The Yale Center for British Art is currently closed for building conservation and will reopen in spring 2025. Please check the museum website for updated information.
In a landmark building designed by architect Louis I. Kahn, the Center houses the largest collection of British art outside the United Kingdom.
The collection of paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, rare books, and manuscripts reflects the development of British art and life from the Elizabethan period onward.
Works include masterpieces by Joshua Reynolds, George Stubbs, Thomas Gainsborough, J. M. W. Turner, and John Constable, as well as major artists from Europe and America who lived and worked in Britain.
Paintings, drawings, and sculptures from 2007 to the present
Marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of Joseph Mallord William Turner
A fusion of vernacular and formal traditions influenced by his British and Guyanese heritage.
Examines the place of Mexican antiquity in British visual culture
Considers relationships among artists, Company benefactors, local employers, and the wider commercial market.