Yale Peabody Museum
One of the first natural history museums in America, the Peabody Museum reopened to the public after a four-year redesign in 2024. The new-look Peabody retains its renowned Hall of Dinosaurs with its Brontosaurus skeleton backed by the 110-foot-long Age of Reptiles mural still greeting visitors. It also holds more than 13 million specimens, making it one of the nation's largest natural history museums, including exhibits on Egyptian, Andean, Mesoamerican, and Pacific cultures. Visitors can explore life from ancient oceans, the new world created by the asteroid impact that spelled the end of the dinosaurs, the history of science, rocks from the moon and Mars, and a living laboratory with live animals. It is an unforgettable way to spend a day in New Haven.
