Art program

As artificial intelligence reshapes how we image, analyze and interpret the world, the ACEM Core remains committed to the arts and the humanities. Advanced microscopy and computation show us materials at atomic scales, but art, objects and cultural memory tell us why those materials matter to people.

The Art Program connects our instruments and expertise with Yale's collections and heritage research. We draw on the Yale University Art Gallery, the Yale Peabody Museum and the Yale Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, with the Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media and the Life Worth Living initiative as creative and reflective partners. Together they remind us that human creativity and careful stewardship of the past should guide how we use powerful new technology.

Partners and resources

• Yale University Art Gallery ↗Founded in 1832, the oldest university art museum in the Americas, with free admission and a collection of nearly 300,000 objects spanning all media and periods.
• Yale Peabody Museum ↗Natural history and cultural collections of more than 14 million specimens and objects, serving research, education and public exhibitions.
• Yale Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage ↗Interdisciplinary research, conservation and education that studies material culture across the sciences, arts and humanities.
• Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media ↗Yale's home for creative practice across disciplines, supporting experimentation at the crossroads of the arts, media and new technology.
• Life Worth Living ↗An initiative of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture that helps students, educators and the public think about how to live well, drawing on philosophical, cultural and religious traditions worldwide.