A national museum can be a

museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...

maintained and funded by a national government. In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, while other museums are run by regional or local governments. In the United States, most national museums are privately funded and operated, but have been designated by Congress as national institutions that are important to the country. In other countries a much greater number of museums are run by the central government. The following is an incomplete list of national museums:

Afghanistan

* National Museum of Afghanistan

Albania

The Albanian government operates several national museums, including: * National History Museum (Albania) * National Museum of Education (Albania) * National Museum of Fine Arts (Albania) * National Museum of Medieval Art (Albania) * Marubi National Museum of Photography

Algeria

* National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers * National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art

Angola

* Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola * National Museum of Slavery

Argentina

The Argentinian Ministry of Culture operates several national museums, including: * Historical House of the Independence Museum * Museo Casa de Rogelio Yrurtia * Museo Mitre * Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires) * National Historical Museum (Argentina) * National Museum of Decorative Arts * National Museum of the Cabildo and the May Revolution * Sarmiento Historical Museum

Armenia

* History Museum of Armenia * National Gallery of Armenia

Australia

The Australian Government operates several national museums through its various departments, including: * Australian National Maritime Museum * Australian War Memorial * National Gallery of Australia * National Museum of Australia * National Portrait Gallery (Australia) * Questacon In addition, a number of states in Australia also operate "national museums". These include: * National Motor Museum, Birdwood, operated by the government of South Australia * National Gallery of Victoria, operated by the government of Victoria

Austria

* Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna * Natural History Museum, Vienna * Museum of Military History, Vienna * Österreichische Galerie Belvedere

Azerbaijan

* National Art Museum of Azerbaijan * National Museum of History of Azerbaijan

Bahamas

* National Art Gallery of The Bahamas

Bahrain

* Bahrain National Museum

Bangladesh

* Bangladesh National Museum * National Art Gallery (Bangladesh) * National Museum of Science and Technology (Bangladesh) * Bangladesh Military Museum

Barbados

* Barbados Museum

Belarus

* Belarusian National Arts Museum * Belarusian National History Museum

Belgium

The Federal Public Service for Science Policy Programming in Belgium operates several museum associations: * Royal Museums of Art and History * Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Belize

* Museum of Belize

Bhutan

* National Museum of Bhutan

Bolivia

* National Museum of Archaeology * National Museum of Art

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Botswana

* Botswana National Museum

Brazil

* National Historical Museum, Brazil (''Museu Histórico Nacional'') * National Museum of Brazil (''Museu Nacional'') * National Museum of Fine Arts (''Museu Nacional de Belas Artes'') * National Museum of the Republic (''Museu Nacional da República'')

Brunei

The government of Brunei operates several museums including: * Brunei Museum * Brunei Darussalam Maritime Museum * Malay Technology Museum * Royal Regalia Museum

Bulgaria

* National Archaeological Museum * National Historical Museum * National Art Gallery * National Gallery for Foreign Art *

National Museum of Natural History The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. With 4.4 ...

* Earth and Man National Museum * National Museum of Military History * National Transport Museum

Burkina Faso

* National Museum of Music

Burundi

* National Museum of Gitega

Cambodia

* National Museum of Cambodia * Angkor National Museum

Canada

The following are national museums of Canada, established by the federal government of Canada and operated through an autonomous

Crown corporation Crown corporation () is the term used in Canada for organizations that are structured like private companies, but are directly and wholly owned by the government. Crown corporations have a long-standing presence in the country, and have a sign ...

: * Canada Agriculture and Food Museum *

Canada Aviation and Space Museum The Canada Aviation and Space Museum () (formerly the Canada Aviation Museum (''Musée de l'aviation du Canada'') and National Aeronautical Collection (''Collection aéronautique nationale'')) is Canada's national aviation history museum. The m ...

* Canada Science and Technology Museum *

Canadian Museum for Human Rights The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR; ) is a Canadian Crown corporations of Canada, Crown corporation and List of national museums, national museum located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, adjacent to The Forks, Winnipeg, The Forks. The purpose of the ...

Canadian Museum of History The Canadian Museum of History () is a national museum on anthropology, Canadian history, cultural studies, and ethnology in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The purpose of the museum is to promote the heritage of Canada, as well as support related res ...

* Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 * Canadian Museum of Nature *

Canadian War Museum The Canadian War Museum (CWM) () is a National museums of Canada, national museum on the military history of Canada, country's military history in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum serves as both an educational facility on Canadian military hist ...

National Gallery of Canada The National Gallery of Canada (), located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, is Canada's National museums of Canada, national art museum. The museum's building takes up , with of space used for exhibiting art. It is one of the List of large ...

* Virtual Museum of New France Former national museums that were later shut down includes: * Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography * Canadian Postal Museum In addition to institutions established or operated by the Government of Canada, several provinces and territories have established their own provincial and territorial museums.

Central African Republic

* Boganda National Museum

Chad

* Chad National Museum (''Musee National N'Djamena'')

Chile

National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., in the United States, dedicated to history of aviation, human flight and space exploration. Established in 1946 as the National Air Museum, ...

(Santiago) * National History Museum * National Museum of Fine Arts (Santiago) *

(Santiago)

China

* National Museum of China * Palace Museum * Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution * National Art Museum of China

Colombia

* National Museum of Colombia

Comoros

* National Museum of Comoros

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

* National Museum of the Democratic Republic of the Congo * National Museum of Lubumbashi

Costa Rica

* National Museum of Costa Rica

Croatia

* Croatian History Museum

Cuba

* Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana * Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cubana

Cyprus

* Cyprus Museum

Czech Republic

* National Gallery Prague * National Museum, Prague * Prague Postal Museum

Denmark

* * Hirschsprung Collection * National Gallery of Denmark * National Museum of Denmark * Natural History Museum of Denmark * Ordrupgaard

Djibouti

* Djibouti Museum

Dominica

* The Dominica Museum

Dominican Republic

* Museum of the Dominican Man * Memorial Museum of Dominican Resistance * Museo del Ámbar Dominicano * Trampoline Children's Museum * Amber World Museum * Alcázar de Colón *

Fortaleza San Luis Fortaleza San Luis is located near the Yaque del Norte River in southwest Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. The Fort was the location of several battles during the Dominican Restoration War, War of Restoration. Fortaleza San Luis ha ...

* Columbus Lighthouse * Fortaleza San Felipe * Museo Bellapart * Museo de las Casas Reales

Egypt

Egyptian Museum The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum (, Egyptian Arabic: ) (also called the Cairo Museum), located in Cairo, Egypt, houses the largest collection of Ancient Egypt, Egyptian antiquities in the world. It hou ...

* National Museum of Egyptian Civilization * Alexandria National Museum * Egyptian National Military Museum

Eritrea

* National Museum of Eritrea

Estonia

* Art Museum of Estonia * Estonian National Museum * Estonian History Museum

Ethiopia

* National Museum of Ethiopia

Fiji

* Fiji Museum

Finland

* Ateneum * Finnish Museum of Natural History * Kiasma * National Museum of Finland * Sinebrychoff Art Museum

France

Centre Georges Pompidou The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the (), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in Paris, France. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture by the architectural team of ...

('' Musée National d'Art Moderne'') *

Musée de l'Armée The Musée de l'Armée (; "Army Museum") is a national military museum of France located at Les Invalides in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It is served by Paris Métro stations Invalides (Paris Métro and RER), Invalides, Varenne (Paris Métro ...

* Musée Camille Claudel * Musée de Cluny - National Museum of the Middle-Ages ('' Musée National du Moyen-Age'') *

Musée du Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arron ...

* Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (''MuCEM'') *

Musée d'Orsay The Musée d'Orsay ( , , ) () is a museum in Paris, France, on the Rive Gauche, Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. The museum holds mai ...

* Museum of Air and Space ('' Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace'') * Museum of Natural History () * Museum of Science and Industry (''

Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie The Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie (, "City of Science and Industry", abbreviated la CSI) or simply CSI is a large science museum in Europe. Located in the Parc de la Villette in Paris, France, it is one of the three dozen French Cultural ...

