Het Dolhuys

Quite interesting museum i would say 😃

This is more an experience than a museum, you follow the tours using your audiovisual guide that complement and explain the exhibits. It's all about the brain, personality and the psychological aspects of our lives.

Please reserve a day to visit Haarlem and go to this amazing museum about mental health. It's absolutely worth it!

I first want to thank the previous reviewers for getting my interest up in this museum. As a hypnotherapist, I, of course, am interested in anything of the mind, which I consider to be everything in our human experience.
This museum has done such an amazing job of putting things together. As was suggested by some of the previous reviewers, I didn't book online, and I showed up early, like 11am to give myself ample time to get it through.
The exhibits are not overwhelmingly a lot. The place, though very interesting, is not even huge. What is an integral part is the multi-media device they give you. You can listen in as in any other museum. Furthermore, on the device, you can watch clips of videos, do quizzes etc. It's all beautifully orchestrated. I spent 4.30 hours there, including a lunch break right there in the cafe.
A very enjoyable experience.

Wonderful exhibit about mindfulness, mental health, treatment of the homeless and elderly and do much more. Great little tablet for the audio guide, easy to use and navigate. The only thing keeping me from a five star review is that the full tour was just way too long. In order to hear all the stories and fully participate in the exhibits, it takes several hours to get all the way through, and this was not communicated especially clearly at the beginning of the tour. There are shorter options, but they need to be clearly explained. The quality and content of the rooms and the tour as a whole were excellent. Well worth an exploration.

Very interesting museum dedicated to the mind, did the open mind tour with the audio guide. The tour took over two hours and the subjects could be quite heavy. There’s also some time for some retrospective.
If you’re going be prepared to confront yourself

This museum won a European museum of the year 2022. It has an interactive audio tour on what is normal, outsider art and some introspective quizzes. It is all related to the mind, psychology and wellbeing.

The museum was a building that housed people that were mentally disturbed and/or had infectious diseases like leprosy.

Worth a visit!