List of national museums

A national museum is a museum maintained by a state. In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, and often is restricted to a few museums, mostly in the capital, while other museums are run by regional or local government, or foundations. In other countries a much larger number of museums are run by the central government, some quite small. Some national museums use the term in their name, but others do not; some museums just adopt the term as a matter of branding.

The following is an incomplete and not very reliable list of national museums:

Argentina

• Argentine National Museum of History

Australia

• Australian National Aviation Museum
• Australian National Maritime Museum
• Australian Tennis Museum, Sydney
• Australian War Memorial
• Museum Victoria
• National Alpine Museum
• National Dinosaur Museum
• National Gallery of Australia
• National Gallery of Victoria
• National Motor Museum, Birdwood
• National Motorcycle Museum of Australia
• National Museum of Australia
• National Museum of Australian Pottery
• National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide
• National Vietnam Veterans Museum, Phillip Island
• Questacon - National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra

Azerbaijan

• National Art Museum of Azerbaijan
• National Museum of History of Azerbaijan

Bahrain

• Bahrain National Museum

Bangladesh

• Bangladesh National Museum

Belgium

• Royal Museums of Art and History

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Bosnian and Herzegovinian Museum of Literature
• Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

• National Historical Museum of Brazil (Museu Histórico Nacional)
• National Museum of Brazil (Museu Nacional)
• National Museum of the Republic (Museu Nacional da República)

Bulgaria

• Earth and Man National Museum
• National Archaeological Museum
• National Historical Museum
• National Museum of Military History
• National Museum of Natural History
• National Transport Museum

Burkina Faso

• National Museum of Music

Cambodia

• National Museum of Cambodia

Canada

• Canada Agriculture Museum
• Canada Aviation Museum
• Canada Science and Technology Museum
• Canadian Children's Museum
• Canadian Museum for Human Rights
• Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
• Canadian Museum of History
• Canadian Museum of Nature
• Canadian Postal Museum
• Canadian War Museum
• National Gallery of Canada
• Portrait Gallery of Canada
• Quebec National Museum of Fine Arts (Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec)
• RCMP Heritage Centre
• Virtual Museum of Canada
• Virtual Museum of New France

Chad

• Chad National Museum (Musee National N'Djamena)

Chile

• National Air and Space Museum (Santiago)
• National History Museum (Santiago)
• National Museum of Fine Arts (Santiago)
• National Museum of Natural History (Santiago)

China (P.R.C.)

• National Art Museum of China
• National Central Museum of Natural History (now Beijing Museum of Natural History)
• National Museum of China

Colombia

• Colombian National Museum

Comoros

• National Museum of Comoros

Costa Rica

• National Museum of Costa Rica

Cyprus

• Cyprus Museum

Czech Republic

• Czech National Museum

Denmark

• National Museum of Denmark

Djibouti

• Djibouti Museum

Eritrea

• National Museum of Eritrea

Estonia

• Art Museum of Estonia
• Estonian National Museum

Finland

• National Museum of Finland

France

• Centre Georges Pompidou (Musée National d'Art Moderne)
• Musée de l'Armée
• Musée de Cluny - National Museum of the Middle-Ages (Musée National du Moyen-Age)
• Musée du Louvre
• Musée d'Orsay
• Museum of Air and Space (Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace)
• Museum of Natural History (Muséum national d'histoire naturelle)
• Museum of Science and Industry (Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie)
• National Navy Museum (Musée national de la Marine)
• National Railway Museum (Musée Français du Chemin de Fer)

Gambia

• National Museum

Germany

• Bavarian National Museum
• German Museum of Technology (Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin)
• German National Museum (Germanisches Nationalmuseum)
• Glyptothek
• Modern Art Museum (Pinakothek der Moderne)
• Museum Wiesbaden
• National Museum of Germany (Deutsches Museum)
• New Pinakothek (Neue Pinakothek)
• Old Pinakothek (Alte Pinakothek)

Ghana

• National Museum of Ghana

Greece

• Athens War Museum
• National Archaeological Museum of Athens
• National Gallery
• National Historical Museum of Greece
• State Museum of Contemporary Arts

Guatemala

• Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida"

Guyana

• National Museum of Guyana

Hungary

• Hungarian National Museum

Iceland

• National Gallery of Iceland
• National Museum of Iceland

Isle of Man

• Manx National Heritage (Manx National Heritage)

India

National-level museums in India come directly under the administrative control of Ministry of Culture, Government of India.^[1]

• Allahabad Museum
• Indian Museum
• National Gallery of Modern Art
• National Museum, New Delhi
• Salar Jung Museum
• Victoria Memorial
• 23 science centers under the National Council of Science Museums
• 44 site museums under the Archaeological Survey of India

Indonesia

• Indonesia Museum
• Jakarta History Museum
• National Museum of Indonesia (Museum Nasional or Museum Gajah)

