Historic Tours
Closed for Walk-in Tours

Historic Tours leave every hour on the hour. Paranormal Tours leave every 2 hours. The last 1st floor tour leaves at 5:00 p.m. and the last 4 floor/paranormal tour leaves at 4:00 p.m.

April 8th, 2023 – November 14th, 2023 (open for tours)

Historic tours do not include any paranormal information
No reservations for daytime tours required.
(Please call ahead if your tour group is larger than 10)

Note: Please dress appropriately for the current weather conditions. It is hot in the summer and cold in the winter inside the building.

OFFICE HOURS
Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

1st Floor (45 min)

Learn about the pioneers of humane treatment for the mentally ill while visiting the first two wards for the patients and see the Civil War Section of the hospital. Hear about the gold robbery that helped West Virginia become a state and how being a border state affected the area.
$10.00 + tax

4 Floors plus the first floor of the Medical Center
(90 min)

All of the first floor tour experience plus, step back in time to the 1935 fire that destroyed 4 wards of the Asylum. Visit the doctors' apartments, nurses’ quarters, Ward F where the most deviant of patients were kept, and explore the first floor of the Medical Center. Learn the history of medical treatments performed in asylums as well as how this facility helped the local community through two wars and the depression.
$30.00 + tax

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Historic Tours Include

• The history of the treatment of the insane prior to state run facilities as well as the people instrumental in improving that treatment.
• The nationwide influence of the Kirkbride Theory.
• The effects the Civil War had on the construction of the oldest parts of the hospital, "The Civil War section."
• The architectural history of the facility.
• The socioeconomic influence of the facility throughout history, including both World Wars and the Depression Era.
• Facts and features unique to the hospital.
• Medical procedures used throughout the years and much more!
  

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(60 min)
This companion tour allows travel through the areas designed to hold the criminally insane for over a century. Learn about the admissions process and the riot that stopped it all. Tours leave on the hour.
$15.00 + tax

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Photography Tour Dates

02/12, 04/23, 07/16, 09/03

The photography tours allow you entry to the interiors of the Kirkbride, the Medical Center, Geriatric building, exteriors of all buildings, and the grounds. These will be a semi guided tours without historic information. Check in for the photography tour is ½ hour before the start time. Please dress appropriately for the weather. Reservations required

Morning Photo Tour - $100.00 + tax(8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
Afternoon Photo Tour - $100.00 + tax(1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
Both - $150.00 + tax

Need more information?
Please call 304-269-5070.

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The VIP Tour is a special tour which includes a mixture of all the other daytime tours we offer. The tour is a walk through the building with a guide who has 9 years of touring experience. The tour has no standardized script or tour route and includes history, paranormal, local civil war, architecture and treatments. The tour is 90 minutes and offered on a limited availability.
$35.00 + tax

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(5 hour - Reservations required) This is a guided tour, you must stay with your group.

Have you ever wanted to explore ALL of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum?

Here is your opportunity. A new, exclusive tour will be available on Monday
06/12, 07/17, 08/21, 09/18

The Asylum will be closed to the general public on these dates to allow unrestricted access for this tour. Explore with the Asylum’s most seasoned and experienced tour guides. This tour includes all four floors of the main building plus a subsection, which was used for lobotomy and recovery, and the oldest section of the hospital built during the Civil War.

You will learn the history of the Asylum, paranormal experiences, and the methods of medical treatment utilized by the hospital throughout the years. This tour includes an exploration of the Main Building, the Medical Center, the Criminally Insane Unit and the Women’s Auxiliary building. This in-depth tour does require a fair amount of physical exertion. Participants must be able to walk long distances and climb several flights of stairs. Guests are urged to wear comfortable shoes, seasonable attire, and bring a water bottle. $125.00 + tax