Facility and Buildings
How Can I...?
Collections
Gallery Policies
Publications
100
When was the Kahn building constructed?
1953
100
How can I see Roman coins that are not on view?
Contact the Museum Assistant in the Numismatics Department for an appointment
100
We have three paintings on view by this Dutch artist, active in Arles, France in the late 1800
s.
Vincent Van Gogh
100
When someone wants to know the value of a painting they own or needs to identify the maker, we send them to what organization?
The Appraiser's Association
100
This book is a really good cross section of the collection-- even though its not a catalogue of our holdings.
Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century
200
During what years did the gallery undergo it's most recent renovation?
2006-2012
200
How can I get a glimpse of The Great Wave off Kanagawa?
Contact the museum assistant in the Prints and Drawings department.
200
You're not likely to see work that this artist did by hand in the collection, but you will see several paintings installed in the gallery that follow his specifically worded directions. 
Sol Lewitt
200
A reporter wants to write an article about our special exhibition-- this is the department to direct them to.
Communications
200
Originally published in 2017, this small book features a series of short essays about individual works of art, and speaks to the value of beauty in artmaking.
Art Can Help
300
Where are the gallery's gender neutral restrooms?
Near the auditorium, 3rd floor, and 4M.
300
How can I hear curators and educators talk about the collection right now?
Download the Gallery App
300
The artifacts from Dura Europos were excavated from what modern day country?
Syria
300
Photographs can be taken in the gallery if they're for private use only-- not commercial or professional like wedding photos. To keep it light, what the other main rule about photography in the gallery?
Do not use the flash
300
For visitors who want to learn about the founding of the gallery, how all three parts of the building were put together, and more about what happened to us in the past, this book is the best option.
Art for Yale: A History
400
This is the name of the shape used in the Kahn ceiling (hint: it's not a triangle)
Tetrahedron
400
How can I stay in contact with the Gallery? Ideally, I'd like to get regular emails and a magazine twice a year...
Sign up for a free membership
400
"The Education of the Virgin" was once unattributed, but it is now believed to have been painted by this famous Spanish painter?
Diego Velasquez
400
If you're taking a selfie in the Gallery, be sure to just use your arm, since these helpful devices are not allowed.
Selfie Sticks
400
When we acquired much of this photographer's work, the Gallery went about producing a series of books that showcases his work thematically. Photos of Children, Portraits, and Parties are just some of the subjects.
Lee Friedlander
500
What year was the Gallery founded?
1832
500
How can I get out to the Wuertle Study Center or Furniture Study Room at West Campus if I don't drive? And no, I'm not going to get in an Uber with some stranger!
Take the Yale Art Gallery Shuttle (or the Green or Purple lines to West Campus)
500
The sculpted heads made by the Nok culture in our African Art collection are made of what clay based material? 
Terra Cotta
500
He's my best friend, but my dog can't come into the gallery unless he's one of these.
A service animal
500
This book details the collection of modernist works donated by Katherine Drier and Marcel Duchamp. Their gift includes work by both of them!
The Societe Anonyme