List of science museums
Below is a list of science museums all over the world. See Science museum for definitions.
Europe
[edit]Austria
[edit]- Ars Electronica Center, Linz
- Haus der Musik (House of Music), Vienna
- Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Natural History Museum), Vienna
- Technisches Museum Wien (Vienna Technical Museum), Vienna
Belgium
[edit]- Euro Space Center, Libin
- Hidrodoe, Herentals
- Pass, Frameries
- Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels
- Technopolis, Mechelen
Bulgaria
[edit]Croatia
[edit]Czech Republic
[edit]Denmark
[edit]- Kroppedal, Copenhagen
- Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen
- Science Museums, Aarhus
- Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen
Estonia
[edit]Finland
[edit]France
[edit]- Ampère Museum, Lyon
- Cité de l'espace, Toulouse
- Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Paris
- Micropolis (La Cité des Insectes), Millau
- Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris
- Palais de la Découverte, Paris
- Vulcania, Saint-Ours-les-Roches
- Exploradôme, Vitry-sur-Seine
Germany
[edit]- Deutsches Museum, Munich
- German Hygiene Museum, Dresden
- German Museum of Technology (Berlin)
- Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum, Feucht, Bavaria
- Mathematikum, Gießen
- Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Dresden
- Museum für Kommunikation, Frankfurt
- Naturmuseum Senckenberg, 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]- OTE Museum of Telecommunications, Kifisia, Athens
- Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum, Thessaloniki
Hungary
[edit]Monaco
[edit]Ireland (Republic)
[edit]- Birr Castle, County Offaly (contains Ireland's Historic Science Centre)
- Blackrock Castle, Cork (observatory)
- National Science Museum at Maynooth
- Science Gallery, Dublin
Italy
[edit]- Città della Scienza, Naples
- Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, Milan
- Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milan
- Museo Galileo, Florence
- University History Museum, University of Pavia, Pavia
Netherlands
[edit]- Discovery Center Continium, Kerkrade
- Museon, The Hague
- Museum Boerhaave, Leiden
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden
- Science Center NEMO, Amsterdam
- Teyler's Museum, Haarlem
Norway
[edit]- Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, Oslo
- Trondheim Science Museum, Trondheim
- The Science Factory, Sandnes
Poland
[edit]Portugal
[edit]- National Museum of Natural History and Science, Lisbon, Lisbon
- Science Museum of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra
- Visionarium, Santa Maria da Feira
Romania
[edit]- Ştefan Procopiu Science and Technology Museum, Iaşi
- "Prof.eng. Dimitrie Leonida" National Technical Museum, București
Russia
[edit]Russia has over 250 science and technology museums. Some include:
- Kunstkamera, Saint Petersburg
- Polytechnical Museum, Moscow
- Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow
- Memorial Museum of Kazan School of Chemistry, Kazan
Serbia
[edit]Spain
[edit]- Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia
- CosmoCaixa Barcelona, Barcelona
- Museum of Natural Sciences, Barcelona
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid
- Parque de las Ciencias (Granada), Granada
Sweden
[edit]- Universeum, Gothenburg
- Teknikens Hus, Luleå
- Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm
- Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology, Stockholm
Switzerland
[edit]- Microcosm, CERN, Meyrin
- Technorama, Winterthur
- Verkehrshaus der Schweiz (Swiss Museum of Transport), Lucerne
Turkey
[edit]- Feza Gürsey Science Centre, Ankara 1993
- 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
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
- Dundee Science Centre, Dundee, Scotland
- 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
- Manchester Museum, Manchester
- 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
- Woolsthorpe Manor, Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth
- Xplore! (formerly Techniquest Glyndŵr), Wrexham, Wales
Ukraine
[edit]- New Energy, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
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
Brazil
[edit]- Museum of Life, Rio de Janeiro
- National Museum of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
- Museum of Science and Technology (PUCRS), Porto Alegre
- Catavento Museum, São Paulo
Colombia
[edit]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
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]- Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Vancouver