Iran

• National Museum of Iran

Iraq

• National Museum of Iraq

Ireland

• Irish Museum of Modern Art
• National Gallery of Ireland
• National Museum of Ireland

Israel

• Israel Museum

Italy

• Bargello National Museum (Museo Nazionale del Bargello)
• Galleria degli Uffizi
• National Archeological Museum of Naples (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli)
• National Etruscan Museum (Museo Nazionale Etrusco)
• National Gallery of Ancient Art (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica)
• National Gallery of Modern Art (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna)
• National Museum of Capodimonte (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte)
• National Museum of Magna Grecia (Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia)
• National Museum of Oriental Art
• National Museum of Rome
• Pinacoteca di Brera

Japan

• Kyoto National Museum
• Kyushu National Museum
• Nara National Museum
• National Museum of Art, Osaka
• National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
• The National Museum of Western Art (Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan)
• Standing Buddha (Tokyo National Museum)
• Tokyo National Museum

Kenya

• National Museums of Kenya

Korea

• National Museum of Korea
  • Buyeo National Museum
  • Cheongju National Museum
  • Chuncheon National Museum
  • Daegu National Museum
  • Gimhae National Museum
  • Gongju National Museum
  • Gwangju National Museum
  • Gyeongju National Museum
  • Jeju National Museum
  • Jeonju National Museum
  • Jinju National Museum
• National Folk Museum of Korea
• National Palace Museum of Korea

Kuwait

• Al-Hashemi-II Marine Museum in Kuwait City
• Kuwait National Museum
• Kuwait Science and Natural History Museum

Latvia

• Latvian National Museum of Art

Lebanon

• National Museum of Beirut

Libya

• National Museum of Libya

Lithuania

• National Museum of Lithuania

Luxembourg

• National Museum of History and Art, in Luxembourg City
• National Museum of Military History, in Diekirch
• National Museum of Natural History, in Luxembourg City

Malaysia

• Muzium Negara

Maldives

• National Museum

Mali

• National Museum of Mali

Malta

• National Museum of Archaeology
• National Museum of Ethnography
• National Museum of Fine Arts
• National Museum of Natural History
• National War Museum

Mexico

• Museo Nacional de Antropología (National Museum of Anthropology)
• Museo Nacional de Historia (National Museum of History)

Myanmar

• National Museum Nay Pyi Taw
• National Museum of Myanmar

Namibia

• National Museum of Namibia

Nepal

• National Museum of Nepal

Netherlands

• Dordrechts Museum
• EYE Film Institute Netherlands
• Huis Doorn
• Kröller-Müller Museum
• Loevestein
• Mauritshuis
• Muiderslot
• Museum Boerhaave
• Museum Catharijneconvent
• Museum Meermanno
• Museum Mesdag
• National Museum of Ethnology
• Naturalis
• Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum
• Paleis het Loo
• Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
• Rijksmuseum Twenthe
• Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
• Openluchtmuseum
• Van Gogh Museum
• Zuiderzeemuseum

New Zealand

• Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - commonly known as Te Papa or Our Place in English translation

Niger

• Musée National Boubou Hama, formerly National Museum of Niger

Norway

• National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design

Pakistan

• National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi

Peru

• Museum of the Nation
• National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru

Philippines

• Museum of the Filipino People
• National Museum of the Philippines

Poland

• Kraków National Museum
• National Museum, Gdańsk
• National Maritime Museum, Gdańsk
• National Museum of Poland
• National Museum, Poznań
• National Museum in Szczecin
• Warsaw National Museum
• Wrocław National Museum

Portugal

• National Azulejo Museum
• National Museum Machado de Castro (Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro)
• National Museum Soares dos Reis (Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis)

Qatar

• Qatar National Museum

Romania

• ASTRA Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization (Muzeul Civilizaţiei Populare Tradiţionale)
• ASTRA Museum of Transylvanian Civilisation (Muzeul Civilizaţiei Transilvane)
• Brukenthal National Museum
• Emil Sigerus Museum of Saxon Ethnography and Folk Art (Muzeul de Etnografie şi Artă Populară Săsească ASTRA)
• Franz Binder Museum of Universal Ethnography (Muzeul de Etnografie Universală ASTRA)
• National History Museum of Romania
• National Military Museum, Romania (Muzeul Militar Naţional)
• National Museum of Art of Romania

