Museum
Leprosy Museum St. Jørgen's Hospital
Historic leprosy hospital of tiny wooden bedrooms, shared kitchens and a church, now a museum.
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About this audio guide
This guide stands in the great hall of St. Jørgen's Hospital in Bergen, where people shut away for a disease no one could cure still had work the town was glad to buy. You'll hear about the tiny bedrooms, the workshop that filled the shared room, and a royal decree from the eighteenth century. A young Bergen doctor and his microscope turn up along the way. Best heard in the hall itself, with the numbered kitchen cupboards nearby.
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