Peabody Museum of Natural History

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Peabody Museum of Natural History

(2024)
New Haven, Connecticut, US
Established	1866
Location	New Haven, Connecticut, US
Coordinates	41°19′03″N 72°55′12″W / 41.317538°N 72.919863°W / 41.317538; -72.919863
Type	Natural History
Director	David Skelly
Owner	Yale University
Public transit access	228, 229
Website	peabody.yale.edu

The Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University (also known as the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History^[1] or the Yale Peabody Museum^[1]) 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."^[2] It reopened, with more than twice the exhibition space, on March 26, 2024.^[3][4]