• On View | The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World
  • Lecture | From the Wunderkammer to the Public Museum: Hans Sloane’s Empire of Curiosities and the Creation of the British Museum
  • On View | Celia Paul
  • On View | Art in Focus: John Goto’s “High Summer”
  • Britain in the World: A Display of the Collections
  • Explore the newly reconfigured Long Gallery
  • On View | The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World

    On View
    February 15–May 27, 2018

    The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World

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  • Lecture | From the Wunderkammer to the Public Museum: Hans Sloane’s Empire of Curiosities and the Creation of the British Museum

    Lecture
    Wednesday, April 25, 5:30 pm

    From the Wunderkammer to the Public Museum: Hans Sloane’s Empire of Curiosities and the Creation of the British Museum

    James Delbourgo, Associate Professor, History of Science and Atlantic World, Rutgers University

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  • On View | Celia Paul

    On View
    April 3–August 12, 2018

    Celia Paul

    Curated by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hilton Als

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  • On View | Art in Focus: John Goto’s “High Summer”

    On View
    April 6–August 19, 2018

    Art in Focus: John Goto’s “High Summer”

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  • Britain in the World: A Display of the Collections

    On View

    Britain in the World:
    A Display of the Collections

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  • Explore the newly reconfigured Long Gallery

    On View

    Explore the newly reconfigured Long Gallery

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Celia Paul, Shoreline (detail), 2015–16, oil on canvas, courtesy of the artist and Victoria Miro, London / Venice, © Celia Paul 2018

RITCHIE LECTURE

Hilton Als, photograph © Ali Smith / Redux Pictures 2018

YALE IN LONDON

Yale in London participants at the Hatfield House, summer session one, photograph courtesy of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

SEARCH THE COLLECTION

William Henry Hunt, Bird's Nest with Sprays of Apple Blossoms (detail), ca. 1847, watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

PUBLICATIONS

British Studio Pottery—Elizabeth Fritsch, Quantum Pocket II (detail), 1992, decorated stoneware, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, given by the Friends of The Fitzwilliam Museum with a grant from Eastern Arts Association

FEATURED STORIES

John Goto, Dancer (High Summer portfolio) (detail), 2000–2001, giclée print on Somerset archival paper, Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund, courtesy of the artist and Dominique Fiat, Paris, © John Goto, photo by Richard Caspole

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Unknown artist (Dutch School), The Paston Treasure (detail), ca. 1663, oil on canvas, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Norwich, UK, courtesy of Norfolk Museums Service

LONG GALLERY

Long Gallery, fourth floor, Yale Center for British Art, photograph by Richard Caspole

MUSEUM SHOP

Travertine bracelet by Pico Design, The Moth and Butterfly jewelry collection, photograph by Peter Italiano Photography