Editing New Haven, Connecticut (section)

=== Museums ===
[[File:Yale Peabody Museum 2.JPG|right|thumb|The historic [[Peabody Museum of Natural History]] at Yale]]
[[File:Yale-Center-for-British-Arts-New-Haven-Connecticut-04-2014d.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Yale Center for British Art]], designed by [[Louis Kahn]]]]

New Haven has a variety of museums, many of them associated with Yale. The [[Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library]] features an original copy of the [[Gutenberg Bible]]. There is also the [[Connecticut Children's Museum]]; the [[Knights of Columbus]] museum near that organization's world headquarters; the [[Peabody Museum of Natural History]]; the [[Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments]]; the [[Eli Whitney Museum]] (across the town line in [[Hamden, Connecticut]], on Whitney Avenue); the [[Yale Center for British Art]], which houses the largest collection of British art outside the U.K.,<ref>[http://ycba.yale.edu/information/index.html YCBA Home Page |britishart.yale.edu]. Ycba.yale.edu. Retrieved on July 15, 2013. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504003234/http://ycba.yale.edu/information/index.html |date=May 4, 2011 }}</ref> and the [[Yale University Art Gallery]], the western hemisphere's oldest college art museum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yale University Art Gallery – 1953 |url=http://www.buildings.yale.edu/property.aspx?id=26 |website=Building.yale.edu |access-date=August 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830040549/http://www.buildings.yale.edu/property.aspx?id=26 |archive-date=August 30, 2013 }}</ref> New Haven is also home to the [[New Haven Museum and Historical Society]] on Whitney Avenue, which has a library of many primary source treasures dating from Colonial times to the present.

[[Artspace, New Haven|Artspace]] on Orange Street is one of several contemporary art galleries around the city, showcasing the work of local, national, and international artists. Others include City Gallery and A. Leaf Gallery in the downtown area. Westville galleries include Kehler Liddell, Jennifer Jane Gallery, and The Hungry Eye. The [[Erector Square]] complex in the [[Fair Haven (New Haven)|Fair Haven]] neighborhood houses, the Parachute Factory gallery along with numerous artist studios, and the complex serves as an active destination during [[City-Wide Open Studios]] held yearly in October.

New Haven is the home port of a life-size replica of the historical ''[[Amistad (ship replica)|Freedom Schooner Amistad]]'', which is open for tours at Long Wharf pier at certain times during the summer. Also at Long Wharf pier is the ''Quinnipiack'' schooner, offering sailing cruises of the harbor area throughout the summer. The ''Quinnipiack'' also functions as a floating classroom for hundreds of local students.