museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
maintained and funded by a national government. In many countries it denotes a museum run by the
central government
A central government is the government that is a controlling power over a unitary state. Another distinct but sovereign political entity is a federal government, which may have distinct powers at various levels of government, authorized or dele ...
, while other museums are run by regional or local governments. In other countries a much greater number of museums are run by the central government.
The following is an incomplete list of national museums:
National Museum of Medieval Art (Albania)
The National Museum of Medieval Art ( sq, Muzeu Kombëtar i Artit Mesjetar) is a national museum dedicated to medieval art and history in Korçë, Albania. The museum is located on Fan Noli Boulevard in the south-east of the city of Korçë. It wa ...
Museo Mitre
The ''Museo Mitre'' (Spanish) (''Mitre Museum'') in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a museum dedicated to Argentine history, as well as to the legacy of President Bartolomé Mitre.
Overview
The museum building is a Spanish colonial house built i ...
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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires)
The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes ("National Museum of Fine Arts") is an Argentine art museum in Buenos Aires, located in the Recoleta section of the city. The Museum inaugurated a branch in Neuquén in 2004. The museum hosts works by Goya, Remb ...
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National Historical Museum (Argentina)
The Argentine National Historical Museum ( es, Museo Histórico Nacional) is located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is a museum dedicated to the history of Argentina, exhibiting objects relating to the May Revolution and the Argentine War of ...
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National Museum of Decorative Arts
The National Museum of Decorative Arts is an art museum in Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
History
The museum has its origins in a marriage in 1897 between two prominent members of turn-of-the-century Argentine high society: Matías Errazúri ...
The Australian Government operates several national museums through its various departments, including:
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Australian National Maritime Museum
The Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) is a federally operated maritime museum in Darling Harbour, Sydney. After considering the idea of establishing a maritime museum, the federal government announced that a national maritime museum wou ...
National Gallery of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia (NGA), formerly the Australian National Gallery, is the national art museum of Australia as well as one of the largest art museums in Australia, holding more than 166,000 works of art. Located in Canberra in th ...
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National Museum of Australia
The National Museum of Australia, in the national capital Canberra, preserves and interprets Australia's social history, exploring the key issues, people and events that have shaped the nation. It was formally established by the ''National Muse ...
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National Portrait Gallery (Australia)
The National Portrait Gallery (NGPA) in Canberra is a public art gallery containing portraits of prominent Australians. It was established in 1998 and moved to its present building on King Edward Terrace in December 2008.
History
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Questacon
Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre is an interactive science communication facility in Canberra, Australia. It is a museum with more than 200 interactive exhibits relating to science and technology. It has many science ...
In addition, a number of states in Australia also operate "national museums". These include:
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National Motor Museum, Birdwood
The National Motor Museum, formerly also known as The Old Mill and Birdwood Mill after its initial location, is an automobile museum in the Adelaide Hills in the township of Birdwood, South Australia.
History
The museum was started by Jack Ka ...
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National Gallery of Victoria
The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum.
The NGV houses an encyclopedic art collection across two ...
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Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
The Kunsthistorisches Museum ( "Museum of Art History", often referred to as the "Museum of Fine Arts") is an art museum in Vienna, Austria. Housed in its festive palatial building on the Vienna Ring Road, it is crowned with an octagonal d ...
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Natural History Museum, Vienna
The Natural History Museum Vienna (german: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien) is a large natural history museum located in Vienna, Austria. It is one of the most important natural history museums worldwide.
The NHM Vienna is one of the largest museum ...
Azerbaijan
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National Art Museum of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan National Museum of Art ( az, Azərbaycan Milli İncəsənət Muzeyi) is the biggest art museum of Azerbaijan. It was founded in 1936 in Baku and in 1943 was named after Rustam Mustafayev, a prominent Azerbaijani scenic designer and the ...
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National Museum of History of Azerbaijan
The National Museum of History of Azerbaijan ( az, Milli Azərbaycan Tarixi Muzeyi) is the largest museum in Azerbaijan. It is located in Baku, in the former residential house of Azerbaijani oil magnate and philanthropist Haji Zeynalabdin Taghi ...
Bahrain
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Bahrain National Museum
The Bahrain National Museum ( ar, متحف البحرين الوطني) is the largest and oldest public museum in Bahrain. It is situated in Manama, adjacent to the National Theatre of Bahrain. Opened on 15 December 1988 by the Emir of Bahrain ...
Bangladesh
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Bangladesh National Museum
The Bangladesh National Museum ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় জাদুঘর), is the national museum of Bangladesh. The museum is well organized and displays have been housed chronologically in several departments like dep ...
Belarus
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Belarusian National Arts Museum
The National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Нацыянальны мастацкі музей Рэспублікі Беларусь) is the largest art museum in Belarus and is located in Minsk. The museum comprises more than thirty t ...
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Belarusian National History Museum
Belarusian National History and Culture Museum is a museum in Minsk, Belarus.
The leading Museum of the historic profile of the Republic of Belarus is the biggest collection of the monuments of material and spiritual culture of the Belarusian peo ...
Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, Historijski muzej Bosne i Hercegovine) is a museum in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It holds more than 400,000 historical artifacts.
