The Yale University Art Gallery is a museum in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. It is the oldest art museum from a university in the United States, Yale University.

The museum has more than 185,000 works. This artgallery is divided into ten areas:

African Art
The Yale Collection of Art from Sub-Saharan Africa began with donations of several textiles in 1937.
These include around 1,000 objects made of wood, metal, ivory, ceramics and other materials.

In 1954 the Linton Collection of African Art was added, and in 2004 the entire Charles B. Benenson Collection, consisting of 600 African objects.

The collection mainly contains ritual figures and masks from West and Central Africa.
Other collections include Christian crosses from Ethiopia and miniature masks from Liberia. The following African cultures are represented: Djenne, Nok, Koma, Sapi and Benin.

American Decorative Arts
With approximately 18,000 objects in mediums such as silver, glass, wood, porcelain and textiles, the American Decorative Arts Collection gallery is among the finest in the United States.
It displays furniture collections from the seventeenth, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Tin and other metals, as well as glass, ceramics, textiles and wallpaper, are part of the collection.

The Yale Collection contains excellent examples of early New England, New York and Philadelphia silver.

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American Paintings and Sculptures
Yale’s rich collection of American paintings and sculptures ranks as the nation’s premier collection of American art.

In 1750, Yale received its first American painting, a 1670 portrait of the Reverend John Davenport. In 1831 the artist John Trumbull gave more than a hundred of his portraits and historical paintings to Yale and designed a building to house them. Today the American art collection includes more than 2,500 paintings, 500 sculptures and 300 miniatures. All were created before the mid-20th century.

Ancient Art
Yale Art from the Ancient Mediterranean World includes more than 13,000 objects from the Middle East, Egypt, Greece, Etruria and Rome. The objects date from the Neolithic to the early Byzantine period.

Art of Ancient America (Pre-Columbian Art)
This collection was founded on gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen in the 1950’s. Large pieces were added by Olsen in 1970.
Objects are terracotta figures from the Maya period, ships, sculptures, vases, textiles, objects from Mexico and the South American cultures.
The art of the Ancient Americas collection is shared with the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, and the works travel back and forth for display and study.

Asian Art
The collection of Asian art from the regions of East Asia (China, Korea and Japan), Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Islamic era of the Middle East comprises around 6,000 objects.
The Chinese collections contain a lot of ceramics, paintings and ships. The painting ranges from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) through the twentieth century.

The Japanese collection consists of art from the Edo period (1615-1868). Around 1,000 prints, Japanese painting. Textiles such as nara, noh robes, kimonos, Buddhist priest robes and pottery are exhibited in the Japanese section.

The South Asian and Islamic collections have an excellent group of textiles, ceramics, miniature paintings and manuscript pages.

The Chinese and Japanese collections were built up through the gifts of Mrs. William H. Moore.

Coins and medals
The Yale collection is the oldest coin, paper money and medal collection with around 100,000 pieces. Included are Greco-Roman coins, Renaissance medals, American Revolution-related medals, and Civil War-era medals.
The collection forms the basis not only for formal instruction in numismatics, but also for expanding the knowledge of historians, art historians, archaeologists and the general public.

European Art
The collection of European art at Yale University includes paintings, sculpture, textiles and a small group of decorative arts. It spans the period from the ninth to the nineteenth century with almost 2,000 objects.

Indo-Pacific Art
This section was formed in 2009 through donations from three distinguished collections. The collections contain around 1,700 objects from the following areas: ethnographic sculptures, Javanese gold (gold coins, jewellery, statues and ritual objects) and Indonesian textiles.

Modern and Contemporary Art
The modern and contemporary art in the gallery includes painting, sculpture and mixed works from 1900 to the present. They are among the finest and most expansive collections in the United States, featuring modern masterworks by artists such as Alexander Calder, Stuart Davis, Pablo Picasso, and Kurt Schwitters.

Prints, Drawings and Photographs
This collection contains around 25,000 prints and 8,000 drawings from the fifteenth century to the present and 5,000 photographs mostly from the 20th century.
Special strengths are several hundred prints and drawings from the early modern period, including German Expressionism and a selection of American works from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Other highlights include exceptional prints by the two great Old Masters , Albrecht Dürer and Rembrandt van Rijn.

History of the Yale University Art Gallery

The Yale University Art Gallery opened on October 25, 1832, with paintings by John Trumbull after he designed the Yale Picture Gallery building. The gallery was growing rapidly at that time, and after a short time the space was no longer sufficient and the entire Trumbull Gallery was moved to Street Hall in 1867, the official residence of the President and Treasurer of Yale University.

In 1926 a new larger building was constructed to house the campus art collection after Street Hall was demolished in 1901. It was named the Gallery of Fine Arts and was designed by Egerton Swartwout.

Nowadays there is a main building for the Yale University Art Gallery and Design Center. This opened in November 1953 and was designed by Louis I. Kahn.

The main building itself is a work of art in itself. The campus of Yale University is neo-Gothic. This design was broken with the construction of the main building. The facade of the new main building is windowless and consists of stone, concrete, glass and steel.

The Yale University Art Gallery officially opened on December 12, 2012 after renovations and expansions from 40,266 square meters to 69,975 square meters of exhibition space. As the collection of paintings grows, the Yale University Art Gallery becomes the nation’s leading public art museum.
The project made it possible to accommodate more than 4,000 works, including around 1,100 new acquisitions and special exhibitions. It overlooks a modern and contemporary art gallery and provides excellent places for art viewing.

Yale University Art Gallery courses & workshops

Master Classes
Throughout the year, the gallery offers master classes for everyone. As a participant, you can take a look behind the scenes of the scientific work. Topics such as French and British painting ( british art ), drawings, printing, painting and photography are presented.

Family Program
Families are encouraged to visit the gallery and learn about art together. Programs such as stories and art are designed to be attractive to children. The family programs are run by educational staff, often with the support of Yale students.

Yale University Art Gallery opening hours

The Yale University Art Gallery is open Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On weekends, the Yale Gallery is open from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
In addition, in the high season from September to June, Thursdays are open longer until 8 p.m.

The Yale University Art Gallery is closed on Mondays and major holidays.

Getting and parking by car to Yale University Art Gallery

From Interstate 95, take Exit 47 Downtown New Haven. After that, stay on Route 34 to the third street crossing and turn right onto York Street. The gallery entrance is on the corner of Chapel Street and York Streets.
If coming from Interstate 91, take Exit 1 Downtown New Haven.

There is a multi-storey car park at 150 York Street for parking. Visitors to the Yale Art Museum receive a discount there.

Address of the point of interest Yale University Art Gallery in Connecticut

Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street (off York Street)
New Haven, CT 06520-8271
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For wheelchair users, the entrance is at 1111 Chapel Street with dedicated parking.