The Yale Peabody Museum has served the public and the scientific community since 1866. Treasures housed within our collections enrich teaching and learning, and inform the work of curators and researchers redefining their fields. Find out here how you can join us at this transformative moment and become a partner in everything we do.
We invite you to look ahead with us. The Yale Peabody Museum is inspiring new generations of students, scholars, scientists, and enthusiasts of the natural world. Your gift ensures that we can continue to serve our community and remain an open source for those interested in everything from dinosaurs to insects, plants, gems and minerals, and the history of human culture.
Contact us for more information on giving opportunities for the Peabody Museum and the renovation.
Planned Giving
More InfoFriends of the Peabody can invest in our next 150 years by making a planned gift to the Museum. Learn how.
Membership
More InfoWe're evolving through our current renovation, and imagining new ways to serve those who want to support the Peabody. Check back for updates about exciting new Peabody membership programs.
Adopt-a-Bone
More infoLeave your name on the first Brontosaurus!
We're inviting donors to celebrate yourself or a loved one–by adopting an actual bone in our original Brontosaurus–which has been a centerpiece of the Peabody since the Museum for over 150 years.
Our Supporters
Our Supporters
More InfoAll our exhibitions, public programs, and special events depend on the generosity of these wonderful people and organizations.
Institutional Partners
More InfoThe Yale Peabody Museum offers the business community valuable exposure to select audiences, including Connecticut families, educators, tourists, and global online audiences.
The Renovation
For the first time in nearly a century, we are renovating and expanding the Museum to better serve students, faculty, researchers, and visitors. The community of donors who join us at this critical moment will enter the new Yale Peabody Museum as investors in its potential to inspire the curious, inform groundbreaking research, and communicate our evolving understanding of the world.