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A national museum is a museum
Museum

A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment, for the purposes of education, study, and entertainment", as defined by the International Coun...
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A national museum is a museum
Museum

A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment, for the purposes of education, study, and entertainment", as defined by the International Coun...
 maintained by a nation
Nation

A nation is a cultural and social community. In as much as most members never meet each other, yet feel a common bond, it may be considered an imagined community....
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List of national museums


Australia

  • Australian National Maritime Museum
    Australian National Maritime Museum

    The Australian National Maritime Museum, a maritime museum operated as a statutory authority of the Australian Government, is located at Darling Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales....
  • , Sydney
    Sydney

    Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
  • Australian War Memorial
    Australian War Memorial

    The Australian War Memorial is Australia's national war memorial to the members of all its Australian Defence Force and supporting organisations who have died or participated in the wars of the Australia....
  • Museum Victoria
    Museum Victoria

    Museum Victoria is an organization which operates three museums in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia. These three museums are the Melbourne Museum, Immigration Museum and Scienceworks Museum ....
  • National Alpine Museum
    National Alpine Museum

    The National Alpine Museum of Australia is located at Mount Buller, Victoria , Australia at the Mt Buller Community Centre, formerly the campus of La Trobe University....
  • , Nicholls
    Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory

    Nicholls is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Gungahlin. The postcode is 2913. The suburb is named after Sir Douglas Nicholls , a former Governor of South Australia....
  • National Gallery of Australia
    National Gallery of Australia

    The National Gallery of Australia is the premier Art museum in Australia, holding over 120,000 works of art. It was established in 1967 by the Government of Australia as a national public art gallery....
  • National Gallery of Victoria
    National Gallery of Victoria

    The National Gallery of Victoria is an art gallery in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest and the largest public art gallery in Australia....
  • National Museum of Australia
    National Museum of Australia

    The National Museum of Australia was formally established by the National Museum of Australia Act 1980. It did not have a permanent home until March 2001, when it was officially opened in the national capital Canberra....
  • , Phillip Island
  • Questacon - National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra
    Canberra

    Canberra is the List of Australian capital cities of Australia. With a population of over 340,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall....


Argentina

  • Argentine National Museum of History
    Argentine National Museum of History

    The Argentine National Museum of History 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 Independence....


Bangladesh

  • Bangladesh National Museum
    Bangladesh National Museum

    The Bangladesh National Museum , originally established on 20 March 1913, albeit under another name, and formally inaugurated on 7 August 1913, was accorded the status of the national museum of Bangladesh on 17 November 1983....


Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Bosnian and Herzegovinian Museum of Literature
  • Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

    The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina , is located in central Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was established in 1888, having originally been conceived around 1850....


Brazil

  • National Museum of Brazil (Museu Nacional)
  • National Historical Museum of Brazil
    National Historical Museum of Brazil

    The National Historical Museum of Brazil , created in 1922, over 287,000 items, among which the largest numismatic collection of Latin America. The architectonic complex that houses the museum had its beginning with the construction of the Santiago Fort, at the Calaboose Point, one of the strategic places for the defense of the city of Rio de...
     (Museu Histórico Nacional)


Bulgaria

  • Earth and Man National Museum
    Earth and Man National Museum

    The Earth and Man National Museum is a mineralogy museum in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.It's one of the biggest mineralogical museums in the world....
  • National Archaeological Museum (Bulgaria)
    National Archaeological Museum (Bulgaria)

    The National Archaeological Museum is an archaeology museum in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It occupies the building of the largest and oldest former Ottoman Empire mosque in the city, B?y?k camii , built from stone around 1474 under Mehmed II....
  • National Historical Museum (Bulgaria)
    National Historical Museum (Bulgaria)

    The National Historical Museum in Sofia is Bulgaria's largest museum. It was founded on 5 May 1973 and its first representative exposition was opened in 1984 to commemorate 1300 years of Bulgarian history....
  • National Museum of Military History
  • National Museum of Natural History (Bulgaria)
    National Museum of Natural History (Bulgaria)

    The National Museum of Natural History of Bulgaria is a museum of natural history located in Sofia, the capital of the country on "Tzar Osvoboditel" str....
  • National Transport Museum, Bulgaria
    National Transport Museum, Bulgaria

    The National Transport Museum in Rousse, Bulgaria, is situated on the bank of the Danube, in the country's first railway station, built in 1866....


Burkina Faso

  • National Museum of Music
    National Museum of Music

    The National Museum of Music is located in Ouagadougou, in a two-story building on Oubritenga Avenue on the south side of the Phillipe Zinda Kabore School....


Cambodia

  • National Museum, Phnom Penh
    National Museum, Phnom Penh

    The National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, is the country's leading historical and archaeological museum. It houses the world's largest collection of Khmer art, although as a centre of Khmer historical commemoration it tends to be overshadowed by the great temple complex at Angkor and the associated museums and dis...


Canada

  • Canada Agriculture Museum
    Canada Agriculture Museum

    The Canada Agriculture Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, houses a modern working farm. Its purpose is to illustrate how advances in farming science and technology have transformed the lives of Canadians....
  • Canada Aviation Museum
    Canada Aviation Museum

    The Canada Aviation Museum is the national aviation museum, located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, at the Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport....
  • Canada Science and Technology Museum
    Canada Science and Technology Museum

    The Canada Science and Technology Museum is located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on St. Laurent Boulevard, to the south of the Queensway ....
  • Canadian Museum for Human Rights
    Canadian Museum for Human Rights

    ReferencesThe Canadian Museum for Human Rights is a national museum that will be built in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at the historic The Forks, Winnipeg, Manitoba....
     - under development and first national museum outside of the Canadian Capital
  • Canadian Museum of Nature
    Canadian Museum of Nature

    The Canadian Museum of Nature is a natural history museum in Ottawa, Canada. Its collections, which were started by the Geological Survey of Canada in 1856, include all aspects of the intersection of human society and nature, from gardening to gene-splicing....
  • Canadian Children's Museum
    Canadian Children's Museum

    The Canadian Children's Museum is located inside the Canadian Museum of Civilization, in Gatineau, Quebec. The CCM is among the most popular museums in the country, attracting about half a million visitors each year....
  • Canadian Museum of Civilization
    Canadian Museum of Civilization

    The Canadian Museum of Civilization is Canada?s national museum of human history and the most popular and most-visited museum in Canada.It is located in Gatineau, Quebec, directly across the Ottawa River from Canada?s Parliament Hill....
  • Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
    Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography

    The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography is a art museum of Canada's best art photography and documentary photography photography. Founded in 1985 and affiliated to the National Gallery of Canada, it is located at 1 Rideau Canal, Ottawa, tucked in beside the Chateau Laurier and overlooking the Rideau Canal....
  • Canadian Postal Museum
    Canadian Postal Museum

