Peabody Museum of Natural History Attractions & Landmark

Prehistory on parade
170 Whitney Ave
Yale University
New Haven,
CT, 06511
United States
Phone No. +1 203 432 5050
Visit Websitehttp://www.yale.edu/peabody/

Overview

Venture into Yale's exciting natural history museum,this is the only museum in Connecticut with fossil dinosaur material on permanent display. The Pulitzer Award winning "The Age of Reptiles" mural (slightly outdated, but nevertheless a beautiful work of art in itself) depicts 300 million years of prehistory. Explore the cultures and peoples of the world through exhibits on Ancient Egypt, Mesoamerica, the Andes and the Great Plains, just to mention a few. It is best to visit during non-school hours.

Open Hours

Mo to Sa from 10:00 AM to 05:00 PM, Su from 12:00 PM to 05:00 PM

time of my lifeby Yahoo | 2008-01-31 22:46:37 |

it was big and beautiful and amazing.but put more artifats so it'll make it more exciting. i will never forget that day

greatby Yahoo | 2007-06-12 20:29:42 |

I like its proximity to new haven and all its great restaurants. It has plenty of artifacts and exhibits. Great place for kids to visit for a day trip.

Good kids' museumby Yahoo | 2007-05-28 23:18:48 |

This is a nice little natural history museum. It takes about half a day to go through. Sometimes it gets nice, world class exhibitions through because of the Yale affiliation - such as the Machu Pichu exhibit, which was way more favorable towards Yale's involvement in the plundering of Machu Pichu than any other account I've seen and had an overt PR goal but was good anyways because of the quality of the artifacts. There's a nice interactive part for the kids. Still, it's more of a kids museum than an adult museum, aside from special exhibits. The fossil collections are not outstanding, for instance, and are comparable to other natural history museums.

Not bad!by Yahoo | 2006-12-03 00:28:08 |

This place isnt bad. Went here a few years ago. It was a long trip, but worth it. Got to see alot of amazing stuff. History, some film clips, and so on and its right on the campus of Yale.

a must seeby Yahoo | 2006-07-12 16:16:22 |

the Peabody is one of the best natural history museums in the world. You can literally stay all day in it and enjoy yourself. Peobody is also great for families and provides designated areas to entertain children.

dino heavenby Yahoo | 2006-03-30 17:23:45 |

great place to take your litle one if they are in to dinos! theres a couple good areas to just let em run around and good parking not too far. Belongs to a museum recipricol program.