Peabody Museum of Natural History
The Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University (also known as the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History or the Yale Peabody Museum) is one of the oldest, largest, and most prolific university natural history museums in the world. It was founded by the philanthropist George Peabody in 1866 at the behest of his nephew Othniel Charles Marsh, an early paleontologist. The museum is best known for the Great Hall of Dinosaurs, which includes a mounted juvenile Brontosaurus and the 110-foot-long (34 m) mural The Age of Reptiles. The museum also has permanent exhibits dedicated to human and mammal evolution; wildlife dioramas; Egyptian artifacts; local birds and minerals; and Native Americans of Connecticut.
Entrance to the Peabody Museum | |
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. | |
| Established | 1866 |
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| Location | New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 41.317538°N 72.919863°W |
| Type | Natural History |
| Director | David Skelly (as of July 2014) |
| Owner | Yale University |
| Public transit access | 228, 229 |
| Website | peabody |
As of April 2023, the Peabody Museum is closed for its "first comprehensive renovation in 90 years"; it is slated to reopen in "early 2024". During the closure, some public programming has continued on campus or online.