Death at the Asylum honors lives and progression of mental health

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  • 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
  • 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
  • Whitehead edited a photo she captured of the cemetery’s “guardian,” a life-size bronze angel, to include the quote “How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls left behind?” by Carson McCullers to be displayed alongside the exhibit. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff
    Whitehead edited a photo she captured of the cemetery’s “guardian,” a life-size bronze angel, to include the quote “How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls left behind?” by Carson McCullers to be displayed alongside the exhibit. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff

    Seeking Asylum debuted a new mini exhibit Oct. 26 in its “Fast Fading, A History of Central State Hospital” (CSH) exhibit. Fast Fading is the first exhibit to be housed in the former CSH train depot as part of an ongoing renovation project by Georgia’s Old Capital Heritage Center at The Depot to transform the facility into a cultural museum.

    The new mini exhibit is titled “Death at the Asylum” and …