Silliman College

Silliman College is a residential college at Yale University in . The college is named for Benjamin Silliman, the first science professor at Yale.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments.

Library
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The is the rare book library and literary archive of Yale University Library in . It is one of the largest buildings in the world dedicated to rare books and manuscripts and is one of the largest collections of such texts. is situated 800 feet west of Silliman College.

Museum
The Yale Morris Steinert Collection of Musical Instruments, a division of the Yale School of Music, is a museum in New Haven, . It was established in 1900 by a gift of historic keyboard instruments from Morris Steinert, and later enriched in 1960 and 1962 by the acquisition of the Belle Skinner and Emil Herrmann collections. is situated 580 feet north of Silliman College.

Library
The is the public library system serving New Haven, . The system began in 1887 in a leased location but quickly outgrew its space. is situated 680 feet south of Silliman College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elm Street Historic District and New Haven.

Neighborhood
is a state historic district in the area of , . The area is eligible for listing, but not yet listed, on the National Register of Historic Places.

is a city in the U.S. state of . It is located on on the northern shore of . With a population of 134,023 at the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in Connecticut and the largest in the , with the metropolitan area having an estimated 577,000 residents.

Neighborhood
is the neighborhood located in the heart of the city of , . It is made up of the original nine squares laid out in 1638 to form New Haven, including the , and the immediate surrounding central business district, as well as a significant portion of the Yale University campus.

Silliman College

Latitude
41.31093° or 41° 18′ 39″ north
Longitude
-72.92455° or 72° 55′ 28″ west
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
Open location code
87H9836G+95
Geo­Names ID
4843036
Wiki­data ID
Q7515373
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Silliman College” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Silliman College
  • Chinese: 西利曼学院
  • Greek: Κολέγιο Σίλιμαν
  • Hebrew: סילימן קולג‘
  • Irish: Coláiste Silliman
  • Japanese: シリマン・カレッジ
  • Swedish: Silliman College
  • Silliman College

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