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Back in 1934 Umedalen was one big mental hospital, with separate houses for women and men. Umedalen’s mental hospital where and still is the hospital that gave the most lobotomy ever. At its most, the hospital held 1000 patients at once. The hospital shut down in 1986 and the unit where relocated to NUS. One year later Balticgruppen bought the whole hospital area with about 20 buildings. Nowadays the buildings are used as schools, surrounding kindergartens, health centre, library and organizational premises. The school Västangård opened up in… but some old furniture and applies from the mental hospital time can still be found in the culvert. The school contains from preschool up to 9th grade. Umedalens sculpture park started with an art exhibition that first was arranged in 1994. Balticgruppen collaborates with gallery Andersson/Sandström. The sculpture park has become one of Västerbotten’s most popular attractions with more than 20 000 visitors every summer.