longer offered at this time.
www.hillmanweb.com/bmhc

Welcome to BMHC	Meet Your Curator and Guide
Administration	Support Services
Recreation & Leisure Time	Treatment I
Tour of the Grounds	Treatment II
BMHC History Book Intro	Cemetery and Cairns
Photo Gallery	Larger Images Gallery
BMHC Cemetery and Commemorative Cairns (original)	BMHC Cemetery (south) and New Commemorative Cairn
BMHC Cemetery (north) and New Commemorative Cairn	Belongings Left Behind
Asylum Fire of 1910	Parkland Building 100th Anniversary
Verinder Family Memories of BMHC by Ed Verinder	Debate ~ BMHC Future: Brandon Sun BMHC Letters and Stories

Photos and Webpage Design by Museum Volunteer Bill Hillman
Copyright 1999-2013/2023
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Original Tour Text by Jessie Little
Copyright 1999-2013

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"This cairn is placed here to commemorate
the Centennial of Brandon Mental Health Centre and is
dedicated to (the people affected by mental illness
and those who have chosen to dedicate their working lives to that important aspect of health).
For 100 years the centre has served Brandon and surrounding area.
In 1891, it was known as The Asylum For The Insane.
This name was changed in 1919 when it became
The Brandon Mental Hospital for Mental Diseases.
The Centre was given its present name in 1972."

	*The History of the* *Brandon Mental Health Centre* This book has been reprinted. Copies are available for $20 and Postage Len Howell ~ Committee President howellsd@mymts.net
	Prints of the Nurses' Residence at BMHC are available at a cost of $10
Press Release	Politics, Personalities, and Persistence One Hundred Years of Psychiatric Nursing Education in Manitoba by Beverley Clare Williams Hicks $35 Delivered in Brandon CONTACT: hicks@mymts.net

CONTACTS:
Len Howell ~ Committee President
howellsd@mymts.net

Marlene Brichon ~ 1.204.728.1910
ambrichon@westman.wave.ca

Myrna Houston ~ 1.204.776.2034
kmhouston@xplornet.com

Site Editor and Webmaster
Bill Hillman ~ 1.204.728.4673
hillmans@westman.wave.ca

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