Virtual Yale

Peabody Museum of Natural History - Tour of David Friend Hall

September 12, 2017

Take a walk through David Friend Hall, the new gem and mineral gallery at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. The 2,300-square-foot space features more than 150 premier specimens from the Museum’s collection and also significant private collections from across the United States.

Watch the video tour here

Produced by the Peabody’s EVOLUTIONS after school program.

Yale Center for British Art Lectures - Mrs. Pinckney and the Emancipated Birds of South Carolina

February 20, 2017

In this film, the British Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE (RA) describes his new work, “Mrs Pinckney and the Emancipated Birds of South Carolina,” which was created especially for the exhibition “Enlightened Princesses: Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World.” The sculpture was co-commissioned by the Yale Center for British Art and Historic Royal Palaces, Kensington Palace.

Watch the short film here