Living Museum

The Living Museum is a Queens-based institution dedicated to the production, dissemination, and preservation of art by the patients of Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, the largest state psychiatric care center in New York City. It is the first working studio and museum of its kind and holds the largest collection of outsider art in the United States. In 1983, Dr. Janos Marton, a psychologist at Creedmoor, invited Bolek Greczynski, a Polish artist known for his work in political art and experimental theater, to join the hospital staff. Together, the two guided the transformation of a disused dining hall on the Creedmoor grounds into a place of extraordinary beauty. Today, 70 or so artists work at the museum regularly.