Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Kurt Weill: A Centennial Celebration

20 October 2000 – 21 December 2001
An exhibition of musical manuscripts, biographical documents, and photographs documenting the life and career of the German-American composer, drawn from the Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya papers and prepared by Kendall Crilly, music librarian. In conjunction with the opening of this exhibition, the Yale College Opera Company will present three performances of Kurt Weill’s short folk opera “Down in the Valley” during this weekend.

Theater and Anti-Theater in the 18th Century

15 January – 14 April 2001
An exhibition of books, manuscripts, broadsides, and engravings documenting 18th-century controversies about the theater at Yale, in England, and abroad. Exhibition and accompanying catalog prepared by Vincent Giroud, curator of modern books and manuscripts at the Beinecke Library, and Joseph Roach, professor of English and Theater Studies. The Beinecke is collaborating with the Lewis Walpole Library on this exhibition.

Heinrich Schütz to Henry Miller: Selections from the Frederick R. Koch Collection

20 April – 14 July 2001
Musical, literary, and historical manuscripts from the Frederick R. Koch Collection. Exhibition and accompanying catalog prepared by Vincent Giroud, curator of modern books and manuscripts at the Beinecke Library.

Manuscript Commonplace Books

23 July – 1 October 2001
An exhibition of British commonplace books of the 16th to the 19th century, drawn from the James M. and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection at the Beinecke Library. Exhibition and accompanying guide prepared by Earle Havens, graduate student in Renaissance Studies.

A Library for its Time: Collections Then and Now

4 October – 21 December 2001
Books known to have belonged to Yale in 1701 will be contrasted with the range of formats and subjects the Beinecke Library collects in 2001. Exhibition and accompanying publication prepared by Beinecke Library curatorial staff.

Peabody Museum of Natural History

Peru: From Village to Empire

21 September 2001 – 3 January 2002
The origin of empire in Peru, one of the few areas in the world where complex societies developed independently of outside influences, forms the subject of this new exhibition. The exhibit coincides with the events celebrating the University’s Tercentennial. Drawing upon recent archaeological research, the exhibit traces the rise of complex society in Peru with particular attention placed on northern Peru.

School of Art

Student Art Exhibit

21 October 2000
Visit the student Art Exhibit at the Art School’s new location on Chapel Street.

Faculty Art

20 April – 22 April 2001
During this weekend the work of current faculty will be showcased.

50 Years of Yale Art

4 October – 6 October 2001
Dean Richard Benson will host an exhibition of alumni works highlighting 50 years of Yale art. This exhibit will be mounted in the School’s new home on Chapel Street.

Yale Center for British Art

The Paul Mellon Bequest: Treasures of a Lifetime

17 February – 29 April 2001
To honor its founder and patron, Paul Mellon, the Yale Center for British Art will exhibit publicly for the first time works from Mr. Mellon’s final gift to the museum. The exhibition includes eleven paintings by his favorite artist, George Stubbs, and eighteen oil sketches by John Constable. Throughout the year the BAC has many exhibitions; for more information click here.

The Line of Beauty: British Drawings and Watercolors of the 18th Century

17 May – 2 September 2001
This exhibition draws from the Yale Center for British Art’s collection and includes works by William Blake, Thomas Gainsborough, and others. Throughout the year the BAC has many exhibitions; for more information click here.

Snowdon

16 June – 2 September 2001
The earl of Snowdon formerly married to Her Royal Princess Margaret is one of Britain's Leading photographers. This is his first full restrospective exhibits that will cover the entire range of his work from the 1950s to the 1990s. "All his life Tony Snowdon has known everyone worth knowing," says Charles Saumarez Smith, Director of the National Portrait Gallery in London who organized the exhibition, "Here they all are a complete cross-section of society: kings and queens; the Princess of Wales captures as if she had just walked in from a shower of rain; the whole world of London fashion, theater and the arts in the second half of the century."

"Wild America": Discovery and Exploration of the New World 1500 - 1800

27 September – 30 December 2001
This selection of rare maps, atlases and early travel accounts, 1500 - 1800

Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney

27 September – 30 December 2001
This exhibition draws from both public and private collections in the U.S. of preeminent British paintings and drawings. Throughout the year the BAC has many exhibitions; for more information click here.

Yale University Art Gallery

21 October 2000
The Gallery will be open until 7 p.m., with tours of special exhibitions and the permanent collection.

Permanent Collections

21 October 2000
Ground floor: Ancient Art; Pre-Columbian Art. 2nd floor: African Art. European Paintings and Sculpture from 900–1800. 3rd floor: European Paintings and Sculpture from the 19th and 20th Centuries; American Paintings and Sculpture; American Decorative Arts. 4th floor: Asian Art; Prints, Drawings, and Photographs.

Special Exhibitions and Programs

21 October 2000
1st floor: “Love and Loss: American Portrait and Mourning Miniatures”; “Contemporary Portraits.” 2nd floor: “The Map of the Soul.” 4th floor: “About Face: Printed Portraits”; “Miniatures in the Arts of Asia.”

Art For Yale: Defining Moments

19 April – 31 August 2001
This major exhibition traces the history of the Yale Art Gallery from its founding in 1832 to the end of the 20th century.

Selling Style: Myer Myers Silversmith 1723-1795

14 September – 1 December 2001
This exhibition will use Myers’s exceptional silver and gold objects to examine larger issues in 18th-century American history.

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Divinity School, Institute of Sacred Music, & Berkeley Divinity School

Yale’s Role in American Religious Life

21 October 2000
This exhibit illustrates the contributions of ten Yale-related individuals to American religious life. The lives and work of Leonard Bacon, Lyman Beecher, Charles Reynolds Brown, Horace Bushnell, Jonathan Edwards, Kenneth Scott Latourette, Richard Niebuhr, Henri Nouwen, Liston Pope, and Luther Weigle are examined as representative of the diverse threads in the tapestry of religion in America—focusing on issues of social justice, religious education, evangelism, ethics, spirituality, and ecumenism.

Eli Whitney Museum

Chariots of Steel

24 November 2000 – 28 January 2001
Each year the Eli Whitney Museum constructs a holiday train layout. Sustaining a tradition that goes back to the triumphant years of A.C. Gilbert’s American Flyer Trains, they let the trains explore the history and culture that rail has shaped. This year’s exhibition visits New Haven in 1913 and the opening of the Yale Bowl, whose mass audiences were a product of passenger rail. It was the dawn of modern scholastic athletics in America and the advent of a new identity for Yale and other institutions of higher education. It is a lively stop in the 300-year history that Yale will begin to celebrate in 2000. Eli Whitney graduated from Yale University in 1792 and is credited with the invention of interchangeable parts. He lived in New Haven for many years and died there in 1825. He is buried in Grove Street Cemetery.

School of Medicine

A Celebration of Community Outreach

21 October 2000 - Arpil 2001
This photography exhibition chronicles the presence of YSM, EPH, and SON students and faculty in the community. It captures the depth and breadth of Yale’s commitment to its neighbor—a tradition that has manifested itself in a plethora of volunteer medical activities and other outreach experiences. The exhibition will be on display from October 2000 through April 2001. On October 21, 2000, view it in the Harkness Ballroom. For the remaining months, it will be housed in the lobby of the Sterling Hall of Medicine.

Student Poster Day

20 April 2001
Exhibit of student posters.