Peabody Museum of Natural History
(2024) | |
New Haven, Connecticut, US | |
| Established | 1866 |
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| Location | New Haven, Connecticut, US |
| Coordinates | 41°19′03″N 72°55′12″W / 41.317538°N 72.919863°W |
| Type | Natural History |
| Director | David Skelly |
| Owner | Yale University |
| Public transit access | 228, 229 |
| Website | peabody |
The Yale Peabody Museum at Yale University (also known as the Peabody Museum of Natural History or the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History) 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.
In 2020, the Peabody Museum closed for its "first comprehensive renovation in 90 years." It reopened, with more than twice the exhibition space, on March 26, 2024.