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  • Corraled

    As a three-year renovation and expansion of the Peabody Museum begins, the torosaurus outside the museum has been fenced in. But frankly, we... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 22 2020 08:06am

  • New era for the Peabody

    Like most of the campus, the Peabody Museum has been closed to visitors since March. And it's going to stay that way for the next couple of years:... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 14 2020 08:55am

  • Disappearing dinosaur

    The Peabody Museum’s Great Hall is closed, but you can watch the disassembly of its Brontosaurus from the museum's second-floor discovery... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 26 2020 08:32am

  • Disappearing dinos

    Time is running out to see the Peabody Museum’s dinosaur hall before it closes on December 31 as part of the museum’s three-year... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 5 2019 07:48am

  • Fine crystal

    Since our office moved across campus, the Peabody Museum is now a splendid destination for a lunchtime walk. The spectacular mineral collection in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 8 2019 11:22am

  • Undersea, overhead

    Built at the Peabody Museum and first displayed in 1968, this model of a giant squid (Architeuthis dux) has loomed over the museum’s... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 18 2019 11:10am

  • Party with the dinosaurs

    The Peabody Museum welcomed all—including a good number of Yale reuniongoers—with free admission at its Community Day on Saturday.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 3 2019 08:34am

  • Babylon revisited

    A new exhibit at the Peabody Museum showcases Yale’s remarkable Babylonian Collection, which includes some of the oldest examples of written... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 17 2019 08:27am

  • (Pre)historic occasion

    Why is this torosaurus smiling? Maybe he heard about the $160 million donation that will allow the Peabody Museum to renovate and expand its... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 29 2018 10:20am

  • It’s only natural

    Now in bloom outside the Peabody Museum: purple coneflowers—or echinacea purpurea, as they might call them at the Peabody. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 17 2018 10:11am

  • Essential employee

    The Peabody Museum’s Torosaurus looks ready to leave for sunnier climes now that it’s spring break. But he’s contractually... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 13 2018 10:09am

  • Frozen squid

    It’s not every day that you see a giant squid in a snowstorm, but that’s just the Peabody Museum’s way of celebrating the season. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 19 2017 11:11am

  • Brassosaurus

    Musicians from New Haven public schools pop up all over the campus when the four-week Morse Summer Music Academy is in session. Serenading visitors... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 31 2017 07:59am

  • Flora and fauna

    Outside the Peabody Museum of Natural History, we spotted some living natural history yesterday evening. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 6 2017 09:16am

  • Meet the beetles

    On exhibit at the Peabody Museum through August 6: “Beauty and the Beetle,” a collection of steel sculptures by New Haven sculptor Gar... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 9 2017 10:59am

  • Commemoration in coal

    Saybook College’s Killingworth Court is on the former site of the original Peabody Museum of Natural History. So to celebrate its 150th... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 31 2017 09:02am

  • Rock show

    A glowing 2,000-pound specimen of quartz greets visitors at David Friend Hall, the Peabody Museum’s new gem and mineral gallery, which opened... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 24 2016 08:24am

  • The Peabody’s Broadway debut

    As part of its 150th anniversary celebration, the Peabody Museum of Natural History has just annexed a highly visible corner of campus. For the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 17 2016 08:43am

  • Too soon?

    A little dinosaur-mortality humor from the Peabody Museum. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 8 2016 08:41am