This space provides a blank canvas for Yale students to explore what museums can be in the 21st century. Here, students share their art, scientific research, and experiences of the natural world and human culture.
Peabody Museum staff support students in creating original work, selecting objects from the collections, and designing and building their exhibitions, providing hands-on experience in exhibition design, development, and fabrication.
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Spineless
This exhibition highlights the historical, present, and future applications of invertebrate use and research, particularly as it relates to the advancement of biological science and human health.
October 2025–Fall 2026
Fakes and Fictions? Unraveling Museum Narratives
This exhibition juxtaposed museum-made reproductions–models, casts, and taxidermy–with objects the Peabody Museum has labeled “fake.”
March 2024–January 2025
Of All Wild Things
Through creative works, Yale undergraduates in the course “Picturing at the Peabody” explored questions of preservation, display, and the loss of context in museums.
February–October 2025
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All photos: credit Andy Melien / Yale Peabody Museum