List of natural history museums
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This is a list of natural history museums, also known as museums of natural history, i.e. museums whose exhibits focus on the subject of natural history, including such topics as animals, plants, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, and climatology.
Some museums feature natural-history collections in addition to other collections, such as ones related to history, art and science. In addition, nature centers often include natural-history exhibits.
Africa
Angola
Botswana
Canary Islands
- Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Tenerife (Museum of Nature and Man), Tenerife
Egypt
- Egyptian Geological Museum, Cairo
- Marine Life Museum, Alexandria
Ethiopia
- Zoological Natural History Museum
Kenya
- Kitale Museum, Kitale
- National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi
Libya
Mozambique
Namibia
- National Earth Science Museum in the Geological Survey, Windhoek
South Africa
- Albany Museum, Grahamstown
- Amathole Museum, King William's Town
- Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, James Kitching Gallery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
- Bleloch Geological Museum, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
- CP Nel Museum, Oudtshoorn
- Durban Natural Science Museum, Durban
- Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town
- Life Sciences Museum and Biodiversity Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
- McGregor Museum, Kimberley
- Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg
- National Museum, Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein
- Port Elizabeth Museum, Port Elizabeth
- Transvaal Museum, Pretoria
- West Coast Fossil Park, Langebaanweg
Sudan
- Sudan Natural History Museum (University of Khartoum, Faculty of science, Department of Zoology)
Tanzania
- Natural History Museum (part of the National Museum of Tanzania), Arusha
- Olduvai Gorge Museum, Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Zimbabwe
Asia
China
- Beijing Museum of Natural History, Beijing
- Geological Museum of China, Beijing
- Shanghai Natural History Museum, Shanghai
- Tianjin Natural History Museum, Tianjin
- Dalian Natural History Museum, Dalian
- Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, Hangzhou
- Zigong Dinosaur Museum, Zigong
- Stephen Hui Geological Museum, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
India
- Bengal Natural History Museum, Darjeeling
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum, formerly Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Mumbai
- Gass Forest Museum, Coimbatore
- Government Museum, Egmore, Chennai
- Indian Museum, Kolkata
- Napier Museum, Kerala
- National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi
- Thar Natural History Fossil Museum Churu, Rajasthan
- BNHS[1]
Iran
- Museum of Natural History and Technology, Shiraz
- Natural History Museum, University of Zanjan, Zanjan
- Natural History Museum, Isfahan
- Iran Museum of Natural History and Wildlife, Tehran
- Natural History Museum, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad
- Natural History Museum, Institute of Botany and Plant Pests, Tehran
- Natural History Museum, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar
Iraq
Israel
- Geological Museum, Jerusalem
- Natural History Museum, Jerusalem
- National Museum of Natural History at Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv
- Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem
- Biblical Museum of Natural History, Beit Shemesh
Japan
- Abiko City Museum of Birds, Abiko, Chiba Prefecture
- Fukui City Museum of Natural History Template:Ja icon, Fukui, Fukui Prefecture
- Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture
- Geological Museum, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture
- Gunma Museum of Natural History, Template:Ja icon, Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture
- Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
- Ibaraki Nature Museum, Bandō, Ibaraki Prefecture
- Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History Template:Ja icon, Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture
- Kannonzaki Nature Museum, Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture
- Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture
- Kyushu University Museum, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
- Museum of Natural History, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
- Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Sanda, Hyōgo Prefecture
- National Museum of Nature and Science, Taitō, Tokyo
- Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture
- Natural History Museum and Zoological Park, Toyohashi, Aichi prefecture
- Natural History Museum Kutchan, Kutchan, Hokkaidō
- Nawa Insect Museum, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture
