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Permanent Exhibitions at the Yale Peabody Museum

Come Explore!


First Floor | Second Floor | Third Floor

From Egyptian mummies to saber-toothed cats to the once mighty dinosaurs — you can find it all at Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History!

First Floor

Fossil Fragments: The Riddle of Human Origins, fisrt floor
Fossil Fragments:
The Riddle
of Human Origins

The Great Hall of DinosaursThe Great Hall

Zallinger’s
The Age of Reptiles
Mural

Hall of Native American Cultures, first floor
Hall of
Native American
Cultures

Hall of
Mammalian Evolution


Zallinger’s
The Age of Mammals
Mural

Life-size model of the giant squid
View a QuickTime VR panorama of
the giant squid model in the Peabody’s lobby

Also on View



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Second Floor

The Discovery Room

The Discovery Room
The Peabody's Torosaurus
Torosaurus:
A Peabody
Dinosaur

Also on View

  • Connecticut Fossils
  • What Is a Meteorite?
  • Topics in Entomology
  • The Tornado: A Force of Nature
  • The Goliath Beetle


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Third Floor

Daily Life in Ancient Egypt, third floor
Daily Life
in Ancient Egypt

Cardinal, Hall of Connecticut Birds, third floor
Birds of Connecticut

Coming Soon:
Connecticut Biodiversity
Hall of Minerals, third floor Hall of Minerals
North American Dioramas
North American Dioramas
Southern New England Dioramas
Southern New England Dioramas

Also on View

There may be limited access to exhibits in the Auditorium. Please ask a Museum Guard whether the Auditorium is in use before entering.

First Floor | Second Floor | Third Floor

Some halls may be closed to the public on weekday mornings for school group programs. The Yale Peabody Museum is fully accessible.

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