    The Canadian Postal Museum is housed within the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec. It has been described as one of the largest postal museums in the world, ranking second in annual attendance....
  • Canadian War Museum
    Canadian War Museum

    The Canadian War Museum is Canada?s national museum of military history. Located in Ottawa, Ontario, the museum focuses on military conflicts that occurred on Canadian soil, involved Canadian forces, or had a significant effect on the country and its people....
  • National Gallery of Canada
    National Gallery of Canada

    The National Gallery of Canada , located in the capital city Ottawa, Ontario, is one of Canada's premier art galleries. The Gallery is housed in a glass and granite building on Sussex Drive with a notable view of the Canadian Parliament buildings on Parliament Hill....
  • Portrait Gallery of Canada
    Portrait Gallery of Canada

    The Portrait Gallery of Canada is a now defunct, Canada art collection specialising in portraiture located in Ottawa, Ontario, Ontario. It was established on 23 January, 2001 by the federal Government of Canada as a programme of Library and Archives Canada....
  • Quebec National Museum of Fine Arts
    Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec

    The Mus?e national des beaux-arts du Qu?bec is a museum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada gathering approximately 25,000 works essentially produced in Quebec, or by Quebec artists, some of which dating from the 18th century....
     (Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
    Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec

    The Mus?e national des beaux-arts du Qu?bec is a museum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada gathering approximately 25,000 works essentially produced in Quebec, or by Quebec artists, some of which dating from the 18th century....
    )
  • RCMP Heritage Centre
    RCMP Heritage Centre

    The RCMP Heritage Centre was officially opened May 23, 2007 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is owned and operated by an independent nonprofit organization called the Mounted Police Heritage Centre and showcases a number of exhibits featuring the collection of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police....
  • Virtual Museum of Canada
    Virtual Museum of Canada

    The Virtual Museum of Canada is Canada's national virtual museum. With over 2,500 Canadian museums, the VMC brings together Canada's museums regardless of size or geographical location ....
  • Virtual Museum of New France
    Virtual Museum of New France

    The Virtual Museum of New France was established by the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation on January 22, 1997. As an entirely virtual museum, it has no physical exhibits and only exists on the World Wide Web at ....


Chad

  • Chad National Museum
    Chad National Museum

    The Chad National Museum is the national museum of Chad. It is located in the capital city of N'Djamena at near Avenue Felix Eboue, with a mailing address of BP 638, Fort Archambault....
     (Musee National N'Djamena)


Chile

  • Archaeological Museum of La Serena
  • National Museum of Fine Arts


  • Museos de Chile


China

  • Museum of the Chinese Revolution
    National Museum of China

    The National Museum of China flanks the eastern side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. The mission of the museum is to educate about the arts and history of China....
  • National Museum of China
    National Museum of China

    The National Museum of China flanks the eastern side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. The mission of the museum is to educate about the arts and history of China....
  • National Art Museum of China
    National Art Museum of China

    The National Art Museum of China, or NAMOC is located on 1 Wusi Ave, Dongcheng District, Beijing of Beijing, People's Republic of China....
  • National Museum of Chinese History
    National Museum of China

    The National Museum of China flanks the eastern side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. The mission of the museum is to educate about the arts and history of China....
  • National Central Museum of Natural History (now Beijing Museum of Natural History)


Colombia

  • Colombian National Museum
    Colombian National Museum

    Colombian National Museum located in Bogot? downtown, is the biggest museum in Colombia. Former prison called Pan?ptico The National Museum is the oldest in the country and one of the oldest in the continent, built in 1823....


Costa Rica

  • National Museum of Costa Rica


Czech Republic

  • Czech National Museum


Denmark

  • National Museum of Denmark
    National Museum of Denmark

    The National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen is Denmark largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike....


Eritrea

  • National Museum of Eritrea
    National Museum of Eritrea

    The National Museum of Eritrea was inaugurated in 1992 by Woldeab Woldemariam. The Museum was originally located in the former Governor's Palace until it was moved in 1997....


Estonia

  • Estonian National Museum
    Estonian National Museum

    The Estonian National Museum 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 part of the 19th century....
  • Art Museum of Estonia


Finland

  • National Museum of Finland
    National Museum of Finland

    The National Museum of Finland presents Finland history from the Stone Age to the present day, through objects and cultural history. It is located in central Helsinki....


France

  • Centre Georges Pompidou
    Centre Georges Pompidou

    Centre Georges Pompidou is a complex in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles and the Le Marais. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture....
  • Museum of Air and Space
    Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace

    The Mus?e de l'Air et de l'Espace is a France museum, located in the south-eastern edge of Le Bourget Airport, which is 10 km north of Paris. It was created in 1919 from a proposition of Albert Caquot ....
     (Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace
    Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace

    The Mus?e de l'Air et de l'Espace is a France museum, located in the south-eastern edge of Le Bourget Airport, which is 10 km north of Paris. It was created in 1919 from a proposition of Albert Caquot ....
    )
  • Museum of Natural History
    Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

    The Mus?um national d'Histoire naturelle is the France national museum of natural history....
     (Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
    Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

    The Mus?um national d'Histoire naturelle is the France national museum of natural history....
    )
  • Museum of Science and Industry
    Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie

    The Cit? des Sciences et de l'Industrie is the biggest science museum in Europe. It is a ?tablissements publics ? caract?re industriel et commercial specializing in the fostering of scientific and technical culture....
     (Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
    Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie

    The Cit? des Sciences et de l'Industrie is the biggest science museum in Europe. It is a ?tablissements publics ? caract?re industriel et commercial specializing in the fostering of scientific and technical culture....
    )
  • Musée de l'Armée
    Musée de l'Armée

    The Mus?e de l'Arm?e is a museum at Les Invalides in Paris, France. Originally built as a hospital and home for disabled soldiers by Louis XIV, it now houses the Tomb of Napoleon and the museum of the Army of France....
  • National Navy Museum
    Musée national de la Marine

    The Mus?e national de la Marine is a maritime museum located in the Palais de Chaillot, Trocad?ro, in the XVIe arrondissement of Paris. It has annexes at Ch?teau de Brest#Today, Port-Louis, Morbihan, Rochefort, Toulon and Saint-Tropez....
     (Musée national de la Marine
    Musée national de la Marine

    The Mus?e national de la Marine is a maritime museum located in the Palais de Chaillot, Trocad?ro, in the XVIe arrondissement of Paris. It has annexes at Ch?teau de Brest#Today, Port-Louis, Morbihan, Rochefort, Toulon and Saint-Tropez....
    )
  • National Railway Museum
    Musée Français du Chemin de Fer