- Okhotsk Sea Ice Museum of Hokkaidō, Monbetsu, Hokkaidō
- Osaka Museum of Natural History, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture [2]
- Pearl Museum, Mikimoto Pearl Island, Toba, Mie Prefecture
- Saitama Museum of Natural History Template:Ja icon, Nagatoro, Saitama Prefecture
- Tsuyama Museum of Science Education, Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture
Jordan
- Pella Museum, Amman
Malaysia
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Singapore
South Korea
- Changjo Natural History Museum Siheung-dong, Siheung, Gyeonggi-do
- Ewha Womans University Natural History Museum, Seoul
- Gyeoryongsan Natural History Museum
- Seodaemun Museum of Natural History, Seoul
Taiwan
- National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung city[3]
- Museum of Natural History, Tainan City
- National Taiwan Museum, Taipei City
- National Chiayi University Insect Museum, Chiayi City
- Natural History Museum, Taitung County
Thailand
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- Thailand National Science Museum, Pathum Thani
- Chulalongkorn University Museum of Natural History, Bangkok
- Chulalongkorn University's Geological Museum, Bangkok
- Chulalongkorn University's Traditional Medicine Museum, Bangkok
- Mahidol University's Mollusk Museum, Bangkok
- Mahidol University's Mosquito Museum, Bangkok
- Mahidol University's Bio-Geo Path, Bangkok
- Rattanakosin Natural History Museum, Kasetsart University, Bangkok
- Veterinarical Anatomy Museum, Kasetsart University, Bangkok
- Pathology Museum, Kasetsart University, Bangkok
- Kasetsart University's Ant Museum, Bangkok
- Kasetsart University's Zoological Museum, Bangkok
- Kasetsart University Museum of Fisheries (Natural History), Bangkok
- Kasetsart University's 60th Anniversary Museum and Park of Insects, Bangkok
- Lichen Museum, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok
- Bangkok Butterfly and Insect Park, Bangkok
- Dusit Zoo Museum, Bangkok
- Soil Museum, Bangkok
- Geological Museum, Bangkok
- Horn and Antler Museum, Bangkok
- Biological Science Museum at Faculaty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai
- Chiang Mai University's Geological Museum, Chiang Mai
- Museum of World Insects and Natural Heritages, Chiang Mai
- Lignite Learning Centre Museum, Lampang
- King Mongkut Memeorail Park of Science and Technology, Prachuap Khiri Khan
- Natural History Park, Ratchaburi
- Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum, Khon Kaen
- Sirindhorn Museum, Kalasin
- Thai Island and Sea Natural History Museum, Chonburi
- Chonlatassanasathan Museum, Chonburi
- Phuket Seashell Museum, Phuket
- Bangkok Seashell Museum, Bangkok
- Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai
- Prince of Songkla University's Traditional Medicine Museum, Hat Yai
- Natural History Museum and Local Learning Networks, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani
Central America
Costa Rica
- El Museo de Ciencias Naturales La Salle(The La Salle Natural Sciences Museum)
- El Museo de Insectos de la Universidad de Costa Rica (MIUCR) (The Museum of Insects at the University of Costa Rica)
- Museo de Zoologia - Escuela de Biologia, University of Costa Rica
- Museo Nacional de Costa Rica(National Museum of Costa Rica), San José
Dominican Republic
- Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Santo Domingo
- Amber Museum, Puerto Plata
- Amber World Museum, Santo Domingo
Grenada
- Museo de Ciencias
Guatemala
- Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Jorge A. Ibarra"
- Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
- Museo de Paleontologia y Arqueologia Ing. Roberto Woolfolk Saravia, Estanzuela Zacapa
Honduras
- Butterfly and Insect Museum, La Ceiba
Nicaragua
- Museo Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Centroamericana, Managua
- Museo de Ometepe, Rivas
- Museo del Departamento de Malacología UCA, Managua
- Museo entomológico, León, English description
- Museo Gemológico de la Concha y el Caracol, Managua
- Museo Paleontológico “El Hato”, Managua
- Museos de Geología UNAN, Managua
- Museum Ecológico de Trópico Seco, Diriamba
- National Museum, Managua
- Sitio Paleontológico El Bosque, Estelí
Panama
- Centro de Exhibiciones Marinas de Punta Culebra, Panama City
- Museo de Ciencias Naturales Panama, Panama City
- Museum of Biodiversity, Panama City
Europe
Albania
- Natural Science Museum, Tirana
Armenia
Austria
- Bergbaumuseum Klagenfurt Mining museum, mineralogy, palaeontology (in German), Klagenfurt
- Burgenlandische Landesmuseum, Eisenstadt
- Haus der Natur, Salzburg
- inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn Province Vorarlberg (in German), Dornbirn
- Krahuletz-Museum Eggenburg Earth sciences and history (in German), Eggenburg
- Landesmuseum für Kärnten, Klagenfurt Regional museum for the province Carinthia (in German), Klagenfurt
- Landesmuseum Niederösterreichisches, St. Pölten Nature, history, culture and art of Lower Austria (in German)
