List of science centers in the United States

This is a list of science centers in the United States. American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) member centers are granted institutional benefits and may offer benefits to individuals through purchased or granted individual memberships as well. ASTC offers a "passport" that allows for free general entry at all other participating ASTC member centers outside of a 90-mile radius of home. AAM offers a similar program that offers benefits to individuals.

AAM accredited museums have obtained a seal of approval from the AAM Accreditation Program that ensures a museum's "commitment to excellence, accountability, high professional standards and continued institutional improvement."

This is a comprehensive list of ASTC centers, but it is not comprehensive for AAM museums. Any type of museum can be associated with AAM, whereas ASTC associates specifically with science centers and technology-based collections.

Name	City	State	AAM Accredited	AAM Member	ASTC Member	ASTC Passport
A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village	Salem	Oregon	No	No	Yes	Yes
A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum	Houghton	Michigan	No	No	No	?
The Academy of Natural Sciences	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
The Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum	Chicago	Illinois	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Air Zoo	Portage	Michigan	No	Yes	No	?
Alabama Museum of Health Sciences	Birmingham	Alabama	No	No	No	?
American Computer Museum	Bozeman	Montana	No	No	No	?
American Museum of Natural History	New York	New York	Yes	No	Yes	No
American Museum of Radio and Electricity	Bellingham	Washington	No	No	No	?
American Museum of Science & Energy	Oak Ridge	Tennessee	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center and Imaginarium Discovery Center	Anchorage	Alaska	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum	Ann Arbor	Michigan	No	No	Yes	Yes
Anniston Museum of Natural History	Anniston	Alabama	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Arizona Science Center	Phoenix	Arizona	No	No	Yes	Yes
The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas	Pine Bluff	Arkansas	Yes	Yes	No	?
Astronaut Memorial Planetarium & Observatory	Cocoa	Florida	No	No	Yes	Yes
Austin Children's Museum	Austin	Texas	No	No	Yes	Yes
Aviation Museum of Kentucky	Lexington	Kentucky	No	Yes	No	?
The Bakken Library and Museum	Minneapolis	Minnesota	No	No	Yes	Yes
Barlow Planetarium	Menasha	Wisconsin	No	No	Yes	Yes
Bell Museum of Natural History	Minneapolis	Minnesota	No	No	Yes	Yes
Bergen Museum of Art & Science	Hackensack	New Jersey	No	No	No	?
Berkshire Museum	Pittsfield	Massachusetts	No	No	Yes	Yes
Bernice P. Bishop Museum	Honolulu	Hawaii	Yes	No	No	?
Birch Aquarium at Scripps	La Jolla	California	No	No	Yes	No
Birds of Vermont Museum	Huntington	Vermont	No	No	No	?
Bishop Museum	Honolulu	Hawaii	No	No	Yes	Yes
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery	Dayton	Ohio	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Boston Children's Museum	Boston	Massachusetts	No	No	Yes	Yes
Bradbury Science Museum	Los Alamos	New Mexico	No	No	No	?
The Brooklyn Children's Museum	Brooklyn	New York	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Bruce Museum	Greenwich	Connecticut	No	No	Yes	Yes
Buffalo Museum of Science	Buffalo	New York	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Burpee Museum of Natural History	Rockford	Illinois	No	No	Yes	Yes
California Academy of Sciences	San Francisco	California	Yes	No	Yes	No
California Science Center	Los Angeles	California	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cape Fear Museum of History & Science	Wilmington	North Carolina	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Carnegie Science Center	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chabot Space & Science Center	Oakland	California	No	No	Yes	Yes
Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee	Tallahassee	Florida	No	No	Yes	Yes
Chicago Children's Museum	Chicago	Illinois	No	No	Yes	Yes
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose	San Jose	California	No	No	Yes	No
The Children's Museum	West Hartford	Connecticut	No	No	Yes	Yes
Children's Museum of Houston	Houston	Texas	No	No	Yes	Yes
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis	Indianapolis	Indiana	Yes	No	Yes	No
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	No	No	Yes	Yes
The Children's Museum of Science and Technology	Troy	New York	No	No	Yes	Yes
Cincinnati Museum Center (Museum of Natural History & Science)	Cincinnati	Ohio	No	No	Yes	Yes
Clark Planetarium	Salt Lake City	Utah	No	No	Yes	Yes
Cleveland Museum of Natural History	Cleveland	Ohio	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Columbia Memorial Space Center	Downey	California	No	No	Yes	Yes
Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science and Technology (CREHST)	Richland	Washington	No	No	Yes	Yes
Computer History Museum	Mountain View	California	No	Yes	No	?