    The Cit? du train , the French national railway museum, is in Mulhouse. The main railway museum in France, it is the successor to the mus?e fran?ais du chemin de fer, the organisation responsible for the conservation of major historical SNCF railway equipment....
     (Musée Français du Chemin de Fer
    Musée Français du Chemin de Fer

    The Cit? du train , the French national railway museum, is in Mulhouse. The main railway museum in France, it is the successor to the mus?e fran?ais du chemin de fer, the organisation responsible for the conservation of major historical SNCF railway equipment....
    )


Germany

  • Bavarian National Museum
    Bavarian National Museum

    The Bavarian National Museum in Munich is one of the most important cultural history museums in Europe....
  • German Museum of Technology (Berlin)
    German Museum of Technology (Berlin)

    Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin was founded in 1982 in Berlin, Germany, and exhibits a large collection of historical technical artifacts. The museum's main emphasis is on rail transport, but it also features exhibits of various sorts of industrial technology....
     (Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin
    German Museum of Technology (Berlin)

    Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin was founded in 1982 in Berlin, Germany, and exhibits a large collection of historical technical artifacts. The museum's main emphasis is on rail transport, but it also features exhibits of various sorts of industrial technology....
    )
  • German National Museum
    Germanisches Nationalmuseum

    The Germanisches Nationalmuseum, founded in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1852, houses a significant collection of items relating to German culture and art extending from prehistoric times through to the present day....
     (Germanisches Nationalmuseum
    Germanisches Nationalmuseum

    The Germanisches Nationalmuseum, founded in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1852, houses a significant collection of items relating to German culture and art extending from prehistoric times through to the present day....
    )
  • Glyptothek
    Glyptothek

    The Glyptothek is a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I of Bavaria to house his collection of Greece and Rome sculptures ....
  • Modern Art Museum
    Pinakothek der Moderne

    The Pinakothek der Moderne is a modern art museum, situated in the city centre of Munich, Germany. Together with the Alte Pinakothek and the Neue Pinakothek it is part of Munich's "Kunstareal" ....
     (Pinakothek der Moderne
    Pinakothek der Moderne

    The Pinakothek der Moderne is a modern art museum, situated in the city centre of Munich, Germany. Together with the Alte Pinakothek and the Neue Pinakothek it is part of Munich's "Kunstareal" ....
    )
  • Museum Wiesbaden
    Museum Wiesbaden

    Museum Wiesbaden is a museum in the Hesse capital Wiesbaden, Germany. It is, besides the museums in Kassel and Darmstadt, one of the three Hessian state museums....
  • National Museum of Germany
    Deutsches Museum

    The Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of technology and science, with approximately 1.3 million visitors per year and about 28,000 exhibited objects from 50 fields of science and technology....
      (Deutsches Museum
    Deutsches Museum

    The Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of technology and science, with approximately 1.3 million visitors per year and about 28,000 exhibited objects from 50 fields of science and technology....
    )
  • New Pinakothek
    Neue Pinakothek

    The Neue Pinakothek is an art gallery in Munich, Germany. Its focus is Western art history of the 18th and 19th century and is one of the most important museums of art of the nineteenth century in the world....
     (Neue Pinakothek
    Neue Pinakothek

    The Neue Pinakothek is an art gallery in Munich, Germany. Its focus is Western art history of the 18th and 19th century and is one of the most important museums of art of the nineteenth century in the world....
    )
  • Old Pinakothek
    Alte Pinakothek

    The Alte Pinakothek is an art museum situated in the Kunstareal in Munich, Germany. It is one of the oldest galleries of the world housing one of the most famous art museums for the Old Master....
     (Alte Pinakothek
    Alte Pinakothek

    The Alte Pinakothek is an art museum situated in the Kunstareal in Munich, Germany. It is one of the oldest galleries of the world housing one of the most famous art museums for the Old Master....
    )


Gambia

  • National Museum (Gambia)


Ghana

  • National Museum of Ghana
    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....


Greece

  • National Archaeological Museum of Athens
    National Archaeological Museum of Athens

    The National Archaeological Museum of Athens in Athens houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity....
  • National Gallery (Athens)
    National Gallery (Athens)

    The National Art Gallery and Alexander Soutzos Museum is an art museum in Athens devoted to modern Greek and European art from the 14th century to the 20th century....
  • National Railway Museum of Greece
    National Railway Museum of Greece

    The museum is housed in a beautiful building of the Railway Station. The last 13 years is exhibited a rich collection of railway material from past times:rare photographing material, suits, old telegraphs, machinery for issuing tickets of the 19th century made of wood and bronze, tools, watches, timetables, parts of train machinery, traffic lights...
  • State Museum of Contemporary Arts


Guyana

  • National Museum of Guyana
    National Museum of Guyana

    The National Museum of Guyana was established on 13 February 1868. The idea of starting a museum was conceived by members of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana....


Hungary



Iceland

  • National Gallery of Iceland
    National Gallery of Iceland

    The National Gallery of Iceland is located in Reykjav?k, and contains a collection of Icelandic art. The gallery features artwork of famous Icelandic artists and artwork that helps explain the traditional Icelandic culture....
  • National Museum of Iceland
    National Museum of Iceland

    The National Museum of Iceland was established on 24 February 1863, with J?n ?rnason the first curator of the Icelandic collection, previously kept in Denmark museums....


India

  • National Museum, New Delhi


Indonesia

  • National Museum of Indonesia
    National Museum of Indonesia

    The National Museum of Indonesia is an archeology, history, ethnology, and geography museum located in Jakarta....
     (Museum Nasional or Museum Gajah)


Iran

  • National Museum of Iran
    National Museum of Iran

    The National Museum of Iran is an archeology and history museum located in Tehran. It preserves ancient Persian Empire antiquities including pottery vessels, metal objects, books, coins etc....


Iraq

  • National Museum of Iraq
    National Museum of Iraq

    The National Museum of Iraq is a museum located in Baghdad, Iraq. It contains priceless relics from Mesopotamian civilization, thousands of which were looted in 2003 during the Iraq War.In Feb....


Ireland

  • National Museum of Ireland
    National Museum of Ireland

    The National Museum of Ireland is the national museum in Republic of Ireland. It has three centres in Dublin and one in County Mayo, with a strong emphasis on Irish art, culture and natural history....


