TURKEY MUSEUM
December 1st, 2003
BY MARK ROWEA TURKISH museum that recalls the pioneering mental health care of the middle ages has been awarded the Council of Europe's museum prize for 2004. The Museum of Health Care in Edirne was praised by the judges for its "successful and exemplary approach to the psychologically sensitive theme of mental disorder". The jury also expressed the hope that the museum might serve as a further bridge between the cultures of western and eastern Europe. The museum is part of a hospital and religious complex that is centred around a mosque. It was built in the ...
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