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General Project Information

Architectural Credit:

Centerbrook Architects and Planners

Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Project Substantial Completion Date: 3/26/2024
Program type(s): Education – General
Total Site Area (gross sq. ft): 90,084 square feet
Total Building Area (gross sq. ft): 172,355 square feet
Project substantial completion date: 3/26/2024
Climate zone: 5A
Project site: Partially previously developed, Historic structure or district
Project team: Engineer – Civil: Langan Engineering
Engineer – MEP: ARUP
Engineer – Structural: Gilsanz Murray Steficek
General Contractor: Turner Construction Company
Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations
Lighting: Cline Bettridge Bernstein
Acoustic/AV: Cavanaugh Tocci Associates
Building Envelope: Leavitt Associates
Signage: Strong Cohen
Exhibit Designer: Reich and Petch

Project Overview:
The Yale Peabody Museum’s comprehensive renovations and additions are its first major changes since opening in 1925.

After 10 years of planning, the LEED Gold project:
• Increased teaching, exhibit, and collection space
• Improved wayfinding
• Advanced sustainability
• Preserved Peabody’s character

Fossils were remounted, anthropological exhibits increased, natural history exhibits refurbished, and historic dioramas restored.

Collection space adjacent to a K–12 learning center improved with climate control, restoration labs, and new storage systems.

New classrooms engage Yale undergraduates. New entries welcome students, while an expanded public one remains.

The project consists of a new 57,631-square-foot, four-story infill.

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