Each year, the Peabody Museum hosts a number of signature events, festivals, and special days for children, families, and the greater New Haven community. Through partnerships with community leaders, Yale groups and local organizations, we are able to bring enjoyable and educational programming to thousands of people. Scroll down to learn more–and help us make more memories in the coming years!
Past Events & Programs
November 2023
Thursday, November 2
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4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Webinar
Birds Go to Prom
Most birds have some growing up to do before they start to breed. Despite reaching full size within weeks or months of hatching, some species will not raise offspring for years, or even decades. Yale Ph.D. candidate Liam Taylor explores the strange things that some birds…
Register Free; Registration required
October 2023
Thursday, October 19
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6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Film Screening
Life on Our Planet
Be the first to screen the never-before-seen footage of the upcoming Netflix title, Life on Our Planet! Life's extraordinary journey to conquer, adapt and survive on Earth across billions of years comes alive in this groundbreaking nature docuseries. ** Concessions… …
Register Free; Registration required
August 2023
Thursday, August 17
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8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Adult Program
Discovering Moths
Connecticut’s more than 2,400 species of moths perform important ecological roles as pollinators and much more. Join local naturalist John Himmelman, author and illustrator of over 80 books for children and adults, for this presentation featuring moths, their lifecycle,…
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July 2023
Saturday, July 8
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10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Workshop
Plant It & They Will Come
Whether you have a few containers on the patio or a one-acre backyard, you can create a refuge for pollinators. Join Jim Sirch, Education Coordinator, to discover essential tips for attracting birds, bees, and butterflies to your space. Learn how to transform any outdoor…
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June 2023
Saturday, June 24
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10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Workshop
Plant It & They Will Come
Whether you have a few containers on the patio or a one-acre backyard, you can create a refuge for pollinators. Join Jim Sirch, Education Coordinator, to discover essential tips for attracting birds, bees, and butterflies to your space. Learn how to transform any outdoor…
Register Registration required
Monday, June 5
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4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Webinar
Mondays at Beinecke: Crafting Worldviews
A presentation about “Crafting Worldviews: Art and Science in Europe, 1500–1800,” an exhibition on view now at the Yale University Art Gallery, organized by Jessie Park, the Nina and Lee Griggs Assistant Curator of European Art, Yale University Art Gallery, and Paola… Exhibition Info… Mondays at Beinecke online talks focus on materials from the collections and include an opening presentation at 4pm followed by conversation and question and answer beginning about 4:30pm until 5pm.
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May 2023
Thursday, May 4
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10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Special Event
Yale Climate Day 2023
Yale Climate Day brings the Yale community together to discuss climate and global environmental change in the Earth system. This year, the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies (YIBS) will be hosting an in-person event including Faculty research talks on oceans and climate… More Info / Schedule
Register Free; Open to Yale Community
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4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Webinar
Selective Logging as a Compromise for Sustainable Forest Management
Tropical forests are under threat from increasing pressure by income-generating land uses. Selective logging presents a potential compromise between strict protection and full extractive use. It does not, however, have easily predictable ecological impacts due to timber…
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April 2023
Saturday, April 29
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4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Talk
Fleshing out the Past
John H. Ostrom Lecture Series
with Lawrence WitmerThe latest advances in high-tech imaging and 3D computer modeling, combined with old-school anatomy, allow us to “flesh out” dinosaurs in unprecedented ways and shed new light on their biology. Yale’s John Ostrom (1928-2005) laid the groundwork for these advances by…
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Sunday, April 23
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10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Adult Program
Trees of Connecticut
Join Peabody Museum Education Coordinator Jim Sirch and Senior Botany Collections Manager Patrick Sweeney for this adult education program at Yale's West Campus. Trees of Connecticut: Identification and Ecology introduces Connecticut's landscape history and ecology,…
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