The sunlit, three-story Central Gallery is the Main Street of the Peabody. Here is a space to connect, rest, and reset. You might even watch a performance or learn about Yale research in an interesting display.
Skeletons of Archelon and Tylosaurus
In a scene from 80 million years ago, the giant marine lizard Tylosaurus bears down on its prey, the giant sea turtle Archelon.
Photo credit: Andy Melien / Yale Peabody Museum
Live Plants
The selection of live plants from Yale’s Marsh Botanic includes living relatives of the fossilized species shown in the neighboring exhibit on plant evolution.
Photo credit: Andy Melien / Yale Peabody Museum
Cycadeoidea Stem
This fossil is an extinct type of plant called a cycadeoid. In life, the barrel-shaped structure would have been topped with a crown of leaves.
Photo credit: Andy Melien / Yale Peabody Museum
Horsetails
Horsetails were among the earliest land plants to evolve. This specimen is more than 300 million years old, but its relatives are still around today.
Photo credit: Andy Melien / Yale Peabody Museum
Fossil Fig Leaf
Flowering plants play a critical role in circulating water through ecosystems. Their earliest fossils date from around 130 million years ago.
Photo credit: Andy Melien / Yale Peabody Museum