List of science museums
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Below is the list of science museums all over the world. See Science museum for definitions.
Europe [edit]
Austria [edit]
- Ars Electronica, Linz
- Haus der Musik (House of Music), Vienna
- Technisches Museum Wien, Vienna
- Welios, Wels (subject: "renewable energy")
Belgium [edit]
- Euro Space Center, Wallonia, Belgium
- Hidrodoe, Herentals
- Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels
- Technopolis (Belgium), Mechelen, Belgium
Croatia [edit]
Czech Republic [edit]
- Mendel Museum of Genetics, Brno
- National Technical Museum (Prague), Prague
- Techmania Science Center, Pilsen
Estonia [edit]
Finland [edit]
France [edit]
- Agropolis, Montpellier
- Cité de l'espace, Toulouse
- Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Paris, France
- Micropolis (La Cité des Insectes), Millau
- Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France
- Palais de la Découverte, Paris, France
- Vulcania, Saint-Ours-les-Roches, Auvergne
Germany [edit]
- Deutsches Museum, Munich
- Experimenta, Heilbronn
- German Hygiene Museum, Dresden
- German Museum of Technology (Berlin)
- Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum, Feucht, Bavaria
- Mathematikum, Gießen
- Museum für Kommunikation, Frankfurt
- Otto-Lilienthal-Museum, Anklam
- Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg
- Rheinisches Industriemuseum, Oberhausen, Ratingen, Solingen, Bergisch Gladbach, Engelskirchen, Euskirchen
- Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum
- Technikmuseum Speyer
- TECHNOSEUM, Mannheim
- Spectrum - German Museum of Technology (Berlin), Berlin
- Völklinger Hütte (Völklingen Ironworks), Völklingen
- Universum Science Center, Bremen
Greece [edit]
- Museum of Science and Technology at the Evgenidio Foundation, Athens
- OTE Museum of Telecommunications, Kifisia, Athens
- Thessaloniki Science Center & Technology Museum - NOESIS, Thessaloniki
Hungary [edit]
Ireland [edit]
Monaco [edit]
Italy [edit]
- Città della Scienza, Napoli, Italy.
- GNS (National Sharks Museum) Avellino, Italy.
- Institute and Museum of the History of Science (Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza), Florence, Italy. Many of Galileo Galilei's original instruments are housed in this museum.
- Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci", Milan, Italy.
- Natural History Museum, Milan, Italy.
Netherlands [edit]
- Museon, The Hague, Netherlands
- Museum Boerhaave, Leiden, Netherlands
- Science Center NEMO, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Teyler's Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
- Discovery Center Continium, Kerkrade, Netherlands [1]
Norway [edit]
- Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, Oslo, Norway
- Trondheim Science Museum, Trondheim
- The Science Factory, Sandnes
- INSPIRIA science center, Sarpsborg
Poland [edit]
* Lem Science Garden, Cracow, Poland
- Innovation Center Mill of Knowledge, Toruń, [[Poland], [2]
Portugal [edit]
Romania [edit]
Russia [edit]
- Museum of Military Medicine, Saint Petersburg
- Kunstkamera, Saint Petersburg
- Polytechnical Museum, Moscow
- Memorial Museum of Astronautics, Moscow
Serbia [edit]
Spain [edit]
- Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia
- CosmoCaixa Barcelona, Barcelona
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain
Sweden [edit]
- Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm
- Universeum, Gothenburg
Switzerland [edit]
Turkey [edit]
- SOBİLDEM Sosyal ve Bilimsel Destek Merkezi, Elazığ
- Bayrampaşa Science Center, Istanbul
- ITU Science Center, Istanbul
- Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam (İstanbul İslam Bilim ve Teknoloji Tarihi Müzesi), Istanbul
- Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul
- Silahtarağa Power Station Energy Museum, Istanbul
- Turkey Science Centers Foundation, Istanbul
- Bursa Bilim ve Teknoloji Merkezi (Bursa Science and Technology Center) (http://bursabilimmerkezi.org), Bursa
United Kingdom [edit]
- Armagh Planetarium, Armagh, Northern Ireland
- Army Medical Services Museum, Mytchett, Surrey
- Anaesthesia Heritage Centre, London
- At-Bristol, Bristol, England
- Benjamin Franklin House, London
- Bletchley Park, Bletchley, England
- British Dental Association Museum, London
