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Now on view
Dinosaurs, Mammoths & Forests Primeval:
Celebrating the Great Zallinger Murals at Yale

NEW! Download our podcasts and learn
about The Age of Reptiles mural!

Available from The Museum Store:

The Age of Reptiles: The Art and Science
of Rudolph Zallinger’s Great Dinosaur Mural at Yale
Revised, full-color edition of the guide to The Age of Reptiles mural

“The Future of Life on Earth”

On October 17, 2007, the Yale Peabody Museum presented its highest honor, the Addison E. Verrill Medal, to Dr. Peter Raven and Professor Edward O. Wilson. The ceremony was followed by a “fireside chat” between these two great biologists, moderated by Yale Corporation member Edward P. Bass. This wide-ranging, spirited (and sometimes humorous!) discussion covered topics such as the catastrophic decline in biological diversity, the importance of preserving our natural environment, the human ecological footprint on Earth, and the significance of nature for our mental and spiritual lives.

Click here to view a video clip of this hour-long inspiring presentation.
(Best viewed with the latest version of RealPlayer.)

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How Do You Make a Dinosaur?

Learn about the making of the Yale Peabody Museum’s bronze Torosaurus, a new and prominent presence on the Connecticut landscape and the first full-size public work of a dinosaur in New England.

From Egyptian mummies …

…to saber-toothed cats, to the once mighty dinosaurs — you can find it all at the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University!

The highlight of the Peabody’s Daily Life in Ancient Egypt exhibition is the reconstructed tomb and recently restored Egyptian mummy and its sarcophagus, originally from Thebes, that dates to the Ptolemaic Period.

See 300 million years of prehistory…

…in the 110-foot panoramic mural The Age of Reptiles by Rudolph F. Zallinger.

Between 1870 and 1873 O, C. Marsh led four Yale expeditions to the American West in search of fossils. Today the dinosaurs he named—Triceratops, Stegosaurus and “Brontosaurus”—dominate the Peabody’s Great Hall.

Step into the world’s cultures…

…at the Yale Peabody Museum. See outstanding exhibitions on Ancient Egypt and the peoples of the Pacific, the Great Plains and the Northwest Coast.

Celebrate the earth’s biodiversity…

…and look into windows on the natural world through the Peabody’s 11 dioramas, painted by master artists J. Perry Wilson and Francis Lee Jaques. Each a unique blend of art and science, they depict the landscapes and biodiversity of Southern New England sites and other locations in North America.

And don’t miss…

…the new Hall of Minerals, Earth and Space, Zallinger’s The Age of Mammals mural, and our other exhibitions on primates, prehistoric mammals, fossil plants and Connecticut’s birds and biodiversity.

Come explore!

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