List of science museums

Some of the pre-eminent science museums of the world are:

Europe

• The Science Museum in London, United Kingdom
  Universally known as just "The Science Museum". Unlike many other institutions referred to as science museums, the Science Museum is primarily a historical museum and not a demonstration exhibit (although it does contain such science centre installations as well). It includes such famous items as many of the first steam engines, Stephenson's Rocket steam locomotive, the original models of DNA and heme, the first MRI machine, the first jet engine, and more. Entrance is free.
• The Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
• The Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany.
• The Museon in The Hague, Netherlands.
• Nemo, Amsterdam, Netherlands [1]
• Teylers Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands.
• Boerhaave Museum in Leiden, Netherlands.
• Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, Oslo, Norway.
• Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
  Focuses especially on earth science.
• Centre for Life in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
  Combines interactive exhibitions and education programme with state of the art facilities for world class biomedical research. The Centre was one of the UK's landmark projects funded by the Millennium Commission.
• The Palais de la Découverte in Paris, France.
• The Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris, France.
• The Oceanographic Museum in Monaco.
• The Museo di Storia della Scienza in Florence, Italy.
  Many of Galileo Galilei's original instruments are housed in this museum.
• Whitby Wizard, a new science museum in Whitby, Yorkshire
• The Thessaloniki Science Center & Technology Museum - NOESIS in Greece
• Tiedekeskus Heureka, Vantaa, Finland.
• The Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain.

Latin America

• The Municipal Museum of Botany (Museu Botânico Municipal) in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
  One of the largest collections of plants in Brazil and the most important collections of the South Brazilian flora .

North America

Canada

(listed by province)

• The TELUS World of Science, Calgary, Alberta
• The Science World at TELUS World of Science in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Science North and Dynamic Earth in Greater Sudbury, Ontario
• The Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa, Ontario
• The Ontario Science Centre in Toronto, Ontario

United States

(listed by state)

• The Exploratorium in San Francisco, California.
• The Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, California.
• The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California.
• The California Science Center in Los Angeles, California.
• The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in San Diego, California.
• The Denver Museum of Nature and Science in Denver, Colorado.
• The Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta, Georgia
• The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois.
• The Museum of Science in Boston, Massachusetts
• The New Detroit Science Center in Detroit, Michigan.
• The Science Museum of Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
• The St. Louis Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri
• The Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey.
• COSI Columbus in Columbus, Ohio.
• The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery in Dayton, Ohio.
• COSI Toledo in Toledo, Ohio.
• The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, Oregon.
• The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• The Houston Museum of Natural Science in Houston, Texas.
• The Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia.
• The American Museum of Radio and Electricity in Bellingham, Washington.
• The Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Washington.
• National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C..

Asia and Oceania

• National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), India
• The Hong Kong Science Museum, Hong Kong, China.
• The Singapore Science Centre, Jurong East, Singapore
• National Science Museum, Pathum Thani, Thailand
• Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
• Scienceworks Museum, Melbourne, Australia
• Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra, Australia