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National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: ''Zemaljski muzej Bosne i Hercegovine'' / Земаљски музеј Босне и Херцеговине) is located in central Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and ...
National Museum of Brazil
The National Museum of Brazil ( pt, Museu Nacional) is the oldest scientific institution of Brazil. It is located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where it is installed in the Paço de São Cristóvão (Saint Christopher's Palace), which is i ...
Malay Technology Museum
The Malay Technology Museum ( ms, Muzium Teknologi Melayu) is a museum in Kota Batu, a historical area in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. It was opened in 1988 and contains exhibits on the traditional technologies used by the indigenous people of ...
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Royal Regalia Museum
The Royal Regalia Museum (), previously known as the Royal Regalia Building (), is a museum located in the heart of Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It mainly houses the regalia of the Sultan and the royalty, as well as exhibits relate ...
National Art Gallery
List of national galleries is a list of national art galleries.
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*Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
*National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
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National Gallery for Foreign Art
The National Gallery for Foreign Art ( bg, Национална галерия за чуждестранно изкуство, ''Natsionalna galeriya za chuzhdestranno izkustvo'') of Bulgaria is a gallery located on St. Alexander Nevsky Square in ...
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National Museum of Natural History
The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. In 2021, with 7 ...
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Earth and Man National Museum
The Earth and Man National Museum ( bg, Национален музей „Земята и хората“, romanized ''Natsionalen muzey „Zemyata i horata“'') is a mineralogical museum in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria
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National Museum of Cambodia
The National Museum of Cambodia ( km, សារមន្ទីរជាតិ) is Cambodia's largest museum of cultural history and is the country's leading historical and archaeological museum. It is located in Chey Chumneas, Phnom Penh.
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Angkor National Museum
Angkor National Museum is an archaeological museum dedicated to the collection, preservation and presentation of Angkorian artifacts, also to provides information and education about art and culture of Khmer civilization, with collections mainly ...
Canada
The following are
national museums of Canada The national museums of Canada are the nine museums in Canada designated under the federal ''Museums Act'' and operated by the Government of Canada. The national museums are responsible for "preserving and promoting the heritage of Canada and all it ...
, established by the federal government of Canada and operated through an autonomous
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Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum (french: Musée de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation du Canada) is a national agricultural museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Occupying several buildings within the Central Experimental Farm, the museum ope ...
Canada Science and Technology Museum
The Canada Science and Technology Museum (abbreviated as CSTM; french: Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada) is a national museum of science and technology in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum has a mandate to preserve and promote ...
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Canadian Museum for Human Rights
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR; ) is a Canadian Crown corporation and national museum located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, adjacent to The Forks. The purpose of the museum is to "explore the subject of human rights with a special but not ex ...
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Canadian Museum of History
The Canadian Museum of History (french: Musée canadien de l’histoire) is a national museum on anthropology, Canadian history, cultural studies, and ethnology in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The purpose of the museum is to promote the heritage ...
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Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is Canada's national museum of immigration. The museum occupies part of Pier 21, the former ocean liner terminal and immigration shed from 1928 to 1971. Pier 21 is Canada's la ...
Canadian War Museum
The Canadian War Museum (french: link=no, Musée canadien de la guerre; CWM) is a national museum on the country's military history in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum serves as both an educational facility on Canadian military history, in ad ...
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National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada (french: Musée des beaux-arts du Canada), located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, is Canada's national art museum. The museum's building takes up , with of space used for exhibiting art. It is one of the ...
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography (CMCP) (french: Le Musée canadien de la photographie contemporaine (MCPC)) was a gallery of Canadian contemporary art and documentary photography. Founded in 1985 and affiliated to the National Gall ...
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Canadian Postal Museum
The Canadian Postal Museum (CPM) was a museum once housed within the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec. It was described by the Smithsonian Museum as being one of the five largest postal museums in the world, ranking second in ann ...
In addition to institutions established or operated by the Government of Canada, several provinces and territories have established their own provincial and territorial museums.
Chad
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Chad National Museum
The Chad National Museum (french: Musée National du Tchad) is the national museum of Chad. It is located in the capital city of N'Djamena, near Kempinski Hotel N'Djamena. The museum was established on October 6, 1962, in temporary quarters under ...
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Chile
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National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, also called the Air and Space Museum, is a museum in Washington, D.C., in the United States.
Established in 1946 as the National Air Museum, it opened its main building on the Nat ...
National Museum of Natural History
The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. In 2021, with 7 ...
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National Art Museum of China
The National Art Museum of China (NAMOC, ) is located at 1 Wusi Ave, Dongcheng District, Beijing, People's Republic of China. It is one of the largest art museums in China, and is funded by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of Chin ...
Beijing Museum of Natural History
The Beijing Museum of Natural History (BMNH; ) is located at 126 Tian Qiao Nan Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100050, and is the most popular natural history museum in China.National Museum of China
The National Museum of China () flanks the eastern side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. The museum's mission is to educate about the arts and history of China. It is directed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic ...
Cyprus Museum
The Cyprus Museum (also known as the Cyprus Archaeological Museum) is the oldest and largest archaeological museum in Cyprus.
The museum houses artifacts discovered during numerous excavations on the island. The museum is home to the most extensi ...