Connecticut Science Center	Hartford	Connecticut	No	No	Yes	No
COSI	Columbus	Ohio	No	No	Yes	Yes
Cranbrook Institute of Science	Bloomfield Hills	Michigan	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Creative Discovery Museum	Chattanooga	Tennessee	No	Yes	Yes	No
Da Vinci Science Center	Allentown	Pennsylvania	No	No	Yes	Yes
Defense Nuclear Weapons School	Albuquerque	New Mexico	No	Yes	No	?
Delaware County Institute of Science	Media	Pennsylvania	?	?	?	?
Delaware Museum of Natural History	Wilmington	Delaware	No	No	Yes	Yes
Denver Museum of Nature & Science	Denver	Colorado	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Detroit Science Center	Detroit	Michigan	No	No	Yes	Yes
DigiBarn Computer Museum	Boulder Creek	California	No	No	No	?
Discovery Gateway	Salt Lake City	Utah	No	No	Yes	Yes
Discovery Museum	Sacramento	California	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Discovery Museum, Inc.	Bridgeport	Connecticut	No	No	Yes	Yes
Discovery Place, Inc.	Charlotte	North Carolina	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Discovery Science Center	Santa Ana	California	No	No	Yes	Yes
The Discovery Science Place	Tyler	Texas	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Discovery Station	Hagerstown	Maryland	No	No	Yes	Yes
Discovery World	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	No	No	Yes	Yes
Dittrick Museum of Medical History	Cleveland	Ohio	No	No	No	?
Don Harrington Discovery Center	Amarillo	Texas	No	No	Yes	Yes
Durango Discovery Museum	Durango	Colorado	No	No	Yes	Yes
EAA AirVenture Museum	Oshkosh	Wisconsin	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
East Kentucky Science Center	Prestonsburg	Kentucky	No	No	No	?
ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain	Burlington	Vermont	No	No	Yes	Yes
EcoTarium	Worcester	Massachusetts	No	No	Yes	Yes
EdVenture Children's Museum	Columbia	South Carolina	No	No	Yes	No
Eli Whitney Museum	Hamden	Connecticut	No	No	No	?
Emerald Coast Science Center	Fort Walton Beach	Florida	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science	Evansville	Indiana	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum	McMinnville	Oregon	No	No	Yes	Yes
Exhibit Museum of Natural History	Ann Arbor	Michigan	No	No	Yes	Yes
Explora	Albuquerque	New Mexico	No	No	Yes	Yes
Exploration Place, The Sedgwick County Science and Discovery Center	Wichita	Kansas	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Exploratorium	San Francisco	California	No	Yes	Yes	No
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium	St. Johnsbury	Vermont	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden	Miami	Florida	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Fernbank Museum of Natural History	Atlanta	Georgia	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Fernbank Science Center	Atlanta	Georgia	No	No	Yes	Yes
The Field Museum of Natural History	Chicago	Illinois	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Flint Children's Museum	Flint	Michigan	No	No	Yes	Yes
Flint Hills Discovery Center	Manhattan	Kansas	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Florida Museum of Natural History	Gainesville	Florida	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Fort Collins Museum & Discovery Science Center	Fort Collins	Colorado	No	No	Yes	Yes
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History	Fort Worth	Texas	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
The Franklin Institute	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science (closed)	Fresno	California	No	No	No	?
Goudreau Museum of Mathematics in Art and Science (closed)	New Hyde Park	New York	No	No	No	?