Italy

  • Bargello National Museum (Museo Nazionale del Bargello)
  • Galleria degli Uffizi
  • National Gallery of Ancient Art
    Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica

    The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, or National Gallery of Ancient Art, is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, located on two sites: the Palazzo Barberini and the Palazzo Corsini....
     (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica)
  • National Gallery of Modern Art
    Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna

    File:Galleria Nazionale d Arte Moderna.jpgGalleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, or the National Gallery of Modern Art , is an Art museum in Rome, Italy, dedicated to modern art....
     (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna)
  • National Etruscan Museum
    National Etruscan Museum

    This page is on the museum itself, for the architectural history of the house see Villa Giulia.The National Etruscan Museum is a museum of the Etruscan civilization housed in the Villa Giulia in Rome, Italy....
     (Museo Nazionale Etrusco)
  • National Museum of Oriental Art
    National Museum of Oriental Art

    The National Museum of Oriental Art is a small museum in Rome, Italy, dedicated to the arts of the Orient, from the Middle East to Japan.In particular, the museum has a rather remarkable collection of artifacts from the Gandhara area....
  • National Museum of Rome
    National Museum of Rome

    The National Museum of Rome is a set of museums in Rome, Italy, split between various branches across the city. It was founded in 1889 and inaugurated in 1890, during the Risorgimento, with the aim of collecting antiquities from between the 5th century BC to the 3rd century AD....
  • Pinacoteca di Brera


Japan

  • Kyoto National Museum
    Kyoto National Museum

    The is one of the three formerly imperially-mandated art museums in Japan. The museum is located in Higashiyama Ward in Kyoto. The collections of the Kyoto National Museum focus on pre-modern Japanese and Asian art....
  • Kyushu National Museum
    Kyushu National Museum

    The opened on October 16, 2005 in Dazaifu, Fukuoka near Fukuoka, Fukuoka -- the first new national museum in Japan in over 100 years, and the first to elevate the focus on history over art....
  • Nara National Museum
    Nara National Museum

    The is one of the pre-eminent national art museums in Japan....
  • National Museum of Art, Osaka
    National Museum of Art, Osaka

    The is a subterranean Japanese art museum located on Nakanoshima, an island between the Dojima River and the Tosabori River about 5 minutes west of Higobashi Station in central Osaka....
  • National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
    National Museum of Ethnology, Japan

    The National Museum of Ethnology in Japan, was established in 1974 and opened to the public in 1977. It is built on the former grounds of Expo '70 in Suita, Osaka....
  • The National Museum of Western Art
    The National Museum of Western Art

    The is the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition.The Museum is located in the museum and zoo complex in Ueno Park in Taito, Tokyo, central Tokyo....
     (Kokuritsu Seiyo Bijutsukan
    The National Museum of Western Art

    The is the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition.The Museum is located in the museum and zoo complex in Ueno Park in Taito, Tokyo, central Tokyo....
    )
  • Standing Buddha (Tokyo National Museum)
    Standing Buddha (Tokyo National Museum)

    The Standing Buddha of the Tokyo National Museum is a remarkable example of Greco-Buddhist art statuary. It is one of the finest pieces known to this day....
  • Tokyo National Museum
    Tokyo National Museum

    Established 1872, the , or TNM, is the oldest and largest museum in Japan. The museum collects, houses, and preserves a comprehensive collection of art works and archaeology objects of Asia, focusing on Japan....


Kenya

  • National Museums of Kenya
    National Museums of Kenya

    The National Museums of Kenya is a governmental body maintaining museums and monuments in Kenya. It also practices scientific research. Its headquarters and the National Museum are located near Uhuru Highway between Central Business District and Westlands in Nairobi....


Korea

  • National Museum of Korea
    National Museum of Korea

    The National Museum of Korea is the flagship museum of Korean history and art in South Korea and is the cultural organization that represents Korea....
  • Gyeongju National Museum
    Gyeongju National Museum

    The Gyeongju National Museum is a museum in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Its holdings are largely devoted to relics of the Silla kingdom, of which Gyeongju was the capital....
  • Gwangju National Museum
    Gwangju National Museum

    Gwangju National Museum is a national museum located in Gwangju, South Korea....
  • Jeonju National Museum
    Jeonju National Museum

    Jeonju National Museum is a national museum located in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea. It opened on October 26, 1990 as the ninth South Koran national museum....
  • Buyeo National Museum
    Buyeo National Museum

    Buyeo National Museum is a national museum located in Buyeo County, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. Since Buyeo was once the capital of the Baekje kingdom during the Sabi period , the Museum is fully devoted to the Baekje culture....
  • Daegu National Museum
    Daegu National Museum

    Daegu National Museum is a national museum located in Hwanggeum-dong, Suseong-gu, Daegu, South Korea. It opened on December 7 1994 and holds approximately 30,000 artifacts....
  • Cheongju National Museum
    Cheongju National Museum

    Cheongju National Museum is a national museum located in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea. It opened on October 30, 1987. Kim Swoo Geun, Korea?s most renowned architect designed the building....
     
  • Gimhae National Museum
    Gimhae National Museum

    Gimhae National Museum is a national museum located in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It opened on July 29, 1998 with the aim to compile available cultural properties of Gaya, one of ancient states in Korea....
     
  • Jeju National Museum
    Jeju National Museum

    Jeju National Museum is a national museum located in Jeju City, South Korea. It opened on June 15, 2001....
     
  • Chuncheon National Museum
    Chuncheon National Museum

    Chuncheon National Museum is a national museum in Chuncheon, South Korea. It opened on October 30, 2002....
     
  • Jinju National Museum
    Jinju National Museum

    Jinju National Museum is a national museum located in Jinjus fortress , Jinju, South Korea. It opened in February 1984 with the purpose to specialize the theme of Imjinwaeran....
     
  • Gongju National Museum
    Gongju National Museum

    Gongju National Museum is a national museum in Gongju , South Korea. The Gongju National Museum holds 10,000 artifacts including 19 National Treasures of South Korea and 3 treasures excavated in Daejeon and Chungcheongnam-do areas, especially artifacts from Tomb of King Muryeong....
     
  • National Museum of Contemporary Art (South Korea)
  • National Folk Museum of Korea
    National Folk Museum of Korea

    This National Folk Museum of Korea is a national museum of South Korea. It is situated on the grounds of the Gyeongbokgung in Jongno-gu, Seoul, and uses replicas of historical objects to illustrate the folk history of the Korean people....
  • National Palace Museum of Korea
    National Palace Museum of Korea

    National Palace Museum of Korea is a national museum of South Korea located in Jung-gu, a central district of Seoul. It is based on the "Korean Imperial Museum" established on September, 1908 where originally located in Changgyeong Palace....
  • National Science Museum, South Korea
    National Science Museum, South Korea

    National Science Museum, South Korea is a national museum in Daejeon, South Korea. It opened in 1990...
     
  • Lighthouse Museum, South Korea
  • National Maritime Museum, South Korea
  • Korea National Arboretum, South Korea


Latvia

  • Latvian National Museum of Art


Lebanon

  • National Museum of Beirut
    National Museum of Beirut

    The National Museum of Beirut is the principal museum of archaeology in Lebanon. The collection was begun after World War I, and the museum was officially opened in 1942....