Czech Republic
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National Gallery Prague
The National Gallery Prague ( cz, Národní galerie Praha, NGP), formerly the National Gallery in Prague (), is a state-owned art gallery in Prague, which manages the largest collection of art in the Czech Republic and presents masterpieces of Cze ...
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National Museum
A national museum is a museum maintained and funded by a national government. In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, while other museums are run by regional or local governments. In other countries a much greater numb ...
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Denmark
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National Museum of Denmark
The National Museum of Denmark (Nationalmuseet) in Copenhagen is Denmark's largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main building is located a short distance from Strøget ...
National Museum of Eritrea
The National Museum of Eritrea is a national museum in Asmara, Eritrea. Established in 1992 by Woldeab Woldemariam, it was originally located in the former Governor's Palace until 1997, when it was moved. The venue has since been relocated to ...
Estonia
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Art Museum of Estonia
The Art Museum of Estonia ( et, Eesti Kunstimuuseum) was established in 1919. Originally based in Kadriorg Palace, the museum has expanded across several sites and today exhibits both international and local art works. At the end of the 1970s, in ...
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Estonian National Museum
The Estonian National Museum ( et, Eesti Rahva Muuseum) founded 1909 in Tartu is a museum devoted to folklorist Jakob Hurt's heritage, to Estonian ethnography and folk art. The first items for the museum were originally collected in the latter ...
Ethiopia
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National Museum of Ethiopia
The National Museum of Ethiopia (NME), also referred to as the Ethiopian National Museum, is a national museum in Ethiopia. It is located in the capital, Addis Ababa, near the Addis Ababa University's graduate school.
Overview
The museum houses ...
Finland
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Ateneum
Ateneum is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland and one of the three museums forming the Finnish National Gallery. It is located in the centre of Helsinki on the south side of Rautatientori square close to Helsinki Central railway station. It ha ...
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Finnish Museum of Natural History
The Finnish Museum of Natural History ( fi, Luonnontieteellinen keskusmuseo, sv, Naturhistoriska centralmuseet), established in 1988, is a research institution under the University of Helsinki in Finland, based in Helsinki, Finland. It is a natur ...
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National Museum of Finland
The National Museum of Finland ( fi, Kansallismuseo, sv, Nationalmuseum) presents Finnish history from the Stone Age to the present day, through objects and cultural history. The Finnish National Romantic style building is located in central He ...
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Sinebrychoff Art Museum
The Sinebrychoff Art Museum is an art museum located on Bulevardi in Helsinki, Finland. The museum exhibits the old European art collections (dating between the 14th and 19th centuries) of the Finnish National Gallery. In addition, half of the mu ...
France
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Centre Georges Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou ( en, National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of ...
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Musée National d'Art Moderne
The Musée National d'Art Moderne (; "National Museum of Modern Art") is the national museum for modern art of France. It is located in Paris and is housed in the Centre Pompidou in the 4th arrondissement of the city. In 2021 it ranked 10th in ...
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Musée de l'Armée
The Musée de l'Armée (; "Army Museum") is a national military museum of France located at Les Invalides in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It is served by Paris Métro stations Invalides, Varenne and La Tour-Maubourg
The Musée de l'Armée ...
Musée du Louvre
The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...
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Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations
The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (Mucem; French: ''Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée'') is a national museum located in Marseille, France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), i ...
Museum of Natural History
A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more ...
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Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
The French National Museum of Natural History, known in French as the ' (abbreviation MNHN), is the national natural history museum of France and a ' of higher education part of Sorbonne Universities. The main museum, with four galleries, is loc ...
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
The Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie ("City of Science and Industry", abbreviated la CSI) or simply CSI is the biggest science museum in Europe. Located in the Parc de la Villette in Paris, France, it is one of the three dozen French Cultur ...
Musée national de la Marine
The Musée national de la Marine (National Navy Museum) is a maritime museum located in the Palais de Chaillot, Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It has annexes at Brest, Port-Louis, Rochefort ( Musée National de la Marine de ...
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National Railway Museum
The National Railway Museum is a museum in York forming part of the Science Museum Group. The museum tells the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society. It is the home of the national collection of historically significant r ...
National Museum
A national museum is a museum maintained and funded by a national government. In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, while other museums are run by regional or local governments. In other countries a much greater numb ...
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Bavarian National Museum
The Bavarian National Museum (german: Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, links=no) in Munich is one of the most important museums of decorative arts in Europe and one of the list of largest art museums in the world , largest art museums in Germany. ...
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German Historical Museum
The German Historical Museum (german: Deutsches Historisches Museum), known by the acronym DHM, is a museum in Berlin, Germany devoted to German history. It describes itself as a place of "enlightenment and understanding of the shared history ...
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German Museum of Technology
(German Museum of Technology) in Berlin, Germany is a museum of science and technology, and exhibits a large collection of historical technical artifacts. The museum's main emphasis originally was on rail transport, but today it also features e ...
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Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin
(German Museum of Technology) in Berlin, Germany is a museum of science and technology, and exhibits a large collection of historical technical artifacts. The museum's main emphasis originally was on rail transport, but today it also features e ...
