Celebrating the Yale Peabody Museum
Life Among Dinosaurs Gallery at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
With a huge congrats to the amazing team at the Peabody, I’m happy to celebrate my small part in making their renovated galleries happen! As “text wrangler” my job was to help each gallery’s curatorial team write text that fit the museum’s format, while at the same time was accessible to general museum goers. Let’s just say it involved a lot of mispronouncing dinosaur names (so curators knew where to put pronunciation guides) and lots of “what do you mean by that?” questions from me. The renovated museum spans three floors and covers content from dinosaurs and ancient aquatic life to human evolution, anthropology, rocks and gemstones, history, and life sciences. I got the chance to learn from some of the most thoughtful curators and professors in their chosen fields, work with fabulous exhibition designers at Reich & Petch, collaborate with wonderful colleagues at the Peabody - particularly Kailen Rogers, Sally Pallatto, and Rosemary Volpe, and work closely with my collaborator Camille Czerkowicz. It was a delight.
The museum has already surpassed expectations—with more viewers since opening in the spring than yearly totals before the renovation.
