List of science museums
Below is the list of science museums all over the world. See Science museum for definitions.
Europe
Austria
- Ars Electronica, Linz
- Haus der Musik (House of Music), Vienna
- Technisches Museum Wien, Vienna
Belgium
- Euro Space Center, Libin
- Hidrodoe, Herentals
- Pass, Frameries
- Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels
- Technopolis, Mechelen
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
- Mendel Museum of Genetics, Brno
- National Technical Museum (Prague), Prague
- Techmania Science Center, Pilsen
Denmark
- Kroppedal, Copenhagen
- Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen
- Science Museums, Aarhus
- Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen
Estonia
Finland
France
- Agropolis, Montpellier
- 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
- Le Vaisseau, Strasbourg
Germany
- Deutsches Museum, Munich
- German Hygiene Museum, Dresden
- German Museum of Technology (Berlin)
- Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum, Feucht, Bavaria
- Mathematikum, Gießen
- Museum für Kommunikation, 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
- OTE Museum of Telecommunications, Kifisia, Athens
- Thessaloniki Science Center & Technology Museum - NOESIS, Thessaloniki
Hungary
Monaco
Italy
- Città della Scienza, Napoli
- Institute and Museum of the History of Science (Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza), Florence. Many of Galileo Galilei's original instruments are housed in this museum.
- Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci", Milan
- Natural History Museum, Milan
Netherlands
- Discovery Center Continium, Kerkrade
- Museon, The Hague
- Museum Boerhaave, Leiden
- Science Center NEMO, Amsterdam
- Teyler's Museum, Haarlem
Norway
- Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, Oslo
- Trondheim Science Museum, Trondheim
- The Science Factory, Sandnes
Poland
Portugal
Romania
- Ştefan Procopiu Science and Technology Museum, Iaşi
- "Prof.eng. Dimitrie Leonida" National Technical Museum, Bucureşti
Russia
Russia totals over 250 museums to a science and technology theme. Some include:
- Kunstkamera, Saint Petersburg
- Polytechnical Museum, Moscow
- Memorial Museum of Astronautics, Moscow
Serbia
Spain
- Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia
- CosmoCaixa Barcelona, Barcelona
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid
- La Casa de la Ciencia de Sevilla - Science Museum, Seville
- Parque de las Ciencias (Granada), Granada
Sweden
- Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm
- Universeum, Gothenburg
- Teknikens Hus, Luleå
Switzerland
- Microcosm, CERN, Meyrin
- Technorama, Winterthur
- Verkehrshaus der Schweiz (Swiss Museum of Transport), Lucerne
Turkey
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Techniquest Glyndŵr, Wrexham, Wales
- Thackray Museum, Leeds
- Thinktank, Birmingham, Birmingham
- Whipple Museum of the History of Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
- Whitby Wizard, Whitby, Yorkshire, England
- Woolsthorpe Manor, Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth
Latin America
Argentina
- 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
Mexico
- 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
Canada
(listed by province)
For all categorized science museums in Canada, see: Science museums in Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
- H. R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria
- Science World at Telus World of Science, Vancouver
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Ontario
- Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario
- Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Ontario
- Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario
- Personal Computer Museum, Brantford
- Science North and Dynamic Earth in Sudbury, Ontario
- Canada South Science City in Windsor, Ontario
Saskatchewan
Quebec
United States
Main article: List of science museums in the United States
Asia and Oceania
Australia
- Melbourne Museum, Melbourne
- Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
- Queensland Museum, Brisbane
- Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra
- Scienceworks Museum, Melbourne
- Scitech, Perth
- South Australian Museum, Adelaide
China
- Beijing Museum of Natural History
- Fanling Environmental Resource Centre, Fanling
- Health Education Exhibition and Resource Centre, Kowloon Park, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, Mid-levels, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Science Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Space Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
- Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Pudong, Shanghai
- Sichuan Science and Technology Museum, Sichuan
India
- Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata
- Birla Science Museum, Hyderabad
- 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
Japan
- 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
New Zealand
Philippines
- The Mind Museum, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
- Museum of the Filipino People, Rizal Park, City of Manila
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
- 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
Middle East
Egypt
Israel
- Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem
- Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space, Haifa
Africa
South Africa
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