We are proud to have completed a major renovation that will reinvent the Peabody for the 21st century and beyond, further establishing the Museum as a home for cutting-edge research, extraordinary education, and breathtaking exhibitions.
We invite you to explore and experience this incredible transformation with us.
Rendering of greenscape approach to north entrance of renovated Peabody Museum, Credit: Centerbrook Architects and Planners
We have renovated the Yale Peabody Museum in a way that respects natural resources and enhances the experience of visitors and staff. From the outside in, we have found ways to protect resources, improve accessibility, and promote well-being for our visitors.
The new Peabody Museum is designed to be accessible to all and to serve visitors of all ages and abilities. We welcome you to explore, create, and make lifelong memories.
Between our campus in New Haven, facilities at Yale’s West Campus, plus unique natural areas, the Peabody has a large, unique Connecticut footprint.
The Peabody’s admin departments contribute to daily operations, educational programs, support for collections and research initiatives, and more.
The care of over 14 million specimens and objects housed in the Peabody’s collections is overseen by specialists across its 10 curatorial divisions.
Thanks to the encouragement of our community, the generosity of our donors, and the support of University leadership, the renovation of the Yale Peabody Museum is now complete.
Our recent unprecedented renovation transformed our physical spaces. We are also changing how we relate to our colleagues, partners, and communities. This means confronting the Museum’s history of injustice, inequity, and racism. We’ve begun work on Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion institutional priorities so that we can learn to better serve our communities, amplify marginalized voices and perspectives, and create a welcoming and inclusive environment for all.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) requires that the Yale Peabody Museum, as well as other museums, in consultation with Tribes, Native Hawaiian Organizations, and lineal descendants, identify and return Native American human remains, funerary objects, and sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony.
The Yale Peabody Museum believes that repatriation is just the beginning of our commitment to form long-standing relationships with Native American tribes and other descendant communities, both locally and around the world.
Yale University acknowledges that indigenous peoples and nations, including Mohegan,1 Mashantucket Pequot,2 Eastern Pequot,3 Schaghticoke,4 Golden Hill Paugussett,5 Niantic,6 and the Quinnipiac7 and other Algonquian8 speaking peoples, have stewarded through generations the lands and waterways of what is now the state of Connecticut. We honor and respect the enduring relationship that exists between these peoples and nations and this land.
Pronunciation guide:
1 mow.hee.gn
2 mash.an.tuck.et pee.kwot
3 east.ern. pee.kwot
4 skat.ih.kohk
5 gold.en. hill po.gaw.sett
6 ni.han.tic
7 kwihn.ih.pee.ac
8 al-gon-kwihn
Read the full statement here (secretary.yale.edu)
