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Yale University Art Gallery & Collection of Musical Instruments

1111 Chapel St, New Haven, CT 06510, United States
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Yale University Art Gallery & Collection of Musical Instruments
Area of Expertise: 19th-Century Flute Making, Baroque Traverso, Flute & Wind Instrument History, Rare Instrument Collections, Western Classical Music Heritage, World Flute Traditions
Institution / Organization: Yale University
: United States
: Award of Excellence, American Institute of Architects, New York State, 2013
Collection type: Museum Collection
Public Access: Open to the public (on-site & online)
Publications / Teaching Roles:

Research, exhibitions, and integration with Yale School of Music programs

ABOUT THIS COLLECTION

Founded in 1832, the Yale University Art Gallery is the oldest university art museum in the Western Hemisphere. Alongside its renowned art collections, Yale also houses the Morris Steinert Collection of Musical Instruments, featuring more than 1,000 instruments from antiquity to the present. This collection preserves outstanding examples of European, American, and world instruments, representing both fine craftsmanship and cultural diversity.

Flute Highlights:

Pre-Columbian flute with the head of a deity (Veracruz, Mexico, A.D. 900–1519).

Bone flute fragment from Dura-Europos, Syria (323 B.C.–A.D. 256).

European Baroque and Classical flutes, including instruments by Thomas Cahusac Sr., Thomas Stanesby Jr., and Asa Hopkins.

Global flutes representing folk and traditional traditions from various continents.

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