New Haven Connecticut

16 May 208

What a cold, wet, miserable day! But can’t let that stop me doing some sightseeing. Louis Lunch is claimed by the Library of Congress to be the birthplace of the hamburger.

I said it was wet and cold!!

Yale has so many places to visit which are free to the public. I went to the Yale Art Gallery and the British Art Centre. My favourite piece of art was this ceramic. I didn’t take a note of the name unfortunately.

And this Steinway which was owned by Noel Coward

The place I was keen to look at was the Cushing Centre in the Yale Medical Library. Professor Harvey Cushing was known as the “godfather of neurosurgery”. The Cushing Centre is home for a collection of 600 brain specimens together with medical records, photos, equipment and tumor register. The Centre was opened in 2010 and the public have access. You need to provide identification to security to access the Centre.

A scavenger hunt sheet is provided.

It was very macabre but interesting. My question is, lots of brain tumors are thought to be caused by the use of mobile phones, but what caused all these tumors which date back to the early 1900s?

Here are my architecture pics around Yale.

If you love books the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is a beautiful structure housing an array of works dating back to the 1400s.

With my new found wealth of knowledge I located a trivia group on MeetUp, in New Haven and thanks to Kelly, Laura, Adrienne,Vinnie, Bob and Joe I was again part of a winning team.