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The Cherry Hospital Museum is located in the Special Services house on the hospital campus.  The museum depicts the history of this psychiatric hospital opened in 1880 for the African American mentally ill.  Written documents, photographs, a scrapbook, artifacts, and a PowerPoint presentation are available. Admission is free and open to the public from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.  Groups are welcome and tours may be scheduled in advance.<br>
 
The Cherry Hospital Museum is located in the Special Services house on the hospital campus.  The museum depicts the history of this psychiatric hospital opened in 1880 for the African American mentally ill.  Written documents, photographs, a scrapbook, artifacts, and a PowerPoint presentation are available. Admission is free and open to the public from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.  Groups are welcome and tours may be scheduled in advance.<br>
 
Contact the museum at 919-731-3417
 
Contact the museum at 919-731-3417
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==Cemeteries==
 
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There are reportedly at least three burial areas on the campus of the hospital.  It is estimated that there are well over 3000 people buried on the grounds.  Only some 700 or so graves are marked with upright brass crosses bearing patient name and dates.  There is no known extant listing of all those buried here.  However, an extensive listing of all those thought to have been buried on the hospital grounds since about 1913 may be found on Find a Grave.  Death certificates are not available online for those who died before about 1913.  (source: Suzannah McCuen, MD)
 
  
 
==References==
 
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