Luxembourg

  • National Museum of History and Art
    National Museum of History and Art

    The National Museum of History and Art , abbreviated to MNHA, is a museum located in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is dedicated to displaying Work of arts and Artifact s from all epochs of History of Luxembourg....
    , in Luxembourg City
  • National Museum of Military History
    National Museum of Military History (Luxembourg)

    The National Museum of Military History , abbreviated to NMMH, is a national museum in Diekirch, in north-eastern Luxembourg, that includes amongst its exhibits military vehicles and weaponry, a photographic archive, and lifesize dioramas displaying military servicemen and actions....
    , in Diekirch
  • National Museum of Natural History, in Luxembourg City


Malaysia

  • Muzium Negara
    Muzium Negara

    The National Museum is the Malaysian national museum, which is located outside Perdana Lake Gardens in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.It is a palatial structure built in the style of Minangkabau architecture....


Maldives

  • National museum (Maldives)
    National museum (Maldives)

    Established on the National Day of the Maldives, the first National Museum of the country was opened on November 11, 1952, by the Prime Minister at the time, Mohamed Amin Didi....
  • National Museum of Maldives


Mali

  • National Museum of Mali
    National Museum of Mali

    The National Museum of Mali is an archeological and anthropological museum located in Bamako, the capital of Mali. It presents permanent and temporary exhibits on the prehistory of Mali, as well as the musical instruments, dress, and ritual objects associated with Mali's various ethnic groups....


Mexico

  • National Museum of Anthropology and History (Museo Nacional de Antropología
    Museo Nacional de Antropología

    The Museo Nacional de Antropolog?a is a national museum of Mexico. Located within Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, the museum contains significant archaeology and anthropology artifacts from the pre-Columbian heritage of Mexico, such as the Piedra del Sol and the 16th-century Aztec statue of Xochipilli....
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Myanmar

  • National Museum of Myanmar
    National Museum of Myanmar

    The National Museum of Myanmar, , located in Dagon Township, Yangon, is the main museum of Burma art, history and culture in Myanmar. Founded in 1952, the five-story museum has an extensive collection of ancient artifacts, ornaments, works of art, inscriptions and historic memorabilia, related to history, culture and civilization of Burmese p...


Namibia

  • National Museum of Namibia


Nepal

  • National Museum of Nepal
    National Museum of Nepal

    The National Museum of Nepal was established in 1928 as an arsenal museum in the historical building which was constructed in early 19th century by General Bhimsen Thapa....


New Zealand

  • Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

    The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national museum of New Zealand. It is branded and commonly known as Te Papa and Our Place; "Te Papa Tongarewa" is broadly translatable as "the place of treasures of this land"....
     - commonly known as Te Papa or Our Place in English Translation


Pakistan

  • National Museum of Pakistan
    National Museum of Pakistan

    The National Museum of Pakistan in Karachi, Pakistan, was established in Frere Hall Building on April 17, 1950, replacing the defunct Victoria Museum....
    , Karachi
    Karachi

    is the largest city, seaport and the International financial centre of Pakistan. It is List of metropolitan areas by population in terms of metropolitan population, and is Pakistan's premier centre of banking, industry, and trade....


Peru

  • National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru
    National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru

    The Museo Nacional de Arqueolog?a Antropolog?a e Historia del Per? is the largest and oldest state museum in Peru, located on Plaza Bol?var in the Pueblo Libre district of Lima....
  • Museum of the Nation
    Museum of the Nation

    The 'Museum of the Nation' is one of two major museums of History of Peru in Lima, Peru. The other, larger, and more famous museum in Lima is the Peruvian National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History....


Philippines

  • National Museum of the Philippines
    National Museum of the Philippines

    The National Museum of the Filipino People is the official repository established in 1901 as a natural history and ethnography museum of the Philippines....


Poland

  • Gdansk National Museum
  • Kraków National Museum
  • Poznan National Museum
  • Szczecin National Museum
  • Warsaw National Museum
  • Wroclaw National Museum
  • National Museum of Poland
    National Museum of Poland

    "National Museum of Poland" is the common name for several of the country's largest and most notable museums. Poland's National Museum comprises several independent branches, each operating a number of smaller museums....


Portugal

  • National Museum Machado de Castro
    National Museum Machado de Castro

    The National Museum Machado de Castro is an art museum in Coimbra, Portugal, named after the renowned Portuguese sculptor Joaquim Machado de Castro....
     (Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro
    National Museum Machado de Castro

    The National Museum Machado de Castro is an art museum in Coimbra, Portugal, named after the renowned Portuguese sculptor Joaquim Machado de Castro....
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  • National Museum Soares dos Reis
    National Museum Soares dos Reis

    National Museum Soares dos Reis , located in the ancient Carrancas Palace, in Porto, Portugal, is one of the most renowned Portuguese museums....
     (Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis
    National Museum Soares dos Reis

    National Museum Soares dos Reis , located in the ancient Carrancas Palace, in Porto, Portugal, is one of the most renowned Portuguese museums....
    )


Qatar

  • Qatar National Museum
    Qatar National Museum

    Qatar National Museum is the second largest museum in Doha, Qatar, and includes many displays relating to the geology history of Qatar as well as a collection of Islam artifacts and relics....


Romania

  • ASTRA Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization
    ASTRA National Museum Complex

    "ASTRA" National Museum Complex is a museum complex in Sibiu, Romania, which gathers under the same authority four ethnology and civilisation museums in the city, a series of laboratories for conservation and research, and a documentation centre....
     (Muzeul Civilizatiei Populare Traditionale
    ASTRA National Museum Complex

    "ASTRA" National Museum Complex is a museum complex in Sibiu, Romania, which gathers under the same authority four ethnology and civilisation museums in the city, a series of laboratories for conservation and research, and a documentation centre....
    )
  • ASTRA Museum of Transylvanian Civilisation
    ASTRA National Museum Complex

    "ASTRA" National Museum Complex is a museum complex in Sibiu, Romania, which gathers under the same authority four ethnology and civilisation museums in the city, a series of laboratories for conservation and research, and a documentation centre....
     (Muzeul Civilizatiei Transilvane
    ASTRA National Museum Complex

    "ASTRA" National Museum Complex is a museum complex in Sibiu, Romania, which gathers under the same authority four ethnology and civilisation museums in the city, a series of laboratories for conservation and research, and a documentation centre....
    )
  • Brukenthal National Museum
    Brukenthal National Museum

    The Brukenthal National Museum is a museum in Sibiu, Romania, housed in the palace of Samuel von Brukenthal — who was Habsburg Monarchy governor of Transylvania and who established its first collections around 1790....
  • Emil Sigerus Museum of Saxon Ethnography and Folk Art
    ASTRA National Museum Complex

