Death at the Asylum honors lives and progression of mental health

  • The Death at the Asylum exhibit hosts pictures, informational boards and artifacts. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff
    The Death at the Asylum exhibit hosts pictures, informational boards and artifacts. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff
  • There are upwards of 35,000 graves (marked and unmarked) on the Central State Hospital grounds. COURTESY OF JESSICA WHITEHEAD/SEEKING ASYLUM
    There are upwards of 35,000 graves (marked and unmarked) on the Central State Hospital grounds. COURTESY OF JESSICA WHITEHEAD/SEEKING ASYLUM

    Seeking Asylum debuted a new mini-exhibit in its “Fast Fading, A History of Central State Hospital” exhibit on Oct. 26. 

    Fast Fading is the first exhibit to be housed in the former CSH train depot, which is being renovated by Georgia’s Old Capital Heritage Center at The Depot into a cultural museum.

    The new mini-exhibit, “Death at the Asylum,” examines causes of death and peculiar stories from …