- H. R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vancouver
- Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria
- Science World at Telus World of Science, Vancouver
Manitoba
[edit]New Brunswick
[edit]Nova Scotia
[edit]Ontario
[edit]- Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
- Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa
- Ontario Science Centre, Toronto
- Personal Computer Museum, Brantford
- Science North and Dynamic Earth in Sudbury
- Canada South Science City in Windsor
Saskatchewan
[edit]Quebec
[edit]- Cosmodome (Laval), Quebec
- Montreal Biodome
- Montreal Biosphere
- Montreal Science Centre
- Mont Mégantic Observatory, Notre-Dame-des-Bois
United States
[edit]Asia and Oceania
[edit]Australia
[edit]- Macleay Museum – Sydney University Museums, Sydney, New South Wales
- Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, Victoria
- MOD., UniSA, Adelaide, South Australia
- Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
- Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland
- Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra, ACT
- Scienceworks Museum, Melbourne
- Scitech, Perth, Western Australia
- South Australian Museum, Adelaide
Bangladesh
[edit]China
[edit]- China Science and Technology Museum, Beijing
- Beijing Museum of Natural History
- Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Pudong, Shanghai
- Sichuan Science and Technology Museum, Sichuan
- Guangdong Science Center, Guangzhou
Hong Kong
[edit]- Health Education Exhibition and Resource Centre, Kowloon Park
- Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, Mid-Levels
- Fanling Environmental Resource Centre, Fanling
- Hong Kong Science Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui
- Hong Kong Space Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui
- Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change, New Territories
India
[edit]- Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata
- Birla Science Museum, Hyderabad
- Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad
- Birla Planetarium, Chennai
- Hakim Karam Hussain Museum on History of Medicine and Sciences
- Kerala Science and Technology Museum, Thiruvananthapuram
- National Council of Science Museums (NCSM)
- National Science Centre, Delhi
- Nehru Museum of Science and Technology, Kharagpur
- Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai
- Regional Science Centre, Bhopal
- Science City Kolkata, Kolkata
- Science Park, Jaipur
- Srikrishna Science Centre, Patna
- Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Bangalore
Indonesia
[edit]- Bandung Geological Museum, Bandung
- Puspa Iptek Sundial, Bandung
- Bogor Zoology Museum, Bogor
- Jakarta Planetarium and Observatory, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta
- Taman Pintar Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
Iran
[edit]Japan
[edit]- Chiba Museum of Science and Industry
- Gifu City Science Museum, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture
- Hiroshima Children's Museum, Hiroshima
- Miraikan, Tokyo
- Nagoya City Science Museum, Nagoya
- 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]New Zealand
[edit]- Exscite, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Museum of Transport and Technology, Western Springs, Auckland
- Otago Museum, Dunedin
Pakistan
[edit]Philippines
[edit]- The Mind Museum, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
- National Museum of Natural History, Rizal Park, City of Manila
Singapore
[edit]South Korea
[edit]- National Science Museum, South Korea, Daejeon
- Gwacheon National Science Museum, Gyeonggi-do
- Gwangju National Museum, Gwangju
- Ulsan Science Museum, Ulsan
Taiwan
[edit]- Insect Science Museum, Taipei
- National Museum of Marine Science and Technology, Keelung
- National Taiwan Science Education Center, Taipei
- National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung
- National Science and Technology Museum, Kaohsiung
- National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung
Thailand
[edit]Middle East
[edit]Egypt
[edit]- Planetarium Science Center
- Agriculture Museum
- Wadi-Hitan-Fossil-Climate-Change-Museum
- Egyptian Geological Museum
- The Children's Civilization and Creativity Center
- Zoological and Geological Museums, Tanta University
- Hurghada Grand Aquarium
- Museum of the Zoology Department, South Valley University
- Kasr EL-Aini Museum, Cairo University
- Medicinal Plants Museum, Cairo University
Israel
[edit]- Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem
- Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space, Haifa