- Landschaftsmuseum im Schloss Trautenfels Natural and cultural history in upper Styria (German), Pürgg-Trautenfels
- Museum der Stadt Mödling Nature and history (in German), Mödling
- Museum Schloss Lackenbach Man and nature (in German), Lackenbach
- Nationalparkzentrum Bios Mallnitz, Mallnitz
- Oberösterreiches Landesmuseum - Biologiezentrum The natural history museum of Upper Austria (in German), Linz
- Sternwarte Kremsmünster, Kremsmünster
- Styrassic Park An open air dinosaur park (in German), Bad Gleichenberg
- Tyrolean State Museum, Innsbruck
- Universalmuseum Joanneum universal museum for natural and cultural history (German and English) headquartered in Graz
- Vienna Museum of Natural History, Vienna
- Wienerwaldmuseum, Eichgraben
Azerbaijan
- Museum of Natural History named after Hasan Bey Zardabi, Baku
- Azerbaijan Geology Museum, Baku
- "Rinay" Malacofauna Museum, Baku
Belarus
- Museum of Boulders, more details
- Museum of Nature, Belovezhskaya Pushcha Nature Reserve
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
- Burgas Museum, Natural History Exposition, Burgas
- Earth and Man National Museum, Sofia
- Historical Museum - Karnobat, Karnobat
- History Museum - Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte
- Kardjali Museum, Kardjali
- Museum Collection of Natural Science "To Nature with Love", Byala Cherkva
- Museum of Speleology and Bulgarian Karst, Chepelare
- National Museum of Natural History (Bulgaria), Sofia
- Natural History Museum of Varna, Varna
- Natural History Museum of Ruse Ruse
- Natural History Museum of Cherni Osam Lovech
- Paleontological Museum, Asenovgrad
- Regional Historical Museum in Pleven, Pleven
- University of Mining & Geology Museum of Mineralogy, Petrography and Minerals, St. Ivan Rilski, Sofia
Croatia
- Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb (Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej)
- Hunting Museum, Zagreb
- Karlovac Municipal Museum, Karlovac
- Museum of Evolution and Prehistoric Human Habitation, Krapina
- Museum of Slavonia, Osijek
- Natural History Museum, Rijeka
- Natural History Museum and Zoo, Split
- Ornithological Collection, Metković
- Senj City Museum, Senj
- Varazdin Municipal Museum: The Herzer Palace, Varaždin
- Zoological Museum of Baranja - Kopačevo, Baranja - Kopačevo
Czech Republic
- Moravian Museum, Brno
- National Museum (Prague), Prague
Denmark
- University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum, Zoologisk Museum
- Botanical Garden, Botanical Museum & Library
- Geological Museum
- Frederiksborg Palace, Hillerød
- The Freshwater Museum, part of Søhøjlandets Økomuseum, Ry
- Naturhistorisk Museum, Aarhus
- Museum Sønderjylland: Naturhistorie & Palæontologi, Gram
Estonia
Finland
- Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki
- Geological Museum, University of Oulu, Oulu
- Mineralogical Museum of the Geological Survey of Finland, Espoo
- Tampere Mineral Museum, Tampere
- Natural History Museum of Tampere
France
- Dinosauria, Espéraza
- Micropolis (La Cité des Insectes), Millau
- Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Histoire Naturelle Châteaudun, Châteaudun
- Musée des Confluences, Lyon
- Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Lille, Lille
- Musée de Vendôme, Vendôme
- Musée Géologique, Vernet-les-Bains
- Musée Requien, Avignon
- Musée zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg, Strasbourg
- Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Aix-en-Provence, Aix-en-Provence
- Muséum d'histoire naturelle d’Angers, Angers
- Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille, Marseille
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Blois, Blois
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Bourges, Bourges
- Muséum d'histoire naturelle d'archéologie et d'ethnographie, Cherbourg-Octeville
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Grenoble, Grenoble
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle du Havre, Le Havre
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Nantes, Nantes
- Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Rouen, Rouen
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, Toulouse
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Tours, Tours
- Muséum des Sciences Naturelles et de la Préhistoire de Chartres, Chartres
- Muséum des Sciences Naturelles d'Orléans, Orléans
- Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris
Georgia
- "Animal World" – Nature Museum, Tbilisi
- Georgian National Museum, Institute of Palaeobiology
- Museum of Georgian Geophysical Sciences History, Tbilisi
Germany
- Aquazoo-Löbbecke-Museum Düsseldorf
- Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Hamburg
- Bürgermeister-Müller-Museum, Solnhofen
- Deutsches Meeresmuseum, Stralsund
- Geologisches Museum München, Munich
- Haus der Natur, Cismar
- Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
- Jura Museum, Eichstätt
- Lower Saxony State Museum (German: Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover), Hanover
- Mineralogisches Museum, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg
- Museum der Natur Gotha, Thuringia
- Müritzeum, Waren (Müritz)
- Museum der Natur Gotha, Gotha
- Museum für Natur und Umwelt, Lübeck
- Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
- Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz, Chemnitz
- Museum für Naturkunde Magdeburg, Magdeburg
- Museum Heineanum Halberstadt
- Museum Koenig, Bonn
- Museum of Man and Nature (German Museum Mensch und Natur), Munich
- Museum of Natural History in the Ottoneum, Official site in German, Kassel
- Museum Wiesbaden, Natural History Collections - MWNH, Wiesbaden
- Museum Witt, Munich
- Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt
- Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum, Braunschweig
- Naturhistorisches Museum, Mainz
- Naturkundemuseum Coburg, Coburg
- Naturkunde Museum, Bamberg
- Naturkundemuseum Erfurt, Thuringia
- Naturkundemuseum Leipzig, Leipzig
- Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann
- Paläontologisches Museum München, Munich
- Palatine Museum of Natural History (Pfalzmuseum für Naturkunde), Bad Dürkheim
- Phyletisches Museum, Jena
- Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde, Görlitz
- State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe (German: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde), Karlsruhe
- State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart (German: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde), Stuttgart
- State Museum of Zoology (German: Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen), Dresden
- Südostbayerisches Naturkunde- und Mammut-Museum, Siegsdorf
- Übersee-Museum Bremen, Bremen
- Urwelt-Museum Hauff (Hauff Museum of the Prehistoric World), Holzmaden
- Westfälisches Museum für Naturkunde, Münster
- Zoological Museum of Kiel University, Kiel
- Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich
Greece
- Natural History Museum of Meteora and Mushroom Museum, Kalampaka, Trikala
- Goulandris Natural History Museum, Athens
- Volos Natural History Museum, Volos
- Mineralogical Museum of Lavrion, Athens
- Museum of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Athens
- Natural History Museum of Crete
- Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest, Lesvos
- Rhodes Aquarium, Rhodes
- Zoological Museum of the University of Athens
- Museum of Mineralogy & Paleontology Stamatiadis, Ialysos, Rhodes
Greenland
- Greenland National Museum and Archives, Nuuk
Hungary
- Danube Museum (Duna Múzeum), Esztergom
- Deri Museum, Official site in Hungarian, Debrecen
- Exhibition of Natural Science, Janus Pannonius Múzeum Természettudományi Osztálya, Pécs
- Geological Museum of Hungary, Budapest
- Hungarian Geographical Museum, Magyar Környezetvédelmi és Vízügyi Múzeum „Duna Múzeum”, Esztergom
- Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
- Jazygian Museum (Jász Múzeum), Jászberény
- Kazinczy Ferenc Múzeum, Sátoraljaújhely
- Komlo Natural Science Collection (Komlói Természettudományi Gyűjtemény), Komló
- Mátra Múzeum, Gyöngyös
- Mihály Munkácsy Museum, Békéscsaba
- Móra Ferenc Múzeum, Szeged
- Museum of Natural Sciences of Bakony (Bakonyi Természettudományi Múzeum), Zirc
- Ottó Herman Museum, Miskolc
Ireland
- Natural History Museum, Dublin
- Trinity College Dublin Zoological Museum, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin
- James Mitchell Geological Museum, National University of Ireland, Galway
Italy
- Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste, Trieste
- La Specola, the Museum of Zoology and Natural History of Florence
- Museo Civico Comunale di Comiso, Sicily
- Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Ferrara, Ferrara
- Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Genoa
- Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, Milan
- Museo Civico di Zoologia di Roma, Rome
- Museo Civico Rovereto, Rovereto
- Museo del fossile del Monte Baldo, Brentonico
- Museo di Scienze Naturali Enrico Caffi, Bergamo
- Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze, University of Florence, Florence
- Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia, Venice
- Museo geologico - Predazzo, Predazzo
- Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Saint-Pierre
- Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Regione Piemonte
- Museo di storia naturale di Pisa, Pisa
- Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Trento
- Natural History Museum of Giacomo Doria, Museo di storia naturale Giacomo Doria, Genoa
- Turin Museum of Natural History, Turin
- Zoological Museum of Naples, Naples
- Geological Museum Rome
- University Museums of Bologna
- Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia of University of Padua
