Lists of museums
This is a list of museums. A museum is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary.
According to Museums of the World, there are about 55,000 museums in 202 countries.[1] The International Council of Museums comprises 30,000 members in 137 countries.
By country
- Museums in Afghanistan
- Museums in Albania
- Museums in Algeria
- Museums in Andorra
- Museums in Angola
- Museums in Antigua and Barbuda
- Museums in Argentina
- Museums in Armenia
- Museums in Australia
- Museums in Austria
- Museums in Azerbaijan
- Museums in the Bahamas
- Museums in Bahrain
- Museums in Bangladesh
- Museums in Barbados
- Museums in Belarus
- Museums in Belgium
- Museums in Belize
- Museums in Benin
- Museums in Bhutan
- Museums in Bolivia
- Museums in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Museums in Botswana
- Museums in Brazil
- Museums in Brunei
- Museums in Bulgaria
- Museums in Burkina Faso
- Museums in Burma
- Museums in Burundi
- Museums in Cambodia
- Museums in Cameroon
- Museums in Canada
- Museums in Cape Verde
- Museums in the Central African Republic
- Museums in Chad
- Museums in Chile
- Museums in China
- Museums in Colombia
- Museums in Comoros
- Museums in Costa Rica
- Museums in Croatia
- Museums in Cuba
- Museums in Cyprus
- Museums in the Czech Republic
- Museums in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Museums in Denmark
- Museums in Djibouti
- Museums in Dominica
- Museums in East Timor
- Museums in the Dominican Republic
- Museums in Ecuador
- Museums in Egypt
- Museums in El Salvador
- Museums in Equatorial Guinea
- Museums in Eritrea
- Museums in Estonia
- Museums in Ethiopia
- Museums in the Federated States of Micronesia
- Museums in Fiji
- Museums in Finland
- Museums in France
- Museums in Gabon
- Museums in the Gambia
- Museums in Georgia
- Museums in Germany
- Museums in Ghana
- Museums in Greece
- Museums in Greenland
- Museums in Grenada
- Museums in Guatemala
- Museums in Guinea
- Museums in Guinea-Bissau
- Museums in Guyana
- Museums in Haiti
- Museums in Honduras
- Museums in Hong Kong
- Museums in Hungary
- Museums in Iceland
- Museums in India
- Museums in Indonesia
- Museums in Iran
- Museums in Iraq
- Museums in Ireland
- Museums in Israel
- Museums in Italy
- Museums in Ivory Coast
- Museums in Jamaica
- Museums in Japan
- Museums in Jordan
- Museums in Kazakhstan
- Museums in Kenya
- Museums in Kiribati
- Museums in Kuwait
- Museums in Kyrgyzstan
- Museums in Laos
- Museums in Latvia
- Museums in Lebanon
- Museums in Lesotho
- Museums in Liberia
- Museums in Libya
- Museums in Liechtenstein
- Museums in Lithuania
- Museums in Luxembourg
- Museums in Macau
- Museums in Republic of Macedonia
- Museums in Madagascar
- Museums in Malawi
- Museums in Malaysia
- Museums in the Maldives
- Museums in Mali
- Museums in Malta
- Museums in the Marshall Islands
- Museums in Mauritania
- Museums in Mauritius
- Museums in Mexico
- Museums in Moldova
- Museums in Monaco
- Museums in Mongolia
- Museums in Montenegro
- Museums in Morocco
- Museums in Mozambique
- Museums in Namibia
- Museums in Nauru
- Museums in Nepal
- Museums in the Netherlands
- Museums in New Zealand
- Museums in Nicaragua
- Museums in Niger
- Museums in Nigeria
- Mususms in Northern Ireland
- Museums in North Korea
- Museums in Norway
- Museums in Oman
- Museums in Pakistan
- Museums in Palau
- Museums in the Palestinian territories
- Museums in Panama
- Museums in Papua New Guinea
- Museums in Paraguay
- Museums in Peru
- Museums in the Philippines
- Museums in Poland
- Museums in Portugal
- Museums in Qatar
- Museums in the Republic of the Congo
- Museums in Romania
- Museums in Russia
- Museums in Rwanda
- Museums in Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Museums in Saint Lucia
- Museums in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Museums in Samoa
- Museums in San Marino
- Museums in São Tomé and Príncipe
- Museums in Saudi Arabia
- Museums in Senegal
- Museums in Serbia
- Museums in Seychelles
- Museums in Sierra Leone
- Museums in Singapore
- Museums in Slovakia
- Museums in Slovenia
- Museums in the Solomon Islands
- Museums in Somalia
- Museums in South Africa
- Museums in South Korea
- Museums in South Sudan
- Museums in Spain
- Museums in Sri Lanka
- Museums in Sudan
- Museums in Suriname
- Museums in Swaziland
- Museums in Sweden
- Museums in Switzerland
- Museums in Syria
- Museums in Taiwan
- Museums in Tajikistan
- Museums in Tanzania
- Museums in Thailand
- Museums in Timor-Leste
- Museums in Togo
- Museums in Tonga
- Museums in Trinidad and Tobago
- Museums in Tunisia
- Museums in Turkey
- Museums in Turkmenistan
- Museums in Tuvalu
- Museums in Uganda
- Museums in Ukraine
- Museums in the United Arab Emirates
- Museums in the United Kingdom
- Museums in the United States
- Museums in Uruguay
- Museums in Uzbekistan
- Museums in Vanuatu
- Museums in Vatican City
- Museums in Venezuela
- Museums in Vietnam
- Museums in Yemen
- Museums in Zambia
- Museums in Zimbabwe
Other territories
By topic
- Aerospace museums
- Agriculture museums
- Archaeological museums
- Art museums
- Automobile museums
- Chocolate museums
- Computer Museums
- Ethnic museums
- Jail and prison museums
- Islamic art museums
- Music museums
- Natural history museums
- Numismatic museums
- Open air museums
- Philatelic museums
- Religious museums
- Science museums
- Sports museums
- Transport museums
- Video game museums
By size
- List of largest art museums in the world
- List of largest museums by pieces
- List of most visited art museums in the world
- List of museums with major collections of European prints and drawings
See also
- Art museum
- Museum
- List of archives
- List of libraries
- List of national museums
- List of buildings and structures
- Lists of tourist attractions
References
- ^ Lochar, Ruth; Meinhold, Alexandra; Toma, Hildegard (May 17, 2011). Museums of the World (18th ed.). München: De Gruyter Saur. ISBN 9783110234855. OCLC 747007027. Retrieved November 9, 2012.