Accessibility

Mobility Needs

• The Yale Peabody Museum has multiple wheelchair-accessible entrances, and multiple passenger elevators.
• Accessible Parking is available in lot 22v on the corner of Whitney Avenue and Humphrey Street.
• When planning your visit, we advise all guests to explore drop off, rideshare (Uber, Lyft, etc), or carpool options.
• Wheelchairs are available for use on a first come, first served basis. Please visit the front desk to request one.
• Seating is provided within the galleries. Rest spaces are also located throughout the museum.
• Lightweight foldable stools are available throughout the museum and can be requested at the front desk.

Blind or Low Vision

• Sighted guides available upon prior request via peabody.visit@yale.edu
• Touchable items are located throughout the fossil galleries on the first floor, including depictions of the large murals. The Living Lab, on the third floor, also features many things that can be handled.
• A keypad with headphone jack is available to provide audio navigation and descriptions for multimedia kiosks throughout the galleries.
• Audio descriptions for some touchable items are available through the Amuse app. These are indicated by raised QR codes with an audio description symbol. New audio descriptions will continue to be added. This content is also accessible through the web app and does not require a download.

Deaf / Hard of Hearing

Captioning is provided for video content.

Sensory Needs

Sensory bags are available for use during your visit to the museum on a first come, first served basis. Please visit the front desk to request a bag.

Learn more about what to expect before you visit the Peabody:

Service Animals

• The Peabody Museum welcomes service animals in adherence with ADA requirements.
• Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. Dogs whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support do not qualify as service animals under the ADA.

Families

• Guests are welcome to nurse their children in the galleries. However, a private wellness room is available on the lower level for guests who would like to leave the galleries to nurse or feed their child/children. This room is single-use only and includes a cushioned chair with arms, a small table, a locking door, and an electrical outlet.
• All-gender restrooms are located on the first and third floors.

Multimedia

The Peabody offers 15 touchscreen kiosks for visitors on all three gallery floors. 

Two additional special interactives are located on the second floor in the Egypt & Mesopotamia gallery. One features a projection onto the Assyrian Reliefs display while the other offers a holographic projection of two dig sites where visitors can sit and navigate through the experience via a keypad. 

All kiosks offer an accessibility keypad to navigate and a headphone jack that allows for an audio description. 

The second floor temporary gallery may also feature additional wall projections, videos and touch screens.  

Headphones are available upon request at the front desk.