Yale Center For British Art

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  • Address: Yale Center For British Art, Yale University, 1080 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA, 06510, United States
  • Timings: 10:00 am - 05:00 pm Details
  • Phone: +1-2034322800
  • Fax: +1-2034324538
  • Time Required: 01:00 Hrs
  • Tags: Art Museums, Family And Kids, Social, Arts, Museums
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Another masterpiece of architect Louis Kahn, the Yale Center of British Art was completed in 1974. The architecture of the building embraces wide open spaces with high celling and elements of bare concrete, wood and glass incorporated to offer spacious exhibition rooms, a study room, a research library, an auditorium and a number of classrooms. The skylight illuminates the rooms during the day and completes the ambience.

The art collection in the centre takes the spotlight with a beautiful Photograph archive, a rare collection of books, sculptures, paintings, drawings and print art. The centre has around 2000 paintings and 200 sculptures that include works by renowned artists like William Hogarth's birth , J. M. W. Turner's death, George Stubbs, John Constable, Thomas Lawrence, Robert Polhill Bevan and Barbara Hepworth among other. The fourth floor lobby has a collection of work by artists from Europe and North America who came to Britain. You can see work by Hans Holbein, Anthony van Dyck, Canaletto, Peter Paul Rubens, Johann Zoffany, Benjamin West and James McNeill Whistler here.

Other highlights include

  • 20,00 drawings and 31,000 prints including works by Hogarth, William Blake, John Ruskin, J. M. W. Turner, Duncan Grant, Edward Burra, Stanley Spencer and Gwen John.
  • Rare collection of books, manuscripts that amount to 35,000 objects and include detailed maps and atlases.
  • 2‚000 volumes of books that describe British life‚ customs‚ scenery and travel during the period between 1770 and1860.

Come here to see art like you have never seen before and don’t forget to visit the Museum shop before you leave the place.

Yale Center For British Art Travel Tips

  • Contact Number: +1 203 432 2858

Entrance Ticket Details For Yale Center For British Art

  • Admission to the place is Free.

How to Reach Yale Center For British Art

  • By Bus: Chapel St and York St
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  • Yale Center For British Art Address: Yale Center For British Art, Yale University, 1080 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA, 06510, United States
  • Yale Center For British Art Contact Number: +1-2034322800
  • Yale Center For British Art Timing: 10:00 am - 05:00 pm
  • Best time to visit Yale Center For British Art(preferred time): 10:30 am - 04:00 pm
  • Time required to visit Yale Center For British Art: 01:00 Hrs
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