- British Optical Association Museum, London
- British Red Cross Museum, London
- Catalyst, Cheshire, England
- Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Enginuity, Shropshire, England
- Fleming Museum, London
- Florence Nightingale Museum, London
- Foredown Tower Countryside Centre, Portslade
- Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
- Glenside Museum, Bristol
- Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath
- Hunterian Museum at Royal College of Surgeons, London
- INTECH, Winchester
- Michael Faraday Museum, London
- Mills Observatory, Dundee, Scotland
- Museum of Bath at Work, Bath
- Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, Manchester, England
- Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
- National Conservation Centre, Liverpool
- National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England
- National Space Centre, Leicester, England
- Natural History Museum, London
- Old Operating Theatre, London
- Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, Scotland, focuses especially on earth science
- Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, Porthcurno, Cornwall
- REME Museum of Technology, Arborfield
- Royal Institution: Faraday Museum, London, England
- Royal London Hospital Museum and Archives, London
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum, London
- Satrosphere Science Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland
- Science Museum, London, England
- Science Oxford, Oxford, England
- Shildon Locomotion Museum, Shildon, England
- Snibston Discovery Park, Coalville, Leicestershire
- Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Techniquest, Cardiff Bay, Wales
- Thackray Museum, Leeds
- Thinktank, Birmingham, Birmingham
- Whipple Museum of the History of Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
- Whitby Wizard, Whitby, Yorkshire, England
- Woolsthorpe Manor, Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth
Latin America [edit]
Argentina [edit]
- Galileo Galilei planetarium, Parque Tres de Febrero, Palermo, Buenos Aires
- Parque Astronòmico la Punta, Universidad de La Punta, Ciudad de La Punta, San Luis, Argentina
Bolivia [edit]
- Museum Of Health Sciences, Universidad of San Francisco Javier, Chuquisaca Department
- Museum of Anatomy "Dr. Rodolfo Mendoza", Universidad of San Francisco Javier, Chuquisaca Department
- Interactive Science Museum, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba
Brazil [edit]
- National Museum of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
- Museum of Science and Technology (PUCRS), Porto Alegre
- Exploratory Science Museum, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Chile [edit]
- Museo de Ciencia y Tecnología, Quinta Normal Park, Santiago
- Museo Interactivo Mirador, Parque Brasil, La Granja, Chile
Mexico [edit]
- Alfa Planetarium, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
- Museo Descubre, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
- Museo Interactivo de Xalapa, Xalapa, Veracruz
- Universum (UNAM), México, Distrito Federal
- Museo Modelo de Ciencias e Industria, Toluca, Estado de Mexico
- Palace of the Inquisition (Museum of Mexican Medicine), Mexico City
- San Pedro y San Pablo College (Museum of Light), Mexico City
Peru [edit]
- Museo Planetario y Oberservatorio, Morro Solar Chorrillos District, Lima
- Museo de la Electricidad, Barranco District, Lima
- Museo Aeronáutico, Surco, Lima
Uruguay [edit]
North America [edit]
Canada [edit]
(listed by province)
For all categorized science museums in Canada, see: Science museums in Canada
Alberta [edit]
British Columbia [edit]
- H. R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria
- Science World at Telus World of Science, Vancouver
Manitoba [edit]
Nova Scotia [edit]
Ontario [edit]
- Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario
- Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Ontario
- Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario
- Personal Computer Museum, Brantford
- Science North and Dynamic Earth in Sudbury, Ontario
- Canada South Science City in Windsor, Ontario
Saskatchewan [edit]
Quebec [edit]
United States [edit]
Main article: List of science museums in the United States
Asia and Oceania [edit]
Australia [edit]