- Museo Donini San Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna
Latvia
- Natural History Museum of Latvia[4]
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Monaco
Montenegro
- Natural History Museum of Montenegro, Podgorica
The Netherlands
- Naturalis (or National Museum of Natural History), Leiden
- Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, Maastricht
- Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, Rotterdam
- Teylers Museum, Haarlem
- Zoologisch Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
- Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht, Utrecht
- Universiteitsmuseum Groningen, Groningen
- Museon, The Hague
- Natuurhistorisch Museum Natura Docet, Denekamp
- Natuurhistorisch en Volkenkundig Museum Oudenbosch, Oudenbosch
- Gelders Geologisch Museum, Velp
- Natuurmuseum Nijmegen, Nijmegen
- Schelpenmuseum paal 14, Schiermonnikoog
- Ecomare, Texel
Norway
- Agder Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden, Kristiansand
- Bergen Museum, Bergen
- Naturhistorisk museum, Universitetet i Oslo (Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo), Oslo
- Tromsø University Museum, Tromsø
Poland
- Museum of Evolution Warsaw, Warsaw
- Museum of Natural History Wroclaw University, Wroclaw
- Natural History Museum of the Białowieża National Park, Białowieża Forest
- Upper Silesian Museum (Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiu), Bytom
- Museum of the Earth Warsaw, Warsaw
Portugal
- Science Museum of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra
- Museu de História Natural do Funchal, Funchal, Madeira Island
- National Museum of Natural History and Science, Lisbon, Lisbon
- Museu Geológico - Instituto Nacional de Engenharia e Tecnologia Industria, Lisbon
- Museu da Lourinhã, Lourinhã
- Museu Aquário Vasco da Gama, Oeiras
- Museu Carlos Machado, Ponta Delgada
- Museu de História Natural da Universidade do Porto, Porto
- Sintra Natural History Museum, Sintra
Romania
- Bucegi Natural Park Museum, Sinaia
- Colţi Museum of Amber
- Constantin Gruescu Iron Aesthetic Mineralogy Museum, Ocna de Fier
- County Museum of Satu Mare (Szatmárnémeti Múzeum), Satu Mare
- Danube Delta Natural Sciences Museum, Tulcea
- Haaz Rezső Múzeum, Odorheiu Secuiesc
- Ion Borcea Museum Complex of Natural Sciences, Bacău
- Mihai Băcescu Waters Museum, Fălticeni
- Mineralogical Museum and Zoological Museum of the Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
- Museum of Banat, Natural Sciences Department, Timişoara
- Museum of Brăila, Department of Natural Sciences, also, Brăila
- Museum of Gold, Brad
- Museum of Natural Science (Muzeul de Ştiinţe Naturale), Aiud
- Museum of Oltenia, Craiova
- Muzeul Banatului (Banat Museum), Timişoara
- Muzeul de Istorie Naturală - Iaşi, Iaşi
- Muzeul de Ştiinţe ale Naturii Piatra Neamţ; see also Iaşi, Romania Museums, Iaşi
- Muzeul de Ştiinţele Naturii Roman, Roman
- Muzeul Naţional de Istorie Naturală Grigore Antipa (Grigore Antipa Natural History Museum), Bucharest
- Muzeul Ţării Crişurilor, Oradea
- Muzeul Tarisznyás Márton, English description, Gheorgheni
- National Geology Museum, Bucharest
- Natural History Museum Sibiu, Sibiu
- Natural Sciences and Hunting Museum, Vatra Dornei
- Natural Sciences Museum Dorohoi
- Natural Sciences Museum Complex, Constanţa
- Natural Sciences Museum Complex Galaţi, Galaţi
- Paleontological and Stratighraphical Museum of the Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
- Prahova County Natural Sciences Museum, Ploieşti
- Sediul Muzeului de Ştiinţele Naturii (Mureş County Museum, Natural History Department), Târgu Mureş
- Székely National Museum (Székely Nemzeti Múzeum), Sfântu Gheorghe
- Szekler Museum of Ciuc (Csíky Székely Múzeum), Miercurea-Ciuc
- Vrancea Museum, Natural Sciences Department, Focşani
Russia
- Earth History Museum, Vernadsky State Geological Museum, Moscow
- Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow
- Zoological Museum of Moscow University
- Geological Museum, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
- Siberian Zoological Museum website English
- Kotelnich Palaeontological Museum, Kirov Oblast
- Kunstkamera, Saint Petersburg
- Orlov Museum, also Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
- State Darwin Museum, Moscow
- Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Science, Saint Petersburg
- St. Petersburg University Museum of the Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Serbia
- Museum of Natural History (Belgrade) (Prirodnjački muzej), Belgrade
- Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad
- Museum of Natural History, Novi Sad
Slovenia
- Natural History Museum of Slovenia (Prirodoslovni muzej Slovenije), Ljubljana
Slovakia
- East Slovakia Museum, Košice
- Slovak National Museum, Bratislava
Spain
- Cau del Cargol Conquilles del Món (Shells of the World Museum, malacology), Catalonia
- Institut Paleontològic Dr. M. Crusafont, Sabadell