Great Explorations Children's Museum	Saint Petersburg	Florida	No	No	Yes	Yes
Great Lakes Science Center	Cleveland	Ohio	No	No	Yes	Yes
Great Valley Nature Center	Devault	Pennsylvania	No	No	Yes	Yes
Greensboro Science Center, Inc.	Greensboro	North Carolina	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Grout Museum District: Bluedorn Science Imaginarium	Waterloo	Iowa	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center	Mobile	Alabama	No	No	Yes	Yes
Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center	Buford	Georgia	No	No	No	?
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology (Brown University)	Providence	Rhode Island	No	No	Yes	Yes
Hagley Museum and Library	Wilmington	Delaware	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Happy Hollow Park & Zoo	San Jose	California	No	No	Yes	Yes
Harvard Museum of Natural History	Cambridge	Massachusetts	No	No	Yes	Yes
The Health Museum	Houston	Texas	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
The Henry Ford	Dearborn	Michigan	Yes	Yes	No	?
Hopewell Museum	Paris	Kentucky	No	No	Yes	Yes
Houston Museum of Natural Science	Houston	Texas	Yes	No	No	?
Hudson River Museum	Yonkers	New York	Yes	No	No	?
Humboldt State University Natural History Museum	Arcata	California	No	No	Yes	Yes
Huntington Botanical Gardens	San Marino	California	No	No	Yes	No
Imaginarium	Anchorage	Alaska	No	Yes	No	?
Imagination Station	Toledo	Ohio	No	No	Yes	Yes
Imagination Station Science Museum	Wilson	North Carolina	No	No	Yes	Yes
ʻImiloa Astronomy Center	Hilo	Hawaii	No	No	Yes	No
Impression 5 Science Center	Lansing	Michigan	No	No	Yes	Yes
Information Age Learning Center	Wall	New Jersey	No	No	Yes	No
International Museum of Art & Science	McAllen	Texas	Yes	Yes	No	?
International Museum of Surgical Science	Chicago	Illinois	No	No	Yes	Yes
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum	New York	New York	No	No	Yes	Yes
Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Pasadena	California	No	No	Yes	No
Kalamazoo Valley Museum	Kalamazoo	Michigan	Yes	Yes	No	?
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center	Hutchinson	Kansas	No	No	Yes	No
Kern County Museum	Bakersfield	California	No	No	Yes	No
Kidspace Children's Museum	Pasadena	California	No	No	Yes	No
Kingman Museum	Battle Creek	Michigan	No	No	Yes	Yes
Kopernik Observatory & Science Center	Vestal	New York	No	No	Yes	Yes
Lake County Discovery Museum	Wauconda	Illinois	Yes	No	Yes	No
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences	Peoria	Illinois	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Las Vegas Natural History Museum	Las Vegas	Nevada	No	No	Yes	Yes
Lawrence Hall of Science	Berkeley	California	No	No	Yes	Yes
Liberty Science Center	Jersey City	New Jersey	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lied Discovery Children's Museum	Las Vegas	Nevada	No	No	Yes	Yes
Lindsay Wildlife Experience	Walnut Creek	California	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Louisiana Arts and Science Museum	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kentucky Science Center	Louisville	Kentucky	No	No	Yes	Yes
Lowell Observatory	Flagstaff	Arizona	No	No	Yes	Yes
Madison Children's Museum	Madison	Wisconsin	No	No	Yes	Yes
Maine Discovery Museum	Bangor	Maine	No	No	Yes	Yes
Marian Koshland Science Museum	Washington	District of Columbia	No	No	Yes	No
The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science	Tallahassee	Florida	No	No	Yes	Yes
Maryland Science Center	Baltimore	Maryland	No	No	Yes	Yes
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center	Concord	New Hampshire	No	No	Yes	Yes
McWane Science Center	Birmingham	Alabama	No	No	Yes	Yes
Miami Science Museum	Miami	Florida	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MICRO Museum	New York City	New York	No	No	No	No
Mid-America Science Museum	Hot Springs	Arkansas	No	No	Yes	Yes
Mid-Hudson Children's Museum	Poughkeepsie	New York	No	No	Yes	Yes
Milwaukee Public Museum	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Minnetrista	Muncie	Indiana	No	No	Yes	Yes
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science	Jackson	Mississippi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MIT Museum	Cambridge	Massachusetts	Yes	No	Yes	No
Montshire Museum of Science	Norwich	Vermont	No	No	Yes	No
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	No	No	Yes	Yes
MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry)	Tampa	Florida	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
The Museum of Arts & Sciences	Macon	Georgia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Museum of Arts and Sciences	Daytona Beach	Florida	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Museum of Discovery	Little Rock	Arkansas	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Museum of Discovery and Science	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	No	No	Yes	Yes
The Museum of Flight	Seattle	Washington	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Museum of Life and Science	Durham	North Carolina	No	No	Yes	Yes
Museum of Mathematics	New York	New York	No	No	Yes	No
Museum of Natural Curiosity	Lehi	Utah	?	?	?	?