- Discovery Science & Technology Centre, Bendigo
- Melbourne Museum, Melbourne
- Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
- Queensland Museum, Brisbane
- Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra, Australia
- Science Centre and Planetarium, Wollongong
- Scienceworks Museum, Melbourne, Australia
- Scitech, Perth
- South Australian Museum, Adelaide
China [edit]
- Beijing Museum of Natural History
- Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Pudong, Shanghai
- Sichuan Science and Technology Museum, Sichuan
China [edit]
- [Guangdong Science Center], Guangzhou, Guangdong
- Fanling Environmental Resource Centre, Fanling
- Health Education Exhibition and Resources Centre, Kowloon Park
- Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, Mid-levels
- Hong Kong Science Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui
- Hong Kong Space Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui
India [edit]
- Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata
- Birla Science Museum, Hyderabad
- Hakim Karam Hussain Museum on History of Medicine and Sciences
- Kerala Science and Technology Museum, Thiruvananthapuram
- National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), India
- National Science Centre, Delhi
- Nehru Museum of Science and Technology, Kharagpur
- Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai
- North Bengal Science Centre, Siliguri
- Regional Science Centre, Bhopal
- Science City, Kapurthala
- Science City Kolkata, Kolkata
- Science Park, Jaipur
- Solapur Science Centre, Solapur
- Srikrishna Science Centre, Patna
- Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Bangalore
Iran [edit]
- Islamic Republic of Iran Science and Technology Museum, Tehran
- The Iranian National Museum of Medical Sciences History, Tehran
Japan [edit]
- Chiba Museum of Science and Industry
- Gifu City Science Museum, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture
- Hiroshima Children's Museum, Hiroshima
- Miraikan, Tokyo
- National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan
- Osaka Science Museum, Osaka, Japan
- Science Museum of Map and Survey, Tsukuba City
- Yamanashi Science Museum
Malaysia [edit]
- Pusat Sains Negara (National Science Centre), Kuala Lumpur
- The Green Connection, Kota Kinabalu
- Petrosains, KLCC
New Zealand [edit]
- Exscite, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Museum of Transport and Technology, Western Springs, Auckland
- Science Alive, the New Zealand Science Centre Christchurch, New Zealand
Philippines [edit]
- Philippine Science Heritage Center, Bicutan, Taguig City
- SM Science Discovery Center, Pasay City, Metro Manila
- Philippine Science Centrum, Riverbanks, Marikina City
- The Mind Museum, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig
- Museum of the Filipino People, Rizal Park, Manila
Singapore [edit]
South Korea [edit]
Thailand [edit]
Turkey [edit]
- Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul
- Silahtarağa Power Station Energy Museum, Istanbul
- SOBİLDEM Sosyal ve Bilimsel Destek Merkezi, ELAZIĞ
Middle East [edit]
Egypt [edit]
Iran [edit]
Israel [edit]
- Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem
- Clore Science Garden, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
- Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space, Haifa
Africa [edit]
South Africa [edit]
See also [edit]
References [edit]
External links [edit]
- Map the World's Science Museums on Nature blogs
- Association of Science-Technology Centers
- Asia Pacific Network of Science and Technology Centres
- SAASTEC - Southern African Association of Science & Technology Centers
- Australasian Science and Technology Exhibitors Network
- Canadian Association of Science Centres
- ECSITE - European Collaborative for Science, Industry and Technology Exhibitions
- UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC), formerly ECSITE-UK
- BIG - British Interactive Group, for individuals working in the sector
- Irish Science Centres Association Network (iSCAN)
- NCSM - National Council of Science Museums in India
- AMMCCyT (Mexican Association of Science and Technology Museums and Centers)
- Nordisk Science Center Forbund (Nordic Science Center Association)
- REDPOP - Interactive Science Centres in South America
