The National Museum of Psychology
What makes us human? The National Museum of Psychology invites visitors to explore the history of our attempts to understand the human experience. Highlights include interactive exhibits on memory, intelligence, and personality; home movies of Sigmund Freud; a Nobel Prize; the simulated shock generator from Stanley Milgram's obedience studies, and; artifacts from the Stanford Prison Experiment. Plan your visit.
Explore Psychology's History
Experience exhibits on psychology’s history as a profession, science and agent of social change. Visitors of all ages can explore how psychology has become part of popular culture and everyday life.
Profession
Explore how psychologists have applied their work in hospitals, businesses, schools and industry through exhibits on:
- the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness
- the rise of “talk therapy”
- the creation of intelligence testing
- the psychology of advertising and employee selection
Science
Discover how psychology became a laboratory science and how it has been used to understand sensation, perception, the brain and animal behavior. Exhibit highlights include:
- instruments and apparatus from early-20th-century laboratories
- interactives on perceptual illusions and memory
- film footage from early studies of chimpanzee development
Social Change
Learn how psychologists use research to understand the social world and create social change. Exhibits explore:
- early women psychologists and the study of gender differences
- psychological research on race in the 1950s
- changing ideas about human sexuality
- studies of social norms, social roles, obedience and authority
Plan your visit!
Hours
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, & Saturday: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Thursday: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Admission
- $10 - Adults
- $5 - College ID & Children (under 18)
- $20 - Family
- $5/person - Groups of 10+
- Free - University of Akron students, staff, & faculty (with valid ID)
- Free - with a military ID
Contact
Museum phone: 330-972-5457
Email: ahap@uakron.edu
Address
73 S. College Street, Akron, Ohio 44325-4302
Group Visits
The National Museum of Psychology welcomes groups and classes. The Museum is self-guided, but please contact us to schedule a group visit.
Interested in an onsite activity? Check out this scavenger hunt.
Parking
The adjacent parking lot is currently closed for construction. Visitors can park in Lot 30 at the corner of College and Market streets. Visitor parking is also available at meters along South College Street.
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