Museum of Nature & Science	Dallas	Texas	No	No	Yes	Yes
Museum of Science	Boston	Massachusetts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Museum of Science & History of Jacksonville, Inc.	Jacksonville	Florida	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Museum of Science and Industry	Chicago	Illinois	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institution	Ithaca	New York	No	No	Yes	Yes
Museum of the Rockies	Bozeman	Montana	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Mütter Museum	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	No	Yes	No	?
National Air and Space Museum	Washington	District of Columbia	Yes	No	No	?
National Atomic Testing Museum	Las Vegas	Nevada	No	Yes	No	?
National Children's Museum	National Harbor	Maryland	No	No	Yes	No
National Cryptologic Museum	Fort Meade	Maryland	No	No	No	?
National Electronics Museum	Linthicum	Maryland	No	Yes	No	?
National Museum of American History	Washington	District of Columbia	Yes	No	Yes	No
National Museum of Dentistry	Baltimore	Maryland	No	Yes	No	?
National Museum of Health and Medicine	Washington	District of Columbia	No	Yes	No	?
National Museum of Natural History	Washington	District of Columbia	Yes	No	Yes	No
National Museum of Nuclear Science & History	Albuquerque	New Mexico	No	Yes	Yes	No
National Renewable Energy Laboratory	Golden	Colorado	No	No	Yes	No
National Soaring Museum	Elmira	New York	No	Yes	No	?
National Science Center (Fort Discovery)	Augusta	Georgia	No	No	Yes	No
National Watch and Clock Museum	Columbia	Pennsylvania	No	No	Yes	Yes
Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks	Tupper Lake	New York	No	Yes	No	?
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits	Los Angeles	California	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Naval Undersea Museum	Keyport	Washington	Yes	No	No	?
New England Wireless and Steam Museum	East Greenwich	Rhode Island	No	Yes	No	?
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science	Albuquerque	New Mexico	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
The New Mexico Museum of Space History	Alamogordo	New Mexico	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
New York Hall of Science	Queens	New York	No	No	Yes	Yes
New York State Museum	Albany	New York	No	No	No	No
New York Transit Museum	Brooklyn Heights	New York	No	No	Yes	Yes
The Newark Museum	Newark	New Jersey	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Niagara Science Museum	Niagara Falls	New York	No	No	No	?
North Carolina Arboretum	Asheville	North Carolina	No	No	Yes	No
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	Durham	North Carolina	No	No	No	?
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences	Raleigh	North Carolina	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Northern Maine Museum of Science	Presque Isle	Maine	No	No	No	?
Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum	Galveston	Texas	No	Yes	No	?
Omaha Children's Museum	Omaha	Nebraska	No	No	Yes	Yes
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry	Portland	Oregon	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Orlando Science Center	Orlando	Florida	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Orpheum Children's Science Museum	Champaign	Illinois	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pacific Science Center	Seattle	Washington	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Paper Discovery Center	Appleton	Wisconsin	No	No	Yes	Yes
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum	Chicago	Illinois	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum	Midland	Texas	No	Yes	No	?
Pink Palace Family of Museums	Memphis	Tennessee	No	No	Yes	Yes
Providence Children's Museum	Providence	Rhode Island	No	No	Yes	Yes
Putnam Museum	Davenport	Iowa	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Randall Museum	San Francisco	California	No	No	Yes	Yes
Raven Hill Discovery Center	Boyne City	Michigan	No	No	No	No
Reading Public Museum	Reading	Pennsylvania	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center	San Diego	California	No	No	Yes	Yes
Rhode Island Computer Museum	North Kingstown	Rhode Island	No	No	No	?