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
The Germanisches National Museum is a museum in Nuremberg, Germany. Founded in 1852, it houses a large collection of items relating to German culture and art extending from prehistoric times through to the present day. The Germanisches National ...
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Glyptothek
The Glyptothek () is a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I to house his collection of Greek and Roman sculptures (hence γλυπτο- ''glypto-'' "sculpture", from the Greek verb γλύφειν ''glyphe ...
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Max Planck Institutes
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (german: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes. ...
Museum Wiesbaden
The Museum Wiesbaden is a two-branch museum of art and natural history in the Hessian capital of Wiesbaden, Germany. It is one of the three Hessian State museums, in addition to the museums in Kassel and Darmstadt.
History
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National Gallery
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current Director ...
Deutsches Museum
The Deutsches Museum (''German Museum'', officially (English: ''German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology'')) in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of science and technology, with about 28,000 exhibited objects from ...
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New Pinakothek
The Neue Pinakothek (, ''New Pinacotheca'') is an art gallery, art museum in Munich, Germany. Its focus is Western art history, European Art of the 18th and 19th centuries, and it is one of the most important museums of art of the nineteenth cent ...
Alte Pinakothek
The Alte Pinakothek (, ''Old Pinakothek'') is an art museum located in the Kunstareal area in Munich, Germany. It is one of the oldest galleries in the world and houses a significant collection of Old Master paintings. The name Alte (Old) Pi ...
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Ghana
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National Museum of Ghana
The National Museum of Ghana is in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. It is the largest and oldest of the six museums under the administration of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB).
The museum building was opened on 5 March 1957 as part of ...
Greece
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Athens War Museum
The Athens War Museum ( el, Πολεμικό Μουσείο Αθήνας), established on July 18, 1975, is the museum of the Greek Armed Forces. Its purpose is the exhibition of weapon artifacts and the relevant research in the history of war. It ...
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National Archaeological Museum, Athens
The National Archaeological Museum ( el, Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο) in Athens houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity. It i ...
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National Gallery
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current Director ...
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National Historical Museum, Athens
The National Historical Museum ( el, Εθνικό Ιστορικό Μουσείο, ''Ethnikó Istorikó Mouseío'') is a historical museum in Athens. Founded in 1882, is the oldest of its kind in Greece. It is located in the Old Parliament House ...
Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida"
The Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida" is a national museum of modern art in Guatemala City, named after Carlos Mérida
Carlos Mérida (December 2, 1891 – December 21, 1985) was a Guatemalan artist who was one of the first to fuse ...
Vatican Museums
The Vatican Museums ( it, Musei Vaticani; la, Musea Vaticana) are the public museums of the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of ...
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Vatican Library
The Vatican Apostolic Library ( la, Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, it, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City. Formally es ...
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Vatican Secret Archives
The Vatican Apostolic Archive ( la, Archivum Apostolicum Vaticanum; it, Archivio Apostolico Vaticano), formerly known as the Vatican Secret Archive, is the central repository in the Vatican City of all acts promulgated by the Holy See.
The Pont ...
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Saint Peter's Basilica
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican ( it, Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica ( la, Basilica Sancti Petri), is a church built in the Renaissance style located in Vatican City, the papal e ...
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Apostolic Palace
The Apostolic Palace ( la, Palatium Apostolicum; it, Palazzo Apostolico) is the official residence of the pope, the head of the Catholic Church, located in Vatican City. It is also known as the Papal Palace, the Palace of the Vatican and the V ...
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Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
The Archbasilica Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist in the Lateran ( it, Arcibasilica del Santissimo Salvatore e dei Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista in Laterano), also known as the Papa ...
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Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel (; la, Sacellum Sixtinum; it, Cappella Sistina ) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the pope in Vatican City. Originally known as the ''Cappella Magna'' ('Great Chapel'), the chapel takes its name ...
Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Museum of History
The Hong Kong Museum of History is a museum that preserves Hong Kong's historical and cultural heritage. It is located next to the Hong Kong Science Museum, in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
The collections of the museum encompass ...
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Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Hong Kong Heritage Museum is a museum of history, art and culture in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, located beside the Shing Mun River. The museum opened on 16 December 2000. It is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong ...
Hungary
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Hungarian National Museum
The Hungarian National Museum ( hu, Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum) was founded in 1802 and is the national museum for the history, art, and archaeology of Hungary, including areas not within Hungary's modern borders, such as Transylvania; it is not to ...
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Hungarian National Gallery
The Hungarian National Gallery (also known as Magyar Nemzeti Galéria), was established in 1957 as the national art museum. It is located in Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary. Its collections cover Hungarian art in all genres, including the works ...
Iceland
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National Gallery of Iceland
The National Gallery of Iceland ( is, Listasafn Íslands ) is an art museum in Reykjavík which contains a collection of Icelandic art. The gallery features artwork of famous Icelandic artists and artwork that helps explain the traditional Icelan ...
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National Museum of Iceland
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Isle of Man
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Manx National Heritage
Manx National Heritage ( gv, Eiraght Ashoonagh Vannin) is the national heritage organisation for the Isle of Man. The organisation manages a significant proportion of the island’s physical heritage assets including over 3,000 acres of coastlin ...
