Museums

Yale University’s museums and collections rank among the finest found on any university campus. In addition to their public galleries, they provide special study rooms and archives, which are used for classroom instruction and research. The permanent installations are continually supplemented with temporary exhibitions featuring works outside Yale’s collections.

Yale University Art Gallery

Yale University Art Gallery, the first college art museum in the Western Hemisphere, opened in 1832. Established with John Trumbull’s donation of his paintings, including his original series of American Revolutionary War scenes, the collection now encompasses over 185,000 works of art from ancient Egypt to the present day. Highlights include the Dura-Europos, early Italian, Société Anonyme, and African collections, as well as masterpieces by Degas, Manet, and Picasso.

Quadruped vessel with peccary feet and lid with bird and fish handle Artist Unknown Mexico or Guatemala, Maya, Early Classic, ca. A.D. 250–400 Ceramic with tan, red, green (oxidized black), black, and white pigment

Figure of seated woman with child Artist Unknown Mexico, Maya, Jaina Island or Campeche, Late Classic, ca. A.D. 600–900 Ceramic with blue and traces of red pigment

Portrait of the Emperor Commodus as a Boy, Caesar 166—180: Emperor of Rome Artist Unknown A.D. 180–192 Roman, Imperial, Antonine, A.D. 172/173 Marble, probably Luna

Le café de nuit (The Night Café) Vincent van Gogh Dutch, 1888 Oil on canvas Continue to Center for British Art...