Roberson Museum and Science Center	Binghamton	New York	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Rochester Museum & Science Center	Rochester	New York	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Roper Mountain Science Center	Greenville	South Carolina	No	No	Yes	Yes
Saint Louis Science Center	St. Louis	Missouri	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
San Diego Natural History Museum	San Diego	California	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History	Santa Barbara	California	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Sci-Tech Center of Northern New York	Watertown	New York	No	No	Yes	Yes
Science Center of Pinellas County, Inc.	Saint Petersburg	Florida	No	No	Yes	No
Science City at Union Station	Kansas City	Missouri	No	No	Yes	Yes
Science Discovery Center of Oneonta	Oneonta	New York	No	No	Yes	Yes
Science Factory Children's Museum & Planetarium	Eugene	Oregon	No	No	Yes	Yes
Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation)	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	No	No	No	?
Science Museum of Minnesota	St. Paul	Minnesota	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Science Museum of Virginia	Richmond	Virginia	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Science Museum Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Science Spectrum	Lubbock	Texas	No	No	Yes	Yes
Sciencenter	Ithaca	New York	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SciWorks, The Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County	Winston-Salem	North Carolina	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum	Ashland	Oregon	No	No	Yes	?
Sony Wonder Technology Lab	New York	New York	No	Yes	No	?
South Florida Science Museum, Inc.	West Palm Beach	Florida	No	No	Yes	Yes
Southern Museum of Flight	Birmingham	Alabama	No	No	Yes	Yes
spectrUM Discovery Area	Missoula	Montana	No	No	Yes	Yes
Springfield Museums Association	Springfield	Massachusetts	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Stafford Air & Space Museum	Weatherford	Oklahoma	No	No	No	?
Staten Island Children's Museum	Staten Island	New York	No	No	Yes	Yes
Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences	Staten Island	New York	No	Yes	No	?
Stepping Stones Museum for Children	Norwalk	Connecticut	No	No	Yes	Yes
Sternberg Museum of Natural History	Hays	Kansas	No	No	Yes	Yes
Tech Interactive	San Jose	California	No	No	Yes	Yes
Tellus Science Museum	Cartersville	Georgia	No	No	Yes	Yes
Trolley Museum of New York	Kingston	New York	No	Yes	No	?
Tulsa Air and Space Museum	Tulsa	Oklahoma	No	No	No	?
Turtle Bay Exploration Park	Redding	California	No	No	Yes	Yes
U.S. Space & Rocket Center	Huntsville	Alabama	No	No	Yes	Yes
United States Army Medical Department Museum	San Antonio	Texas	Yes	No	No	?
University of Kansas Natural History Museum	Lawrence	Kansas	No	No	Yes	Yes
University of Nebraska State Museum	Lincoln	Nebraska	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History	Eugene	Oregon	No	No	Yes	Yes
Utah Museum of Natural History	Salt Lake City	Utah	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Virginia Air and Space Center	Hampton	Virginia	No	No	Yes	Yes
Virginia Discovery Museum	Charlottesville	Virginia	No	No	Yes	Yes
Virginia Living Museum	Newport News	Virginia	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Virginia Museum of Natural History	Martinsville	Virginia	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Warren Anatomical Museum	Boston	Massachusetts	No	No	No	?
Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science	Sioux Falls	South Dakota	Yes	Yes	No	?
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts	Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	No	No	Yes	Yes
The Wild Center/Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks	Tupper Lake	New York	No	No	Yes	No
Witte Museum	San Antonio	Texas	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
WonderLab Museum of Science, Health and Technology	Bloomington	Indiana	No	No	Yes	Yes
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Woods Hole	Massachusetts	No	No	Yes	Yes
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History	New Haven	Connecticut	No	No	Yes	Yes
Zeum: San Francisco's Children's Museum	San Francisco	California	No	No	Yes	Yes

See also

• List of museums in the United States
• List of natural history museums in the United States
• List of science museums
• List of university museums in the United States