Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University
Whitney avenue and sachem street, science hill section of the yale campus, phone: 203-432-5050, (http://www.yale.edu/peabody/). m-sa 10am-5pm, su 12pm-5pm. adults $7, ages 3-18 $5.
Shoreline Trolley Museum
17 river st., east haven, phone: +1 203 467-6927, (http://www.bera.org/). su in apr,nov, sa,su in may,sep,oct; daily memorial day through labor day, saturdays and sundays in december through the 17th. $6/$3.
Yale University Art Gallery
Chapel at high st., phone: +1 203 432-0600, (http://artgallery.yale.edu/). tu-sa 10am-5pm, th until 8pm from sep-jun, su 1pm-6pm. free.
The Green
Public park in the center of the city. 350+ years old and recognized as one of the best 100 public spaces in the united states. frequent festivals are held here, such as the renowned new haven jazz festival, which draws hundreds of thousands of people (http://www.newhavenjazz.com).
Yale Center for British Art
Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University
Includes the the yale babylonian collection donated by jp morgan in 1910, as well as many other world-renowned artifacts and collections.