Places to Visit on Campus

The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library inspires research through rare books and manuscripts and is open to the public.

CCAM is Yale’s hub for innovation in art, science, and technology, hosting free public events and publishing the journal Maquette.

The Cushing Center at Yale, honoring Dr. Harvey Cushing, holds 450+ specimen jars, surgical illustrations, diaries, and more.

Yale’s IPCH researches and preserves material culture, offering tours, demos, and workshops to high school students through Yale Pathways to Science.

The Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium, run by Yale’s Dept. of Astronomy, educates students and public with planetarium shows on Tuesdays.

The Marsh Botanical Garden at Yale showcases a variety of plants in greenhouses and gardens, providing educational opportunities for visitors.

The Morris Steinert Collection showcases musical instruments from all cultures and periods and supports education in arts and sciences.

Pathways students visit Yale Wright Lab for hands-on learning about nuclear, particle, and astrophysics. Researchers explore dark matter & neutrinos.

The Schwarzman Center is Yale’s hub for arts, dining, wellness, and events, offering free programs and state-of-the-art spaces for all.

The Sterling Memorial Library at Yale houses 3M books on 16 floors in a Collegiate Gothic style resembling a cathedral.

Students explore medieval bookmaking and conservation with Yale’s Traveling Scriptorium—where history, art, and preservation come to life.

The YCBA features a vast collection from Britain’s complex global history in a Louis Kahn-designed building. Admission and programs are free.

Yale’s Old Acre is a student-led farm growing produce, tending animals, and offering workshops and school programs to explore food and farming.

Yale Online offers a wide range of programs and courses for career changers, educators, and students around the world. Free courses are available.

Yale Peabody Museum tells the story of over 4.5 billion years of life on Earth through a robust collection of fossils, plants, minerals and animals.

Yale University Art Gallery contains over 4,000 works from diverse cultures and offers free admission, educational programs, and special exhibitions.

The Digital Humanities Lab at Yale University Library offers workshops for Pathways students to explore digital humanities research tools and topics.

Yale University’s free podcasts cover arts, humanities, science, engineering, health, medicine, environment, and hosts faculty, alumni, and visitors.

The Yale University Visitor Center offers guided tours by students and virtual tours of the campus for visitors. Private tours are also available.

Yale University YouTube channel showcases speeches, lectures, and campus events, giving a glimpse of all that Yale has to offer.