- Museo de Ciencias de Arnedo (Museum of Science Arnedo), Arnedo
- Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Álava
- Museu de Ciencias Naturales, Barcelona
- Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Guadalcazar) and Mocha Tower, Córdoba
- Museo Geominero, Madrid
- Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales (Municipal Museum of Natural Science), Valencia
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid
- Museo Paleontologico de la Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza
- Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Costix, Majorca
- Museu de Granollers Ciències Naturals, Granollers
- Museu de les Papallones de Catalunya, Lleida
- Museu Geològic del Seminari de Barcelona, Barcelona
- Museu Montsia, Amposta
- Museu Valencià d'Història Natural - Fundación Entomológica Torres Sala, Valencia
- Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra, Pamplona
Sweden
- Biologiska Museet (Biological Museum), Djurgården, Stockholm
- Gotland Museum (Gotlands museum), Visby
- Geological Museum Villa Heidelberg, Klimpfjäll
- Göteborg Natural History Museum (Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum), Gothenburg
- Malmö Museums - Natural History Museum, Malmö
- Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet) Stockholm
- Swedish Amber Museum, Höllviken
- Universeum, Gothenburg
- Lund University Zoology Museum (Lunds Universitet Zoologiska museet), Lund
- Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University (Evolutions Museet Uppsala Universitet), Uppsala
Switzerland
- Cantonal Museum of Geology (Musée cantonal de géologie), Lausanne
- Cantonal Museum of Zoology (Musée cantonal de zoologie), Lausanne
- Musée d'histoire naturelle, Fribourg
- Natural History Museum of Geneva
- Naturhistoriches Museum Basel (Natural History Museum Basel)
- Naturhistoriches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern (Natural History Museum of Bern), Bern
- Natur-Museum Luzern, Lucerne
- Paläontologisches Museum, Zürich
- Zoological Museum of the University of Zurich, Zürich
- Anthropological Museum of the University of Zurich, Zürich
- Aathal Dinosaur Museum, Aathal
Turkey
- Forestry Museum, also known as Watch Mansion, Bursa
- Istanbul Zoology Museum
- MTA Natural History Museum, Ankara
Ukraine
- National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
- State Museum of Natural History, former Didushytskyi museum, Lviv
United Kingdom
England
- Bagshaw Museum, Batley
- Booth Museum of Natural History, Brighton
- Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol
- Buxton Museum & Art Gallery, Buxton
- Camborne School of Mines Mineral Museum, Tremough, Cornwall
- Charnwood Museum, Loughborough, Leicestershire
- Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford
- Cole Museum of Zoology, Reading
- Dinosaur Isle, Isle of Wight
- Dorman Museum, Linthorpe
- Grant Museum of Zoology, London
- Hancock Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Haslemere Educational Museum, Haslemere, Surrey
- Horniman Museum, London
- Ipswich Museum, Ipswich
- Kendal Museum, Kendal
- Lapworth Museum of Geology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston
- Manchester Museum, Manchester
- Museum of Lancashire, Lancashire
- Natural History Museum, London
- Natural History Museum at Tring, Tring
- Norwich Castle, Norwich
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford
- Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
- Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex Park, Birchington, Kent
- Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
- Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
- Tolson Museum, Huddersfield
- Cambridge University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge
- University of Bristol Geology Museum, University of Bristol, Bristol
- Wollaton Hall Natural History Museum, Nottingham
- World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool
- Yorkshire Museum, York
Scotland
- Creetown Gem Rock Museum, Creetown, Galloway
- Elgin Museum, Elgin, Moray
- Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow
- National Museums of Scotland, Royal Museum, Edinburgh
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
- Bell Pettigrew Museum, University of St Andrews, St Andrews
Wales
Northern Ireland
North America
Bermuda
- Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, Hamilton
Canada
Alberta
- Glenbow Museum, Calgary
- Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller
- Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton
- University of Alberta Museums, Edmonton
British Columbia
- Beaty Biodiversity Museum, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
- Museum of Natural History, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo
- Pacific Museum of the Earth, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
- Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria
