September 2025
Determining Availability
Yale University is home to four museums that are always free for all, no coupon or physical pass required. They are:
1. Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT, 06520-8280, 877-274-8278, britishart.yale.edu
Museum open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 - 5, and Sunday, 11 - 5. Please confirm that the museum is open before visiting. It is open until 8 pm on Thursdays from September to June. It is closed Mondays, except during Yale Commencement, and is closed on New Year's Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
2. Yale Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Ave., New Haven, CT 06511, 203-432-8987, peabody.yale.edu
Museum open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 - 5, and Sunday, 12 - 5. Please confirm that the museum is open before visiting. It is closed Mondays, except for Yale Commencement and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and is closed on New Year's Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
3. Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St. (at York St.), New Haven, CT 06510, 203-432-0601, artgallery.yale.edu
Museum open Tuesday to Friday, 10 - 5, and Saturday and Sunday, 11 - 5. Please confirm that the museum is open before visiting. It is open until 8 pm on Thursdays from September to June. It is closed Mondays, except during Yale Commencement, and is closed on New Year's Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
4. Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 121 Wall St., New Haven, CT 06511, 203-432-2977, beinecke.library.yale.edu
Free admission for all, no coupon or physical pass required.
Exhibition hall open Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 9 - 7, Wednesday 10 - 7, Friday 9 - 5, Saturday and Sunday 12 - 5. Please confirm that the exhibition hall is open before visiting.
The exhibition hall is closed on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Good Friday, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day (Thursday and Friday), and will be closed from December 24th to January 2nd.
No passes are available at this time.