(''Eiraght Ashoonagh Vannin'')
India
National-level museums in India come directly under the administrative control of
Ministry of Culture Ministry of Culture may refer to:
*Ministry of Tourism, Cultural Affairs, Youth and Sports (Albania)
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National Museum, New Delhi
The National Museum in New Delhi, also known as the National Museum of India, is one of the largest museums in India. Established in 1949, it holds a variety of articles ranging from pre-historic era to modern works of art. It functions under t ...
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, (CSMVS) originally named Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, is a museum in Mumbai (Bombay) which documents the history of India from prehistoric to modern times.
It was founded during Briti ...
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Indian Museum
The Indian Museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India, also referred to as the Imperial Museum at Calcutta in colonial-era texts, is the ninth oldest museum in the world, the oldest and largest museum in India as well as in Asia. It has rare ...
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Government Museum, Mathura
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Government Museum, Mathura, commonly referred to as Mathura museum, is an archaeological museum in Mathura city of Uttar Pradesh state in India. The museum was founded by then District collector, collector of the Mathura district, Sir ...
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National Gallery of Modern Art
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Allahabad Museum
The Allahabad Museum is a national-level museum in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Established in 1931, it is known for its rich collection and unique objects of art, and is funded by Ministry of Culture. Moreover, it is a premier research centre for ...
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Government Museum, Chennai
The Government Museum, Chennai, or the Madras Museum, is a museum of human history and culture located in the Government Museum Complex in the neighbourhood of Egmore in Chennai, India. Started in 1851, it is the second oldest museum in India af ...
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Salar Jung Museum
The Salar Jung Museum is an art museum located at Dar-ul-Shifa, on the southern bank of the Musi River, India, Musi River in the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is one of the List of museums in India, notable National Museums of India. ...
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Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum is the oldest museum in Mumbai. Situated in the vicinity of Byculla Zoo, Byculla East, it was originally established in 1855 as a treasure house of the decorative and industrial arts, and was later renamed in honour of ...
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Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh
Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, is a premier museum of North India having collections of Gandharan sculptures, sculptures from ancient and medieval India, Pahari and Rajasthani miniature paintings. It owes its existence to the ...
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City Palace, Jaipur
The City Palace, Jaipur was established at the same time as the city of Jaipur, by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, who moved his court to Jaipur from Amber, in 1727. Jaipur is the present-day capital of the state of Rajasthan, and until 1949 the Ci ...
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City Palace, Udaipur
City Palace, Udaipur is a palace complex situated in the city of Udaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It was built over a period of nearly 400 years, with contributions from several rulers of the Mewar dynasty. Its construction began in 155 ...
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National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum
The National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum (NHHM) commonly known as National Crafts Museum in New Delhi is one of the largest crafts museums in India. It is run by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. The museum is situated on the ...
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Victoria Memorial
The Victoria Memorial is a large marble building on the Maidan in Central Kolkata, built between 1906 and 1921. It is dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria, Empress of India from 1876 to 1901.
The largest monument to a monarch anywhere ...
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Jaisalmer War Museum
The Jaisalmer War Museum was conceived by Lieutenant General Bobby Mathews, AVSM, VSM, General Officer Commanding, Desert Corps and constructed by the Desert Corps of the Indian Army.
It was dedicated to the Nation by Lieutenant General Ashok ...
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Hazarduari Palace
Hazarduari Palace, earlier known as the ''Bara Kothi'', is located in the campus of Kila Nizamat in Murshidabad, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated near the bank of river Ganges. It was built in the nineteenth century by archit ...
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Sabarmati Ashram
Sabarmati Ashram (also known as Gandhi Ashram) is located in the Sabarmati suburb of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, adjoining the Ashram Road, on the banks of the River Sabarmati, from the town hall. This was one of the many residences of Mahatma Ga ...
National Rail Museum, New Delhi
The National Rail Museum in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, displays exhibits on the history of rail transport in India. The museum was inaugurated on 1 February 1977. The museum spans over an area of over 11 acres and the indoor gallery compris ...
Albert Hall Museum
The Albert Hall Museum in Jaipur is the oldest museum of the state and functions as the state museum of Rajasthan, India. The building is situated in Ram Niwas garden outside the city wall opposite New gate and is a fine example of Indo-Sarac ...
* Madame Tussauds Delhi
* 23 science centers under the National Council of Science Museums
* 44 site museums under the Archaeological Survey of India
Indonesia
Museums listed below are operated by Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology and other ministries.
