category : Museums
Designed by Louis Kahn, the museum houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom. Its foundation is the gift of paintings, drawings prints, rare books, manuscripts, and sculpture donated by Paul Mellon (Yale class 1929).

Admission: Free.
Address: 1080 Chapel St.
Phone: (203) 432-2800

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