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Our Work
Work With Yale’s Collections
Interdisciplinary Discoveries
Dr. Avary Taylor, Postdoctoral Associate in the Heritage Science Research Lab, combines scientific analysis, art history, and ancient languages to study color, art, and ancient Middle Eastern society.
Dr. Taylor’s cross-collections research—spanning IPCH, the Yale Peabody Museum, and the Yale University Art Gallery—recovers now-invisible pigments and metals on millennia-old Assyrian sculptures, two of which are displayed at the Peabody Museum with light projection simulating their original colorful appearance.
Supported by the Avangrid Foundation and in partnership with the Peabody’s EVOLUTIONS program, he mentored local high school students, introducing them to the possibilities of interdisciplinary careers in science and the arts.
Watch to learn more about this project:
Video courtesy of the Avangrid Foundation.
Work in the Community
The View from Here: Accessing Art Through Photography
Students from the 2024 cohort visit the Yale Schwarzman Center.
A photography program organized by the Lens Media Lab in conjunction with the Yale Center for British Art & the Yale Schwarzman Center.
This program is for high school and first-year college students from the greater New Haven area. It aims to expose students to the history, materials, and practice of photography.
In weekly classes, students learn essential principles of taking and composing their own photographs using a smartphone or personal digital device. They work directly with curators, museum staff, Yale faculty, and photographers.
The program culminates in an exhibition of students’ work. Visit the 2025 student exhibition on view at the Yale Schwarzman Center in April 2025.
Work Around the Globe
Yale collaborates with the University of Pretoria
to advance heritage conservation in South Africa
Conservation scientists from the Heritage Science Lab traveled to South Africa in October 2024 for an intensive two-week analysis of Harlequins Homage to Guernica, a significant artwork exhibited in the Javett Art Centre.
Yale’s long-term partnership with the University of Pretoria has integrated advanced scientific techniques abroad by teaching humanities-based approaches to address the complex challenges of preserving cultural heritage in diverse climates and contexts.
Read more in Yale in the World
Supporting and Connecting Global Leaders
Watch a video overview of the Yale Directors Forum first global symposium held from February 6-9, 2024 in South Africa.
The event gathered over 35 participants including Yale faculty and staff, Yale Directors Forum fellows, and cultural heritage experts from around the world.
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