* National Museum of Indonesia
* Basoeki Abdullah Museum
* Formulation of Proclamation Text Museum
* Fort Vredeburg Museum
* Museum of National Awakening
* National Gallery of Indonesia
* National Press Monument
* Some government-operated museums in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah
* Youth Pledge Museum
Iran
* National Museum of Iran
Iraq
* National Museum of Iraq
Ireland
* Irish Museum of Modern Art
* National Gallery of Ireland
* National Museum of Ireland
Israel
* Israel Museum
Italy
* Bargello Museum, Bargello National Museum (''Museo Nazionale del Bargello'')
* Galleria degli Uffizi
* National Archeological Museum of Naples (''Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli'')
* National Archaeological Museum of Nuoro
* National Etruscan Museum (''Museo Nazionale Etrusco'')
* Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, National Gallery of Ancient Art (''Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica'')
* Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, National Gallery of Modern Art (''Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna'')
* National Museum of Capodimonte (''Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte'')
* National Museum of Magna Grecia (''Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia'')
* National Museum of Oriental Art
* National Museum of Rome
* Pinacoteca di Brera
Japan
* National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
** Tokyo National Museum
** Kyoto National Museum
** Nara National Museum
** Kyushu National Museum
* Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art
** National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
** National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
** National Museum of Western Art
** National Museum of Art, Osaka
** National Art Center, Tokyo
** National Film Archive of Japan
* National Museum of Nature and Science
* National Museum of Ethnology (Japan)
* National Museum of Japanese History
* National Showa Memorial Museum
Kenya
* National Museums of Kenya
Korea
* National Museum of Korea
** Buyeo National Museum
** Cheongju National Museum
** Chuncheon National Museum
** Daegu National Museum
** Gimhae National Museum
** Gongju National Museum
** Gwangju National Museum
** Gyeongju National Museum
** Jeju National Museum
** Jeonju National Museum
** Jinju National Museum
* National Folk Museum of Korea
* National Palace Museum of Korea
Kuwait
* Al-Hashemi-II, Al-Hashemi-II Marine Museum in Kuwait City
* Kuwait National Museum
* Kuwait Science and Natural History Museum
Latvia
* Latvian National Museum of Art
Lebanon
* National Museum of Beirut
Libya
Lithuania
* National Museum of Lithuania
Luxembourg
* National Museum of History and Art, in Luxembourg City
* National Museum of Military History (Luxembourg), National Museum of Military History, in Diekirch
* National Museum of Natural History (Luxembourg), National Museum of Natural History, in Luxembourg City
Macau
* Museum of Macau
Malaysia
* Muzium Negara
*National History Museum (Malaysia), Muzium Sejarah Nasional
Maldives
* National Museum (Maldives), National Museum
Mali
* National Museum of Mali
Malta
* National Museum of Archaeology, Malta, National Museum of Archaeology
* Inquisitor's Palace, National Museum of Ethnography
* National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta, National Museum of Fine Arts
* National Museum of Natural History (Malta), National Museum of Natural History
* National War Museum (Malta), National War Museum
Mauritania
* National Museum of Mauritania
Mexico
* Museo Nacional de Antropología (''National Museum of Anthropology'')
* Museo Nacional de Historia (''National Museum of History'')
Myanmar
* National Museum Nay Pyi Taw
* National Museum of Myanmar
Namibia
* National Museum of Namibia
** Alte Feste
** Owela Museum
* Independence Memorial Museum (Namibia), Independence Memorial Museum
Nepal
* National Museum of Nepal
Netherlands
* Dordrechts Museum
* EYE Film Institute Netherlands
* Huis Doorn
* Kröller-Müller Museum
* Loevestein
* Mauritshuis
* Muiderslot
* Museum Boerhaave
* Museum Catharijneconvent
* Museum Meermanno
* Museum Mesdag
* Museum Volkenkunde
* National Museum of Ethnology (Netherlands), National Museum of Ethnology
* Naturalis
* Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum
* Paleis het Loo
* Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
* Rijksmuseum Twenthe
* Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
* Openluchtmuseum
* Van Gogh Museum
* Zuiderzeemuseum
New Zealand
* Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - commonly known as ''Te Papa'' or ''Our Place'' in English translation
Niger
* Musée National Boubou Hama, formerly National Museum of Niger
Norway
* National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Pakistan
* National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi
Palau
* Belau National Museum, Koror
Papua New Guinea
* Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery, Port Moresby
Peru
* Museum of the Nation
* National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru
Philippines
The National Museum of the Philippines (NMP), a government organization, operates several national museums, including:
The National Museum Complex (Manila), National Museum Complex in Manila which consist of central museums of the NMP namely:
*National Museum of Anthropology (Manila), National Museum of Anthropology
*National Museum of Fine Arts (Manila), National Museum of Fine Arts
*National Museum of Natural History (Manila), National Museum of Natural History
The NMP also operates satellite museums such as:
*Dumaguete Presidencia, National Museum Dumaguete
*Old Jaro Municipal Hall, National Museum Western Visayas
Poland
* National Museum, Kraków
* National Museum, Gdańsk
* National Maritime Museum, Gdańsk
* National Museum, Lublin
* National Museum, Poznań
* National Museum, Szczecin
* National Museum, Warsaw
* National Museum, Wrocław
Portugal
* Museu do Ar, Air Museum, part of the Portuguese Air Force
* Grão Vasco National Museum
* Museu Militar do Porto, Porto Military Museum, part of the Portuguese Army
* National Archaeology Museum, Portugal, National Archaeology Museum
* National Azulejo Museum
* National Coach Museum
* National Museum of Ancient Art
* National Museum of Contemporary Art (Portugal), National Museum of Contemporary Art of Chiado
* National Museum of Costume (Portugal), National Museum of Costume and Fashion
* National Museum of Ethnology (Portugal), National Museum of Ethnology, it includes the Museu de Arte Popular, Popular Art Museum
* National Museum of Natural History and Science, Lisbon, National Museum of Natural History and Science, part of the University of Lisbon
* National Museum Machado de Castro
* National Museum Soares dos Reis
* Museu Nacional da Música, National Music Museum
