Yale University, CT

Every three-day weekend we try to discover a new place. During Labor Day weekend we visited Connecticut. Our itinerary included three major attractions:

 

Yale University in New Haven

 Gillette Castle in East Haddam

Thimble Islands in Branford

 

All of the above places are very close to each other and staying in Baymont Hotel and Suites in Branford we were very close to all of our destinations.

 

First Stop was Yale. We parked the car right behind the Visitor Center, conveniently available for visitors for free on weekends (enter from Temple Street). Guided tours Conducted by Yale College students are available and give you a glimpse into the history and architecture of the University. Tours start at the Yale Visitor Center at 149 Elm Street Monday through Friday at 10:30 am & 2 pm, and Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 pm. The tour covers the central campus area, and lasts about 1 hour 20 minutes. The tour also includes the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Constructed with more than one hundred panels of translucent marble, the Beinecke is home to one of the world's preeminent collections of rare materials, including the Gutenberg Bible.

The University Map is available for printing at http://map.yale.edu/map/#westcampus.

You can use it to discover at your own pace. The University is so big and has so much to see that we definitely will be back again and again...

As many other famous Universities, Yale has several Museums, theaters, and exhibitions. We chose The Yale University Art Gallery. It is a four-story Museum; there is no admission fee. The museum’s permanent collection was founded in 1832 when the patriot-artist John Trumbull gave more than one hundred of his paintings to Yale College. Since that time, the collection has grown to include more than 200,000 objects representing Eastern and Western cultures and ranging in date from ancient times to the present; see more at: http://artgallery.yale.edu/overview-and-highlights#sthash.JA6nBVD4.dpuf