Manitoba
- B.J. Hales Museum of Natural History, Brandon University, Brandon
- Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, Morden
- Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
- Robert B. Ferguson Museum of Mineralogy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
- Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg
- Whiteshell Natural History Museum, Whiteshell Provincial Park, Nutimik Lake
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
- Fundy Geological Museum, Parrsboro
- Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, Halifax
Ontario
- Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
- Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
- The Earth Sciences Museum, University of Waterloo, Waterloo
- The Miller Museum of Geology, Queen's University, Kingston
- The Niagara Falls Museum, Niagara Falls
Quebec
- Lake Timiskaming Fossil Centre, Quebec City
- Montreal Biosphere, Montreal
- Montreal Insectarium, Montreal
- Musée de la Nature et des Sciences, Sherbrooke
- Musee du Fjord, La Baie
- Musée Minéralogique d'Asbestos, Asbestos
- Musée minèralogique et minier de Thetford Mines, Thetford Mines
- Redpath Museum, Montreal
Saskatchewan
- Abernethy Nature-Heritage Museum, Abernethy
- Ancient Echoes Interpretive Center, Herschel
- Museum of Natural Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
- Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Regina
- T.rex Discover Centre, Eastend
Yukon
- Kluane Museum of Natural History, Burwash Landing
- Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, Whitehorse
Mexico
- Caracol, Museo de Ciencias de Ensenada, Ensenada
- Museo de Geología UNAM, Mexico City
- Museo de Historia Natural de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City[5]
- Museo de las Aves de México, Coahuila
- Museo de Paleontología de Delicias, Chihuahua
- Museo de Paleontología de Guadalajara, Guadalajara
- Museo de Paleontología- UNAM, Mexico City
- Museo del Desierto, Coahuila
- Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City
- Tamux - Museo de Historia Natural de Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas
- Museo Paleontológico en Tocuila, Texcoco
United States
Oceania
Australia
- Age of Fishes Museum, Canowindra, New South Wales
- Australian Museum, Sydney
- Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum, Bathurst, New South Wales
- Biological Sciences Museum at Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales
- Broken Hill Geo Centre, Broken Hill, New South Wales
- The Crystal Caves, North Queensland
- Crystal Kingdom, Coonabarabran, New South Wales
- Earth Sciences Museum, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales
- Emmaville Mining Museum, Emmaville, New South Wales
- Eumundi Museum, Eumundi, Queensland
- Macleay Museum - Sydney University, Sydney
- Mining and Minerals Education Centre, Tasmanian Minerals Council, Hobart, Tasmania
- Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin
- Museum of Central Australia, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
- Museum of Tropical Queensland, Townsville
- Museum Victoria, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne
- National Dinosaur Museum, Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory
- Queensland Museum, Brisbane
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
- South Australian Museum, Adelaide
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
- Western Australian Museum, Perth
- Western Australian Museum, Albany, Albany
- Western Australian Museum Geraldton, Geraldton
- Western Australian Museum, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Indonesia
- Museum Geologi Bandung, Bandung
- Museum Geologi Bandung
- Museum Zoologi Bandung Zoo, Bandung
- Bogor Zoological Museum Kebun Raya Bogor, Bogor [6]
- Museum Serangga dan Kupu-Kupu, Bogor
- Museum Zoologi Ragunan Zoo, Jakarta
- Museum Purbakala Sangiran, Sragen
- Museum Patiayam, Pati
- Museum Gunung Merapi, Yogyakarta
- Museum Karst, Wonogiri
- Museum Batu Mulia and Artefak Neolithikum, Purbalingga
- Museum Gunung Api Batur, Bali
- Purbakala Archaeological Museum, Bali
- Bali Shell Museum, Bali [1]
- Museum Sumatera Utara, Medan
- Zoological Museum of Pematangsiantar, Pematangsiantar
- Museum Batubara, Sawahlunto
- Bukittinggi Zoological Museum, Bukittingi
- Museum Sulawesi Tengah, Palu
- Museum Mandar Majene, Majene
New Zealand
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland
- Canterbury Museum, Christchurch
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
- Otago Museum, Dunedin
- Southland museum and art gallery, Invercargill
- Te Manawa: Museum, Gallery, Science Centre, Palmerston North
South America
Argentina
- Dr. Ángel Gallardo Provincial Natural Sciences Museum, Rosario
- Instituto y Museo de Ciencias Naturales, San Juan
- Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires
- Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales “Lorenzo Scaglia” Mar del Plata
