Yale

How to Experience Yale

With 12 distinct residential colleges, the Gothic Sterling Memorial Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (including the Gutenberg Bible!), and the Peabody Museum of Natural History, it’s easy to lose oneself for a day on the Yale campus.

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Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

Gape at world-class collections of dino fossils, and more than 14 million specimens and objects that tell the tale of Earth, its life, its history and its cultures.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Check out Yale’s oldest books, including a copy of the Gutenberg Bible, housed with this building campus building. The facade of the building, while it appears opaque, filters sunlight so as to protect the rare materials within.

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Yale Repertory Theatre

Yale Repertory Theatre

Yale Repertory Theatre, the internationally celebrated professional theatre in residence at David Geffen School of Drama, has championed new work since 1966, producing well over 100 premieres—including two Pulitzer Prize winners and four other nominated finalists—by emerging and established playwrights.

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Yale University Art Gallery

The Yale University Art Gallery collects, preserves, studies, and presents art in all media, from all regions of the globe and across time. The museum’s exceptional collection—numbering nearly 300,000 objects—is the core of its identity. Founded in 1832, the Gallery is the oldest university art museum in America.

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Yale Center for British Art

Founded by Paul Mellon (Yale College, Class of 1929), the Yale Center for British Art is the largest museum outside of the United Kingdom devoted to British art. Located in the final building designed by Louis I. Kahn, the YCBA is a focal point for modernist architecture. It is free and open to all.

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Yale Families & Alumni Club

Yale Families & Alumni Club

At The Blake, community is important to us. We love our Yale families, alumni and guests, so we created the Yale Families & Alumni Club to provide advance reservation and priority event accommodations for Yale events throughout the year.

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