Russia

• State Historical Museum
• Russian Museum

Saudi Arabia

• National Museum of Saudi Arabia

Serbia

• National Museum of Serbia

Sierra Leone

• Sierra Leone National Museum

Singapore

• National Museum of Singapore

Slovakia

• Slovak National Museum

Somalia

• National Museum of Somalia

South Africa

• South African National Museum of Military History
• Iziko South African Museum

South Korea

• Gyeongju National Museum

South Sudan

• South Sudan National Museum

Spain

• Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid
• Museo de América, Madrid
• Museo del Traje, Madrid
• Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
• Museo Nacional Colegio de San Gregorio, Valladolid
• Museo Nacional de Antropología, Madrid
• Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática, Murcia
• Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, Badajoz
• Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, Madrid
• Museo Nacional de Cerámica y de las Artes Suntuarias González Martí, Valencia
• Museo Nacional de Reproducciones Artísticas, Madrid
• Museo Nacional de Fotografía, Soria
• Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
• Museo Nacional del Romanticismo, Madrid
• Museo Nacional del Teatro, Ciudad Real
• Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigación de Altamira, Cantabria
• Museo Naval, Madrid
• Museo Sefardí, Toledo

Sri Lanka

• National Museum of Colombo
• National Museum Galle
• National Museum Kandy
• National Museum Maritime
• National Museum Ratnapura

Sudan

• National Museum of Sudan

Suriname

• Surinaams Museum

Sweden

• Nationalmuseum

Switzerland

• Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum)

Syria

• National Museum of Damascus

Taiwan (R.O.C.)

• National Museum of History
• National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium
• National Museum of Marine Science and Technology
• National Museum of Natural Science
• National Museum of Prehistory
• National Museum of Taiwan History
• National Museum of Taiwan Literature
• National Palace Museum
• National Radio Museum
• National Science and Technology Museum
• National Taiwan Museum
• National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
• Republic of China Air Force Museum
• Republic of China Armed Forces Museum
• Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum

Tajikistan

• Tajikistan National Museum

Thailand

• National Museum

Trinidad and Tobago

• National Museum and Art Gallery

Ukraine

• Aivazovsky National Art Gallery
• Lviv National Art Gallery
• Lviv National Museum
• Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II
• National Art Museum of Ukraine
• National Historical Museum of Ukraine
• National Museum-Preserve "Battle for Kyiv 1943"
• Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum

United Kingdom

• British Museum
• Design Museum (sponsored)
• HM Customs & Excise National Museum
• Horniman Museum and Gardens (sponsored)
• Imperial War Museum
• National Army Museum
• National Emergency Services Museum
• National Football Museum (sponsored)
• National Gallery
• National Horseracing Museum
• National Maritime Museum
• National Media Museum
• National Motor Museum
• National Museum of Science and Industry
• National Museums Liverpool
• National Portrait Gallery
• National Railway Museum
• National Space Centre
• National Tramway Museum
• National Waterways Museum
• Natural History Museum
• People's History Museum (sponsored)
• Royal Armouries
• Science Museum
• Shildon Locomotion Museum
• Sir John Soane's Museum
• Tate
• Victoria & Albert Museum
• Wallace Collection

England

• Geffrye Museum (sponsored)
• Museum of London
• Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester (sponsored)
• National Coal Mining Museum for England (sponsored)
• National Museums Liverpool
• Tyne and Wear Museums (sponsored)

Northern Ireland

• Armagh County Museum
• Ulster-American Folk Park
• Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
• Ulster Museum

Scotland

• Museum of Scotland
• National Museum of Costume
• National Museum of Flight
• National Museum of Rural Life
• National War Museum of Scotland
• Royal Museum

Wales

• Big Pit National Coal Museum
• National Museum Cardiff
• National Museum Wales
• National Roman Legionary Museum
• National Slate Museum
• National Waterfront Museum
• National Woollen Museum
• St Fagans National History Museum

United States

• Department of Defense:
  • Air Force:
    • Air Force Armament Museum
    • Air Mobility Command Museum
    • National Museum of the United States Air Force
    • Museum of Aviation
    • Strategic Air and Space Museum
  • Army:
    • National Museum of Health and Medicine
    • National Museum of the United States Army
  • Navy:
    • National Museum of the Marine Corps
    • National Museum of the United States Navy
    • National Naval Aviation Museum
    • National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
    • Submarine Force Library and Museum
  • National Security Agency:
    • National Cryptologic Museum
• Central Intelligence Agency:
  • CIA Museum
• Department of Homeland Security
  • United States Coast Guard Museum
• National Gallery of Art
• Smithsonian Institution:
  • American Art Museum
  • Anacostia Community Museum
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
  • Freer Gallery of Art
  • Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
  • National Air and Space Museum
    • Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
  • National Lighthouse Museum
  • National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • National Museum of African Art
  • National Museum of the American Indian
  • National Museum of American History
  • National Museum of History and Technology
  • National Museum of Natural History
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • National Postal Museum
  • National Zoological Park
• Other:
  • National Atomic Testing Museum
  • National Civil Rights Museum
  • National Civil War Museum
  • National Electronics Museum
  • National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
  • National Museum of the Pacific War
  • National Railroad Museum
  • National World War One Museum
  • National World War Two Museum

See also

• List of museums
• List of national archives
• List of national libraries
• National Gallery (disambiguation)

References