* National Railway Museum (Portugal), National Railway Museum
* National Theatre and Dance Museum
* Navy Museum (Portugal), Navy Museum, part of the Portuguese Navy
Qatar
* Qatar National Museum
Romania
* ASTRA National Museum Complex, ASTRA Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization (''ASTRA National Museum Complex, Muzeul Civilizaţiei Populare Tradiţionale'')
* ASTRA National Museum Complex, ASTRA Museum of Transylvanian Civilisation (''ASTRA National Museum Complex, Muzeul Civilizaţiei Transilvane'')
* Brukenthal National Museum
* ASTRA National Museum Complex, Emil Sigerus Museum of Saxon Ethnography and Folk Art (''ASTRA National Museum Complex, Muzeul de Etnografie şi Artă Populară Săsească ASTRA'')
* ASTRA National Museum Complex, Franz Binder Museum of Universal Ethnography (''ASTRA National Museum Complex, Muzeul de Etnografie Universală ASTRA'')
* National History Museum of Romania
* National Military Museum, Romania (''Muzeul Militar Naţional'')
* National Museum of Art of Romania
Russia
* State Historical Museum
* Russian Museum
Saudi Arabia
* National Museum of Saudi Arabia
Serbia
* National Museum of Serbia
Sierra Leone
* Sierra Leone National Museum
Singapore
* National Museum of Singapore
Slovakia
* Slovak National Museum
*Trebišov#National History Museum, Slovak National History Museum
Somalia
* National Museum of Somalia
South Africa
* South African National Museum of Military History
* Iziko South African Museum
* Ditsong Museums of South Africa
**includes Ditsong National Museum of Natural History and Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History
* National Museum, Bloemfontein
* National Afrikaans Literary Museum and Research Centre
South Sudan
* South Sudan National Museum
Spain
* National Archaeological Museum, Madrid, National Archaeological Museum, Madrid
* Casa de Cervantes, Cervantes' House Museum, Valladolid
* Museo Casa de la Moneda (Madrid), Museum of the Royal Mint, Madrid
* Museum Cerralbo, Madrid
* Museo del Aire (Madrid), Aeronautical and Astronautical Museum, Madrid
* Museum of the Americas (Madrid), Museum of the Americas, Madrid
* Army Museum of Toledo, Museum of the Army, Toledo
* Catalonia Railway Museum, Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona)
* Railway Museum (Madrid), Railway Museum, Madrid
* El Greco Museum, Toledo, El Greco Museum, Toledo
* Museum of Romanticism (Madrid), National Museum of Romanticism, Madrid
* Museo del Traje, Museum of Garment - Ethnologic Heritage Research Center, Madrid
* Museo Geominero, Geomineral Museum, Madrid
* Lázaro Galdiano Museum, Madrid
* Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Queen Sofía Art Center National Museum, Madrid
* Museo Nacional de Antropología (Madrid), National Museum of Anthropology, Madrid
* National Museum of Subaquatic Archaeology, Cartagena (Murcia)
* National Museum of Roman Art, Mérida (Badajoz)
* Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, National Museum of Decorative Arts, Madrid
* González Martí National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts, Valencia
* National Museum of Science and Technology (Spain), National Museum of Science and Technology, La Coruña and Alcobendas (Madrid)
* Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid
* Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid, National Museum of Sculpture, Valladolid
* Museo del Prado, Prado National Museum, Madrid
* National Museum of Theatre, Almagro (Ciudad Real)
* Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid
* National Museum and Research Center of Altamira, Santillana del Mar (Cantabria)
* Naval Museum of Madrid, Naval Museum, Madrid
* Sephardic Museum, Toledo
* Sorolla Museum, Madrid
* Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, Royal Botanical Garden, Madrid
Catalonia
* National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC), Barcelona
* mNACTEC, National Museum of Science and Industry of Catalonia (mNACTEC), Terrassa
* Archaeological Museum of Catalonia (MAC), Barcelona, Empúries, Girona, Olèrdola and Ullastret
Sri Lanka
* Colombo National Museum, National Museum of Colombo
* National Museum Galle
* National Museum Kandy
* National Maritime Museum (Galle), National Museum Maritime
* National Museum Ratnapura
Sudan
* National Museum of Sudan
Suriname
* Surinaams Museum
Sweden
* Nationalmuseum
Switzerland
* Swiss National Museum (''Swiss National Museum, Landesmuseum'')
Syria
* National Museum of Damascus
Taiwan
* Chunghwa Postal Museum
* National Museum of History
* National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium
* National Museum of Marine Science and Technology
* National Museum of Natural Science
* National Museum of Prehistory (Taiwan), National Museum of Prehistory
* National Museum of Taiwan History
* National Museum of Taiwan Literature
* National Palace Museum
* National Radio Museum
* National Science and Technology Museum
* National Taiwan Museum
* National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
* Republic of China Air Force Museum
* Republic of China Armed Forces Museum
* Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum
Tajikistan
* Tajikistan National Museum
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
* National Museum and Art Gallery, Trinidad, National Museum and Art Gallery
Turks and Caicos
* Turks and Caicos National Museum
Ukraine
* Aivazovsky National Art Gallery
* Lviv National Art Gallery
* Lviv National Museum
* Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II
* National Art Museum of Ukraine
* National Historical Museum of Ukraine
* National Museum-Preserve "Battle for Kyiv 1943"
* Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum
United Kingdom
England
Sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
* British Museum
* Victoria & Albert Museum
** Victoria and Albert Museum in London
** V&A Museum of Childhood in London
* Horniman Museum and Gardens
* Imperial War Museum
** Imperial War Museum London
** Imperial War Museum Duxford
** HMS Belfast (C35)
** Churchill War Rooms
** Imperial War Museum North
* National Museums Liverpool
** World Museum
** Walker Art Gallery
** Merseyside Maritime Museum
** The Piermaster's House
** International Slavery Museum
** Lady Lever Art Gallery
** Sudley House
** Museum of Liverpool
** National Conservation Centre
* Royal Armouries
** Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds
** Tower of London in London
** Fort_Nelson,_Hampshire, Fort Nelson in Portsmouth
* Science Museum Group
** The Science Museum, London, Science Museum in South Kensington, London
** The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester
** The National Railway Museum in York
** The National Railway Museum Shildon in County Durham ("Locomotion")
** The National Science and Media Museum (formerly the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television) in Bradford, and
