A guide to Downtown New Haven (restaurants, shopping, etc.) will be provided to you on the day you arrive to New Haven with your packet of Forum materials.
Sunday, June 8, 2008 starting at 1:30 pm
or Wednesday June 11, 2008 starting at 10:30 am
Yale College students provide a glimpse into the history and architecture of the University. The tours start at the Visitor Center at 149 Elm Street. Hear about Yale's rich 300-year history and aspects of student life at several of Yale's twelve residential colleges. The tour also includes the Gothic Sterling Memorial Library, Yale's largest, and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Constructed with more than one hundred panels of translucent marble, the Beinecke is home to one of the world's preeminent collections of rare materials, including the Gutenberg Bible.
Tours depart from the Visitor Center (149 Elm Street), cover the central campus area, and last about 1 hour 15 minutes. Free.
Sunday, June 8, 2008 starting at 2:00pm
Prospect St. and Grove St.
Resting site of many prominent inventors, academics, and historical figures from Connecticut.
Free.
Yale University Art Gallery
Free Admission
1111 Chapel Street (at York Street)
Tuesday–Saturday10:00 am–5:00 pm
Sunday 1:00–6:00 pm
Closed Mondays.
http://www.artgallery.yale.edu/
Yale Center for British Art
Free Admission
1080 Chapel Street
Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
Sunday noon to 5 pm
Closed Mondays.
http://ycba.yale.edu/index.asp
Peabody Museum of Natural History
Whitney Avenue and Sachem Street
$7.00 Adults
$6.00 Senior citizens 65 years and over
Monday-Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: Noon to 5:00 p.m.
http://www.peabody.yale.edu/