Explore exceptional object-based teaching opportunities that foster student engagement at the renovated and expanded Peabody Museum with spaces designed for Yale students.

The Peabody is open to all, with no time or date restrictions for individual visitors. Existing timed ticket reservations are still valid, but not necessary. We encourage you to come visit whenever you like!

This signature space of the renovated Peabody contains giant fossil reptiles, living and fossil plants, temporary exhibitions covering ongoing research at Yale, and plenty of seating to relax and soak up the atmosphere.

Learn about the groundbreaking academic research and the brilliant scientists at Yale who help make the Peabody a world-class scientific institution.

From our iconic three-building campus at Yale’s Science Hill, to a sprawling network of spaces at Yale’s West Campus, to several unique natural areas, the Yale Peabody Museum’s footprint in Connecticut complements our holdings, activities, and research.

Welcome to the Yale Peabody Museum collections! This is the home for over 14 million specimens and objects from 10 curated collections that tell the story of our Earth, its life, history, and cultures.

Jul 12, 2024 · Superlatives don’t do justice to the beauty of David Friend Hall and the Yale Peabody Museum’s mineral galleries. One hundred and seventy-six world-class mineral specimens adorn the Hall, a smaller adjacent gallery, and two more display cases just outside.

The Peabody Museum is free to all, and so is our membership program. Join today to be the first to hear about everything going on in the new museum, and to enjoy the following free benefits: Enrollment in Member Newsletter; Advance notice of museum public programs and events; 20% museum store discount on periodic Member Shopping Days

The Yale Peabody Museum’s Division of Vertebrate Paleontology houses one of the oldest and most important vertebrate fossil and ichnofossil collections in North America.

The Yale Peabody Museum’s Division of Mineralogy & Meteoritics oversees a scientifically and historically important collection of more than 60,000 mineral, roughly 5,000 meteorite, and 100,000 rock specimens.