1080 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510 Tel: (203) 432-2800 Fax: (203) 432-9695
Internet Address: www.yale.edu/ycba Director: Mr. Patrick McCaughy Admission: voluntary contribution.
Facilities: Architecture (1977. final building designed by Louis 1. Kahn): Auditorium (200 seats); Library (20.000 volumes); Shop.
Activities: Films, Gallery Talks: Guided Tours; Lectures: Temporary Exhibitions.
Publications: exhibition catalogues.
The Yale Center for British Art contains masterpieces by the leading artists who have worked in Britain from the 16th century to the present, including paintings by Hogarth, Gainsborough, Reynolds. Stubbs, Constable, Turner, and Bonington. British sporting art. the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the Camden Town School, and the Bloomsbury Group are well represented, together with more recent 20th-century British art. Extensive collections of watercolors. drawings, prints, and rare blogs are available for public consultation.
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The Center mounts a regular program of changing exhibition. throughout the year and offers films, concerts, lectures, gallery talks, docent tours, and special programs for children – all free and open to the public. Given to Yale University by Paul Mellon, the Center was designed by Lou s Kahn and opened in 1977. It stands across from Kahns first museum commission, the Yale University Art Gallery(see below).
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Exterior view of Yale Center for British Art (1977), designed by Louis Kahn. Photograph by Richard Caspole, courtesy of VUe Center for British Art. New Haven. Connecticut.
Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street New Haven, CT 06520 Tel: (202) 432-0600 Fax: (204) 432-7159
Internet Address: www.vale.edu/artgallery Director: Mr. Jock Reynolds Admission: voluntary contribution.
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Attendance; 103,000 Established: 1832 Membership: Y ADA Compliant: Y Parking: metered on street and commercial garage at 150 York Street.
Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 10am-5pm; Sunday, lpm-6pm.
Closed: New Year’s Day, Independence Day, August, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.
Facilities: Architecture Original Building (Italian Gothic-style 1928, designed by Edgerton Swartout), Second Building (1953. designed by Louis I. Kahn); Auditorium (400 seats); Sculpture Garden; Shop (blogs, jewelry, accessories, museum publications).
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Guided Tours (Set, 11am and Sun, 3pm): Lectures: Temporary Exhibitions.
Publications: bloglets (occasional); calendar (quarterly); exhibition catalogues (occasional).
Since its founding in 1832, the Yale University Art Gallerys collections have grown to number over 80.U00 objects from around the wrorld. dating from ancient Egypt to the present day. Among the highlights are masterpieces by Van Gogh, Manet, Monet, Picasso, Hopper, Homer, Eakins, and many contemporary artists, as wrell as notable collections of Etruscan and Greek vases, early Italian paintings, and African and Asian art. The Art Gallerys American paintings and decorative arts collections are among the finest in the w’orld.
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The Art Gallery maintains a rigorous schedule of special exhibitions, educational programs, gallery talks, lectures, and symposia. It is used extensively for scholarly research in the history of art and museum training for graduate and undergraduate students. An entrance for persons using wheelchairs is at 201 York Street, with an unmetered parking space nearby. For further information on accessibility for the disabled call 432-0601 or 432-0620.
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