    "ASTRA" National Museum Complex is a museum complex in Sibiu, Romania, which gathers under the same authority four ethnology and civilisation museums in the city, a series of laboratories for conservation and research, and a documentation centre....
     (Muzeul de Etnografie si Arta Populara Saseasca ASTRA
    ASTRA National Museum Complex

    "ASTRA" National Museum Complex is a museum complex in Sibiu, Romania, which gathers under the same authority four ethnology and civilisation museums in the city, a series of laboratories for conservation and research, and a documentation centre....
    )
  • Franz Binder Museum of Universal Ethnography
    ASTRA National Museum Complex

    "ASTRA" National Museum Complex is a museum complex in Sibiu, Romania, which gathers under the same authority four ethnology and civilisation museums in the city, a series of laboratories for conservation and research, and a documentation centre....
     (Muzeul de Etnografie Universala ASTRA
    ASTRA National Museum Complex

    "ASTRA" National Museum Complex is a museum complex in Sibiu, Romania, which gathers under the same authority four ethnology and civilisation museums in the city, a series of laboratories for conservation and research, and a documentation centre....
    )
  • National Museum of Art of Romania
    National Museum of Art of Romania

    The National Museum of Art of Romania is located in the former Kingdom of Romania palace in Revolution Square, Bucharest, central Bucharest, Romania, completed in 1937....
  • National National History Museum of Romania


Russia

  • State Historical Museum
    State Historical Museum

    The State Historical Museum of Russia is a museum of History of Russia wedged between Red Square and Manege Square in Moscow. Its exhibitions range from relics of the prehistoric tribes inhabiting present-day Russia, through priceless artworks acquired by members of the Romanov dynasty....
  • Russian Museum
    Russian Museum

    The State Russian Museum is the largest depository of the Russian fine art in St Petersburg.The museum was established on April 13, 1895, upon enthronement of Nicholas II of Russia to commemorate his father, Alexander III of Russia....


Saudi Arabia

  • National Museum of Saudi Arabia
    National Museum of Saudi Arabia

    File:Hand written Quran in Saudi Arabia.jpgThe National Museum of Saudi Arabia is a major national museum in Saudi Arabia. Established in 1999, it is part of the King Abdul Aziz Historical Centre in Riyadh....


Serbia

  • National Museum of Serbia
    National Museum of Serbia

    The National Museum in Belgrade, Serbia was founded in 1844. It is on Republic Square. Since it was founded, its collections have grown drastically....


Singapore

  • National Museum of Singapore
    National Museum of Singapore

    The National Museum of Singapore is a national museum in Singapore and the oldest museum in Singapore. Its history dates back to 1849 when it was started as a section of a library at Singapore Institution....


Slovakia

  • Slovak National Museum
    Slovak National Museum

    The Slovak National Museum is the most important institution focusing on scientific research and cultural education in the field of museological activity in Slovakia....


South Africa

  • South African National Museum of Military History
    South African National Museum of Military History

    HistoryThe South African National War Museum in Johannesburg was officially opened by Prime Minister Jan Smuts on 29 August 1947 to preserve the history of South Africa's involvement in the Second World War....


South Korea

  • Gyeongju National Museum
    Gyeongju National Museum

    The Gyeongju National Museum is a museum in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Its holdings are largely devoted to relics of the Silla kingdom, of which Gyeongju was the capital....


Sri Lanka

  • National Museum of Colombo
    Colombo National Museum

    National Museum of Colombo, also known as the Sri Lanka National Museum is one of two museums in Colombo. It is the largest museum in Sri Lanka....
  • National Museum Kandy
  • National Museum Maritime
    National Maritime Museum (Galle)

    The National Maritime Museum in Galle, Sri Lanka is located within the Galle fort. This museum specializes in the fauna and flora of the sea. Artifacts consist of underwater Artifact s and scaled-down model s of whales and fish....
  • National Museum Galle
  • National Museum Ratnapura


Sweden

  • Nationalmuseum


Switzerland

  • Swiss National Museum
    Swiss National Museum

    File:National Museum.jpgThe Swiss National Museum ? part of the Mus?e Suisse Group, itself affiliated with the Federal Office of Culture ? is one of the most important art museums of cultural history in Europe and the world....
     (Landesmuseum
    Swiss National Museum

    File:National Museum.jpgThe Swiss National Museum ? part of the Mus?e Suisse Group, itself affiliated with the Federal Office of Culture ? is one of the most important art museums of cultural history in Europe and the world....
    )


Taiwan

  • National Museum of Prehistory (Taiwan)
    National Museum of Prehistory (Taiwan)

    The Taiwanese National Museum of Prehistory is located in Taitung City, Taitung County, Taiwan.External links...
  • National Museum of Taiwan Literature
  • National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium
    National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium

    The National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium is an aquarium located on the west coast of Taiwan near Kenting..References ...
  • National Museum of Natural Science
    National Museum of Natural Science

    The National Museum of Natural Science is a national museum in Taichung, Taiwan.The Research and Collection Division of the museum is divided into departments for zoology, botany, geology and anthropology....
  • National Palace Museum
    National Palace Museum

    The National Palace Museum is an art museum in Taipei City, Taiwan. It is the national museum of the Republic of China, and has a permanent collection of over 650,000 pieces of History of China artifacts and artworks, making it one of the largest in the world....


Tajikistan

  • Tajikistan National Museum
    Tajikistan National Museum

    The Tajikistan National Museum is a museum in Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan....


Thailand

  • National Museum (Thailand)
    National Museum (Thailand)

    The National Museum in Thailand is the main museum on the history of the Thai culture. The main museum is located in Bangkok on Na Phrathat Road next to the Sanam Luang, not far from Wat Phra Kaew....


Trinidad and Tobago

  • National Museum and Art Gallery, Trinidad
    National Museum and Art Gallery, Trinidad

    The National Museum and Art Gallery is at the top of Frederick Street in Port of Spain, opposite Memorial Park, Trinidad and just south of the Queen's Park Savannah....