** The Science Museum at Wroughton in Swindon, Wiltshire.
* Sir John Soane's Museum
* Tate
* The Box, Plymouth in Plymouth, Devon
* Wallace Collection
* Natural History Museum, London
** Natural History Museum at Tring, Tring
* Geffrye Museum
*National Coal Mining Museum for England, National Coal Mining Museum for England, Wakefield
* National Gallery
* National Portrait Gallery, London, National Portrait Gallery
* Royal Museums Greenwich
Sponsored by Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence
* National Army Museum
* National Museum of the Royal Navy
* Royal Air Force Museum
Sponsored by the Home Office
* Border Force National Museum
Northern Ireland
* Armagh County Museum
* Ulster-American Folk Park
* Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
* Ulster Museum
Scotland
* National Museums Scotland
* Museum of Scotland
* National Museum of Costume
* National Museum of Flight
* National Museum of Rural Life
* National War Museum of Scotland
* Royal Museum
Wales
* Big Pit National Coal Museum
* National Museum Cardiff
* National Museum Wales
* National Roman Legionary Museum
* National Slate Museum
* National Waterfront Museum
* National Woollen Museum
* St Fagans National History Museum
United States
* Atomic/Nuclear
** National Atomic Testing Museum
** National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
* Department of Defense:
** Air Force:
*** Air Force Armament Museum
*** Air Mobility Command Museum
*** National Museum of the United States Air Force
*** Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins), Museum of Aviation
*** Strategic Air and Space Museum
** Army:
*** National Museum of Health and Medicine
*** National Museum of the United States Army
*** Rock Island Arsenal Museum
*** United States Military Academy#West Point Museum, West Point Museum
** Navy:
*** National Museum of the Marine Corps
*** National Museum of the United States Navy
*** National Naval Aviation Museum
*** National Museum of the American Sailor
*** National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
*** Naval War College Museum
*** Submarine Force Library and Museum
** National Security Agency:
*** National Cryptologic Museum
* Central Intelligence Agency:
** CIA Museum
* Department of Homeland Security
** United States Coast Guard Museum
* National Gallery of Art
* Smithsonian Institution:
**Smithsonian American Art Museum, American Art Museum
** Anacostia Community Museum
** Arts and Industries Building
** Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
** Freer Gallery of Art
** Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
** National Air and Space Museum
*** Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
** National Museum of African American History and Culture
** National Museum of African Art
** National Museum of the American Indian
** National Museum of American History
** National Museum of Natural History
** National Portrait Gallery (United States), National Portrait Gallery
** National Postal Museum
** National Zoological Park (United States), National Zoological Park
* Presidential library system
**Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
** Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
** Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
** Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home
** John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
** Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
** Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
** Gerald R. Ford Museum
** Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
** Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
** George H. W. Bush Presidential Library
** Clinton Presidential Center
** George W. Bush Presidential Center
* Transportation
** Mariners' Museum and Park - National Maritime Museum
** National Railroad Museum
* War Museums/Memorials
**National Veterans Memorial and Museum
** National Civil War Museum
** National Museum of the Pacific War
** Liberty Memorial#The National World War One Museum, National World War I Museum
** The National WWII Museum, National World War II Museum
* Other
**National Museum of Wildlife Art
** National Civil Rights Museum
** National Constitution Center
** National Museum of Dentistry
** National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
** National Building Museum
** National Quilt Museum
** National Nordic Museum
** National Law Enforcement Museum
** National Airmail Museum
See also
* List of museums
* List of national archives
* List of national libraries
* List of national galleries
References
Further reading
* {{Cite book, last1=Silverman, first1=Raymond, url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1259323561, title=National museums in Africa. Identity, history and politics., last2=Abungu, first2=George, last3=Probst, first3=Peter, date=2021, publisher=Routledge, year=2021, isbn=978-1-000-42864-3, location=Milton, pages=284, oclc=1259323561
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Lists of museums, national museums