Yale Peabody Museum
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
An important American natural history museum. Its Dinosaur Hall has a Brontosaurus skeleton and Rudolph Zallinger's giant mural 'The Age of Reptiles.'
The Peabody Museum was founded in 1866. It holds many dinosaur fossils collected by Professor Marsh during the 19th-century 'Bone Wars.' The hall's Brontosaurus and Stegosaurus skeletons and Rudolph Zallinger's mural 'The Age of Reptiles' (which won a Pulitzer Prize) are the most famous. After several years of major renovation, the museum reopened in 2024 with free admission, and it has added new galleries on minerals, human origins and biodiversity. It suits families, is closed on Mondays, and is located on Science Hill in the northern part of campus.
Opening hours
Tue–Sun about 10:00–17:00; closed Mon
Nearby sights
- Grove Street Cemetery
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- Modern Apizza
- Sterling Memorial Library
- New Haven Green
- Yale University Old Campus & Harkness Tower
- Wooster Square
- Shubert Theatre