United Kingdom

  • British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
    British Empire and Commonwealth Museum

    The British Empire and Commonwealth Museum is a museum in Bristol, United Kingdom that explores the history of the British Empire and the effect of British colonial rule on the rest of the world....
  • British Museum
    British Museum

    The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture situated in London. Its collections, which number more than 7 million Object , are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present....
  • Design Museum
    Design Museum

    The Design Museum is a museum by the River Thames near Tower Bridge in central London, England. The museum covers product, industrial, graphic, fashion and architectural design....
     (sponsored)
  • HM Customs & Excise National Museum
    HM Customs & Excise National Museum

    The HM Customs & Excise National Museum is a museum in Liverpool, England that holds the national collection of the Department of Customs and Excise, one of the most important collections of its type held anywhere in the world....
  • Horniman Museum and Gardens (sponsored)
  • Imperial War Museum
    Imperial War Museum

    The Imperial War Museum is a museum in London, England which documents British and Commonwealth history since 1914, with an emphasis on the causes, course and consequences of conflict....
  • National Army Museum
    National Army Museum

    The National Army Museum is the British Army central museum. It is located in the Chelsea, London district of central London, England adjacent to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the home of the "Chelsea Pensioners"....
  • National Football Museum
    National Football Museum

    The National Football Museum is a museum in Preston, Lancashire, England, founded to preserve, conserve and interpret several important collections of Association Football memorabilia....
     (sponsored)
  • National Gallery
    National gallery

    A national gallery is a country's major public art gallery. Among the galleries which have this name are:*Australia:**National Gallery of Australia, Canberra...
  • National Horseracing Museum
    National Horseracing Museum

    The National Horseracing Museum of the United Kingdom is located in Newmarket, Suffolk. It contains collections and records of people and horses involved in the sport of horse racing from its Monarchy origins to modern heroes....
  • National Media Museum
  • National Motor Museum
    National Motor Museum

    The National Motor Museum is a museum in the village of Beaulieu, Hampshire, set in the heart of the New Forest, in the England county of Hampshire....
  • National Museum of Science and Industry
    National Museum of Science and Industry

    The National Museum of Science and Industry is a collection of United Kingdom museums, comprising:* The National Railway Museum in York.* The Science Museum in London....
  • National Museums Liverpool
    National Museums Liverpool

    National Museums Liverpool, previously known as National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, comprises several museums and art galleries in and around Liverpool, England....
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • National Railway Museum
    National Railway Museum

    The National Railway Museum is a museum in York forming part of the United Kingdom National Museum of Science and Industry and telling the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society....
  • National Space Centre
    National Space Centre

    The National Space Centre is one of the United Kingdom's leading visitor attractions devoted to space science and astronomy. It is located in the city of Leicester, England, next to the River Soar....
  • National Tramway Museum
    National Tramway Museum

    The National Tramway Museum, at Crich, in Derbyshire, England, is situated within Crich Tramway Village, a period village containing a pub, cafe, old-style sweetshop, including the tram depots....
  • National Waterways Museum
    National Waterways Museum

    The National Waterways Museum holds the inland waterways collection at three museum sites in England: Gloucester, Ellesmere Port, and Stoke Bruerne....
  • Natural History Museum
    Natural History Museum

    The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
  • People's History Museum
    People's History Museum

    The People's History Museum in Manchester, England is the United Kingdom's national centre for the collection, conservation, interpretation and study of material relating to the history of working class in the UK....
     (sponsored)
  • Royal Armouries
    Royal Armouries

    The Royal Armouries houses the United Kingdom national collection of arms and armour. It is the oldest museum in the United Kingdom and one of the oldest museums in the world....
  • Science Museum (London)
    Science Museum (London)

    The Science Museum on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. The museum is a major London tourist attraction....
  • Shildon Locomotion Museum
    Shildon Locomotion Museum

    Shildon Locomotion Museum is a railway museum in Shildon, County Durham, England. The museum is a branch of the National Railway Museum , which is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry ....
  • Sir John Soane's Museum
  • Tate
    Tate

    Tate has several meanings. It can refer to:...
  • Victoria & Albert Museum
  • Wallace Collection
    Wallace Collection

    The Wallace Collection is a museum in London, with a world-famous range of Fine art and decorative arts from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries with large holdings of French 18th-century paintings, furniture, arms & armour, porcelain and Old Master paintings arranged into 25 galleries....

England

  • Geffrye Museum
    Geffrye Museum

    The Geffrye Museum on Kingsland Road, London, England, is named after Sir Robert Geffrye, former Lord Mayor of London and Master of the Ironmongers' Company....
     (sponsored)
  • Museum of London
    Museum of London

    The Museum of London documents the history of London from the Prehistoric to the present day. The museum is located close to the Barbican Centre, and a few minutes walk north of St Paul's Cathedral, overlooking the remains of the Roman city wall and on the edge of the oldest part of London, known as the City of London, now the financial distr...
  • Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester
    Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester

    The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester , located in Manchester, England, is a large museum devoted to the development of science, technology, and industry and particularly the city's considerable contributions to these....
     (sponsored)
  • National Coal Mining Museum for England
    National Coal Mining Museum for England

    The National Coal Mining Museum for England is based on the site of the old Caphouse Colliery at Overton in West Yorkshire. This mine was worked from at least 1789 until the seam was exhausted in 1985 following the UK Miners' Strike and work was started to convert it into a museum....
     (sponsored)
  • National Museums Liverpool
    National Museums Liverpool

    National Museums Liverpool, previously known as National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, comprises several museums and art galleries in and around Liverpool, England....
  • Tyne and Wear Museums
    Tyne and Wear Museums

    Tyne and Wear Museums is a regional group of United Kingdom National Museums of the United Kingdom located across the Tyne and Wear area of north-east England....
     (sponsored)

Scotland

  • Museum of Flight
    Museum of Flight (Scotland)

    The National Museum of Flight is an aerospace museum at East Fortune Airfield , just south of the village of East Fortune, East Lothian, Scotland....
  • Museum of Scotland
    Museum of Scotland

    The Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, is a building which, together with the adjacent Royal Museum, comprises the National Museum of Scotland....
  • National Museum of Rural Life
    National Museum of Rural Life

    The National Museums of Scotland of Scotland and partners have developed the National Museum of Rural Life, previously known as the Museum of Scottish Country Life, which is based at Wester Kittochside farm, lying between the town of East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire and the village of Carmunnock in Glasgow....
  • National Museums of Scotland
    National Museums of Scotland

    National Museums Scotland is the family of several national museums in Scotland....
  • National War Museum of Scotland
    National War Museum of Scotland

    The National War Museum is housed in Edinburgh, and forms part of the National Museums of Scotland of Scotland. It is located within Edinburgh Castle, and admission is included in the entry charge for the castle....
  • Royal Museum
    Royal Museum

    The Royal Museum is the old name for part of the National Museum of Scotland, one of Scotland's National Museums of Scotland, on Chambers Street, in Edinburgh....
  • Shambellie House Museum of Costume
    Shambellie House Museum of Costume

    The National Museum of Costume is located at Shambellie House, in New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, and it forms part of the National Museums of Scotland of Scotland....


