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New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound and is part of the New York City metropolitan area .
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Apr 11, 2024 · New Haven, city, coextensive with the town (township) of New Haven, New Haven county, south-central Connecticut, U.S. It is a port on Long Island Sound at the Quinnipiac River mouth. Originally settled as Quinnipiac in 1638 by a company of English Puritans led by John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton, it was renamed in 1640, probably for Newhaven ...
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Spanning a block and a half of the city of New Haven, Connecticut, the Gallery comprises three architecturally distinct buildings, including a masterpiece of modern architecture from 1953 designed by Louis Kahn through which visitors enter. The museum is free and open to the public. 2. Yale University.
Jul 14, 2023 · The best things to do in New Haven. At Yale, the storied Ivy League institution, your assignment is to soak up some of the campus’s ornate gothic buildings to transport to another century ...
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- Yale University
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
- Yale Center For British Art
- Connecticut Science Center
- Revel in Music & Theater
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- East Rock Park and Pardee Rose Gardens
- The Green
- Little Italy
Yale University has a long history, which began to some extent in the 17th century, although the school was not actually in existence until the early 18th century. Visitors can take a tour of the campus and learn all about the institution and its buildings, some of which were designed by prominent architects, such as Eero Saarinen's revolutionary I...
Yale University Art Gallery was established in 1832 and is the oldest university art museum in the United States. The extensive collections are especially strong in art from the ancient Mediterranean world, which includes more than 13,000 objects. African art comprises nearly 2,000 objects, and art from the ancient Americas about 1,500. American pa...
The Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University features exhibits on biology, paleontology, botany, geology, and anthropology. Permanent attractions include the Great Hall of Dinosaurs, the Hall of Native American Cultures, Hall of Minerals, Hall of Mammalian Evolution, Earth and Space, and Birds of Connecticut. Housing part of Yale's larg...
The Yale Center for British Art displays British paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, photographs, and other pieces, from the Elizabethan period to the modern day, in the most comprehensive collection outside the United Kingdom. You can see works here by Constable, Gainsborough, Hogarth, Joshua Reynolds, and Barbara Hepworth, in a collection th...
More than 150 hands-on exhibits covering fields of science from butterflies to outer space fill the eye-catching building of the Connecticut Science Center. Designed to engage children of all ages, the exhibits encourage them to explore and discover the natural and physical world around them. Science Alley, in the main atrium, showcases the breadth...
Music lovers and theatergoers can find nirvana in New Haven almost any night of the week. Performing arts and concert venues join jazz dives and free outdoor programs in New Haven's busy year-round arts calendar. The Shubert Theater opened in 1890, when the Shubert brothers extended their reach from New York and opened the grand theater in New Have...
Holding one of the world's largest and richest collections of rare books and manuscripts, Beinecke Library includes ancient manuscripts, writings on papyrus, maps, the personal papers of writers, and archival materials. There are early books printed in Japan, China, and Korea before 1800; books printed in America pre-1821; and newspapers and broads...
About 20 percent of New Haven is devoted to open or green space, and one of the favorite places to go on a nice day is East Rock Park. Covering 425 acres, it includes a 365-foot-high, 1.5-mile-long rock. From its top are sweeping views of Long Island Sound and New Haven. This is one of the most beautiful places to photograph in New Haven. Inside th...
In the center of the city, The Green is an urban park covering 16 acres. Three historic churches dating from the early 1800s – Trinity, United, and Center Church on the Green – face Temple Street, inside the park. The Green, which is a National Historic Landmark, was part of the original Puritan colonists' layout for the city, and a cemetery of ear...
While not nearly the size of Boston's North End, New Haven's Little Italy is filled with traditions, most of which revolve around the legendary Frank Pepe Pizzaria Napoletana. Credited with having been the first to sell slices of thin-crusted pizza baked in a coal-fired oven, now known as New Haven-style pizza, Frank Pepe began business selling his...
Apr 4, 2022 · The museum also has a rooftop terrace and a sculpture garden. 9. The Green in Downtown New Haven. Visiting New Haven’s Green is an essential part of any visit. New Haven was one of the first planned cities in the United States, and the city began as a 9-square grid.
The Green, a 6.4-hectare park in downtown New Haven, is popular for festivals like the New Haven Jazz Festival. Sprawling East Rock Park’s 172 hectares are all part of the National Register of Historic Places. Beautiful Edgerton Park was a private estate that was turned into an eight-hectare public park.
