Yale Center for British Art
City: New Haven
The Yale Center for British Art houses the largest collection of British art outside the UK. It holds over 2,000 paintings, 250 sculptures, 20,000 drawings and watercolors, and 40,000 prints. Visitors explore centuries of British artistic achievement from the Elizabethan era to the present day.
The Yale Center for British Art presents a robust slate of exhibitions in 2026 that explore global exchange, artistic innovation, and the evolving relationship between art, history, and commerce.
Loyalists and Sons of Liberty: America 250
Through December 31, 2026
In 1776, the Declaration of Independence announced the thirteen American colonies’ intention to break from the British Empire. The story of the resulting war is often told as a clash between “patriots” who supported independence and “loyalists” who wished to remain British. The reality was far more complicated, with the conflict dividing communities and testing friendships on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
Image credit: Long Gallery, fourth floor, Yale Center for British Art, photograph by Richard Caspole
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