Wales

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum
  • National Museum Cardiff
    National Museum Cardiff

    National Museum Cardiff is a museum and art gallery in Cardiff, Wales. It is part of the Edwardian civic complex of Cathays Park, which includes the City Hall, Cardiff Crown Court, Cardiff University and Crown Building, Cathays Park, which is a National Assembly for Wales building and the former Welsh Office building....
  • National Museum Wales
    National Museum Wales

    Amgueddfa Cymru ? National Museum Wales , formerly the National Museums and Galleries of Wales, comprises the following museums in Wales:...
  • National Slate Museum
  • National Waterfront Museum
    National Waterfront Museum

    The National Waterfront Museum, Swansea or NWMS is a museum situated in Swansea, Wales, forming part of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales ....
  • National Woollen Museum
    National Woollen Museum

    The National Woollen Museum located in Drefach Felindre, Llandysul, Ceredigion is part of the National Museum Wales....
  • National Roman Legionary Museum
  • St Fagans National History Museum
    St Fagans National History Museum

    St Fagans National History Museum , commonly referred to as St Fagans after the village it is located in, is an open-air museum chronicling the lifestyle, culture and architecture of the Wales people....

Northern Ireland

  • Armagh County Museum
  • Ulster-American Folk Park
  • Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
    Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

    The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum is situated in Cultra, Northern Ireland, about 11 kilometres east of the city of Belfast. It comprises two separate museums, the Folk Museum and the Transport Museum....
  • Ulster Museum
    Ulster Museum

    The Ulster Museum is located in the Belfast Botanic Gardens in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and has around 8,000 square metres of public display space, featuring material from the collections of Fine Art and Applied Art, Archaeology, Ethnography, Treasures from the Spanish Armada in Ireland, Local History, Numismatics, Industrial Archaeolo...
  • W5


United States

  • Smithsonian Institution
    Smithsonian Institution

    The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its Financial endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazine....
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    • American Art Museum
      Smithsonian American Art Museum

      The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C. with an extensive collection of United States of America art.Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum has a broad variety of American art that covers all regions and art movements found in the United States....
    • Anacostia Museum
      Anacostia Museum

      The Anacostia Community Museum is a Smithsonian Institution museum in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States, opened in 1967....
    • National Gallery of Art
      National Gallery of Art

      The National Gallery of Art is a national art museum, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum was established in 1938 by the United States Congress, with funds for construction and a substantial art collection donated by Andrew W....
    • National Museum of African American History and Culture
      National Museum of African American History and Culture

      The National Museum of African American History and Culture is a Smithsonian Institution museum established in 2003. It will be built on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.....
    • National Museum of African Art
      National Museum of African Art

      The National Museum of African Art is a museum that is part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.. Located on the National Mall, the museum specializes in African art and Culture of Africa....
    • National Air and Space Museum
      National Air and Space Museum

      The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States, and is the most popular of the Smithsonian museums....
      • Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
        Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

        The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum 's annex at Washington Dulles International Airport in the Chantilly, Virginia area of Fairfax County, Virginia, Virginia, United States....
    • National Museum of American History
      National Museum of American History

      The National Museum of American History collects, preserves and displays American heritage in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history....
    • National Museum of History and Technology
      National Museum of American History

      The National Museum of American History collects, preserves and displays American heritage in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history....
    • National Museum of Natural History
      National Museum of Natural History

      File:Smithsonian Natural History Museum circa 1926.jpgThe National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.....
    • National Museum of the American Indian
      National Museum of the American Indian

      The Smithsonian?s National Museum of the American Indian is a museum dedicated to the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere....
    • National Portrait Gallery
      National Portrait Gallery (United States)

      The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in Washington, D.C., administered by the Smithsonian Institution. Its collections focus on images of famous individual Americans....
    • National Postal Museum
      National Postal Museum

      The National Postal Museum, located in Washington, D.C., USA, was established through joint agreement between the United States Postal Service and the Smithsonian Institution and opened in 1993....
    • Cold War Museum
      Cold War Museum

      The Cold War Museum is a planned United States history museum. The museum was founded in 1996 by Francis Gary Powers Jr. and John C. Welch to preserve Cold War history and honor Cold War veterans....
       (planned)
  • Department of Defense:
    • Air Force:
      • National Museum of the United States Air Force
        National Museum of the United States Air Force

        The National Museum of the United States Air Force is the official National Museum of the United States Air Force and is located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, in Riverside, Ohio near Dayton, Ohio, Ohio....
      • Strategic Air and Space Museum
        Strategic Air and Space Museum

        The Strategic Air and Space Museum is a museum focusing on United States Air Force military aircraft and nuclear missiles located near Ashland, Nebraska, along Interstate 80 south of Omaha, Nebraska....
    • Army:
      • National Museum of the United States Army
      • National Museum of Health and Medicine
        National Museum of Health and Medicine

        The National Museum of Health and Medicine , originally known as the Army Medical Museum , is a museum in Washington, D.C., USA. An element of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology , the NMHM is a member of the National Health Sciences Consortium....
    • Navy:
      • National Museum of the United States Navy
        U.S. Navy Museum

        The National Museum of the United States Navy, or U.S. Navy Museum for short, is the flagship museum of the United States Navy, located in the former Breech Mechanism Shop of the old Naval Gun Factory on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., USA....
      • National Museum of Naval Aviation
        National Museum of Naval Aviation

        The National Museum of Naval Aviation is a military and aerospace museum located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. The museum opened in 1962....
      • U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum and Library
        U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum and Library

        The U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum and Library, located on the Thames River near Groton, Connecticut, Connecticut, USA, is one of the world's most outstanding submarine museums....
      • National Museum of the Marine Corps
        National Museum of the Marine Corps

        The National Museum of the Marine Corps is the new historical museum of the United States Marine Corps. It is located in MCB Quantico, Virginia and is free to the public....
    • National Security Agency:
      • National Cryptologic Museum
        National Cryptologic Museum

        The United States National Cryptologic Museum is a museum of cryptography history, affiliated with the National Security Agency . Located in a former motel at next to NSA headquarters at Fort George G....
  • Central Intelligence Agency:
    • CIA Museum
      CIA Museum

      The Central Intelligence Agency Museum, administered by the Center for the Study of Intelligence, is the primary national archive for the collection, preservation, documentation and exhibition of intelligence Artifact s, culture, and history....
  • Department of Homeland Security
    • United States Coast Guard Museum
  • Other:
    • National World War One Museum
      Liberty Memorial

      The Liberty Memorial, located in Kansas City, Missouri, Missouri, United States, houses the The National World War I Museum, as designated by the United States Congress in 2004....


See also

  • National archive
  • National gallery
    National gallery

    A national gallery is a country's major public art gallery. Among the galleries which have this name are:*Australia:**National Gallery of Australia, Canberra...
  • National library
    National library

    A national library is a library specifically established by the government of a country to serve as the preeminent repository of information for that country....