- Museo Carmen Funes, Plaza Huincul
- Museo de Ciencias Naturales Augusto G. Schulz" de Resistencia (Museum of Natural Sciences), Chaco Province
- Museo de Ciencias Naturales Carlos Darwin (Carlos Darwin Museum of Natural Sciences), Buenos Aires
- Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires
- Museo de Ciencias Naturales y Antropológicas "Juan Cornelio Moyano", Mendoza
- Museo de Geología Mineralogía y Palentología, Jujuy
- Museo de Geología y Paleontología, Neuquen
- Museo de Historia Natural "Francisco Javier Muñiz" de Moreno, Moreno Partido
- Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires
- Museo de Mineralogia y Geologia Dr. A. Stelzner
- Museo de Paleontologia, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba
- Museo del Lago Gutierrez "Dr. Rosendo Pascual", Río Negro Province
- Museo del Mar, Mar del Plata
- Museo Gallardo, San Lorenzo
- Museo Histórico y de Ciencias Naturales "Pago de los Lobos", Lobos
- Museo Mariposa del Mundo, Butterflies of the World Museum, San Miguel
- Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales de Monte Hermoso, Monte Hermoso
- Museo Municipal de Historia Natural de Gral. Alvear/Gen. Alvear Municipal Museum of Natural History, General Alvear
- Museo Municipal "Punta Hermengo" de Miramar, Buenos Aires
- Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio
- Museo Paleontológico y Petrolero Astra, Astra Museum of Paleontology and Oil, Chubut
- Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales (Provincial Museum of Natural Sciences) "Florentino Ameghino", Santa Fe
- Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales Puerto Madryn (Provincial Museum of Natural Sciences of Chubut)
- Museo Provincial de Historia Natural de La Pampa, La Pampa Province
- Museo Regional de Ciencias Naturales " Prof. Rodolfo Parodi Bustos ", Salta Province
- Museo Regional Municipal de El Calafate/El Calafate Municipal Regional Museum, Santa Cruz Province
- Museum of Natural Sciences "Augusto G. Schulz", Chaco Province
- Museum of Paleontology "Egidio Feruglio" (MEF)
- Museum of Patagonia, Río Negro Province
- Paleorama, Museo Itinerante, Buenos Aires
- Museo Miguel Lillo de Ciencias Naturales, Tucuman Province
Bolivia
- Museo de Anatomía de la Universidad de San Francisco Xavier
- Museo de Historia Natural, La Paz
- Museo de History Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz
Brazil
- Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia - USP, São Paulo, SP
- Museu de Geociências - USP, São Paulo, SP
- Museu de Historia Natural Capão da Imbuia Wood, Curitiba
- Museu de História Natural de São Paulo, São Paulo
- Museu de Rochas, Minerais e Minérios - USP, São Paulo, SP
- Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP
- Museu Entomológico Fritz Plaumann, Santa Catarina
- Museu Geológico Valdemar Lefèvre, São Paulo, SP
- Museu Nacional, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
- Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém
- Museu de Ciências Naturais - PUC MINAS, Belo Horizonte, MG
Chile
- Chilean National Museum of Natural History, Santiago
- Museo de Historia Natural de Valparaiso, Región de Valparaiso
- Museo de Historia Natural de Concepción, Región del Biobío
Colombia
- Museo de Historia Natural, Popayán
- Museo La Salle, Bogotá
- Museo Paleontológico, National University of Colombia
- Museo Prehistórico
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia: Museo de Historia Natural (Museum of Natural History), Museo Entomológico (Entomological museum), Bogotá
- Botanic Garden Medellín
Paraguay
Peru
- Museum of Natural History, Lima (Museo de Historia Natural), National University of San Marcos, Lima
- Museo La Salle, Lima
Uruguay
- Museo del Mar, La Barra del Maldonado
- Museos Nacionales de Historia Natural y Antropología, Montevideo
Venezuela
- Museo de Biología de la Universidad Central de Venezuela (MBUCV),[7][8][9] Caracas
- Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas
- Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Guanare
- Museo de Historia Natural La Salle, Caracas
- Museo de la Estación Biológica de Rancho Grande.[10][11]
- Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola 'Francisco Fernández, Aragua
- Museo Marino, Boca de Río
- Museo Oceanologico Hermano Benigno Roman de la Fundación La Salle, Punta de Piedras, Isla Margarita
- Museo Paleontológico de Urumaco, Urumaco
- Museum Entomológico, Colección de Insectos de Interés Agrícola y su combate Insect Collection Interest Agricultural
See also
References
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- ^ http://museumindonesia.com/museum/42/1/Museum_Zoologi_Bogor_Bogor
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- ^ Bisbal E, Francisco J. 1990: Museo de la Estación Biológica de Rancho Grande. Museo de la Estación Biológica de Rancho Grande.
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