'') * National Navy Museum ('' Musée national de la Marine'') * National Railway Museum ('' Musée Français du Chemin de Fer'')

Gambia

* Gambia National Museum

Georgia

Georgian National Museum The Georgian National Museum ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული მუზეუმი, tr) unifies several leading museums in Georgia. The museum was established within the framework of structural, institutional, and ...

. Branches: ** Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia,

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

** Samtskhe-Javakheti History Museum, Akhaltsikhe ** Open Air Museum of Ethnography, Tbilisi ** Art Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi ** Museum of the Soviet Occupation, Tbilisi **Dmanisi Museum-Reserve of History and Archaeology,

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**Vani Museum-Reserve of Archaeology, Vani ** Museum of History of Tbilisi, Tbilisi ** Museum of History and Ethnography of Svaneti, Mestia ** Institute of Palaeobiology, Tbilisi **Sighnaghi Museum, Sighnaghi ** Bolnisi Museum, Bolnisi * Art Palace of Georgia - Museum of Cultural History

Germany

* Bavarian National Museum * German Historical Museum * German Museum of Technology ('' Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin'') * German National Museum ('' Germanisches Nationalmuseum'') *

Glyptothek The Glyptothek () is a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Ludwig I to house his collection of Ancient Greek art, Greek and Roman art, Roman sculptures (hence γλυπτο- ''glypto-'' "sculp ...

* The Max Planck Institutes * Modern Art Museum ('' Pinakothek der Moderne'') *

National Gallery The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current di ...

* National Museum of Germany (''

Deutsches Museum The Deutsches Museum (''German Museum'', officially (English: ''German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology'')) in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of science museum, science and technology museum, technology, with a ...

'') * New Pinakothek ('' Neue Pinakothek'') * Old Pinakothek ('' Alte Pinakothek'')

Ghana

* National Museum of Ghana

Greece

* Athens War Museum *

National Archaeological Museum, Athens The National Archaeological Museum () in Athens houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity. It is considered one of the greatest museums in the world and ...

* National Historical Museum, Athens * State Museum of Contemporary Arts

Grenada

* Grenada National Museum

Guatemala

* Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología * Guatemalan National History Museum * Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida"

Guinea

* Sandervalia National Museum

Guinea-Bissau

* National Ethnographic Museum

Guyana

* National Museum of Guyana

Haiti

* National Museum of Haiti

Holy See (Vatican City)

* Vatican Museums *

Vatican Library The Vatican Apostolic Library (, ), more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City, and is the city-state's national library. It was formally established in 1475, alth ...

* Vatican Secret Archives * Saint Peter's Basilica *

Apostolic Palace The Apostolic Palace is the official residence of the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church, located in Vatican City. It is also known as the Papal Palace, the Palace of the Vatican and the Vatican Palace. The Vatican itself refers to the build ...

* Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran * Sistine Chapel

Hong Kong

* Hong Kong Museum of Art * Hong Kong Museum of History * Hong Kong Heritage Museum * Hong Kong Science Museum

Hungary

* Hungarian National Museum *

Hungarian National Gallery The Hungarian National Gallery (also known as Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, ), was established in 1957 as the national art museum. It is located in Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary. Its collections cover Hungarian art in all genres, including the w ...

* Hungarian Natural History Museum * Museum of Ethnography (Budapest) * Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest) * Semmelweis Museum of Medical History

Iceland

* National Gallery of Iceland * National Museum of Iceland

Isle of Man

* Manx National Heritage (''Eiraght Ashoonagh Vannin'')

India

National-level museums in India come directly under the administrative control of Ministry of Culture,

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. * National Museum, New Delhi * Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya * Indian Museum * Government Museum, Mathura * National Gallery of Modern Art * Allahabad Museum *

Government Museum, Chennai The Government Museum, Chennai, or the Madras Museum, is a museum of human history and culture located in the Government Museum Complex in the neighbourhood of Egmore in Chennai, India. Started in 1851, it is the second oldest museum in India a ...

* Salar Jung Museum * Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum * Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh * City Palace, Jaipur * City Palace, Udaipur * National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum * Victoria Memorial * Jaisalmer War Museum * Hazarduari Palace * Sabarmati Ashram * Cavalry Tank Museum, Ahmednagar * National Rail Museum, New Delhi * Railway Museum, Mysore * Albert Hall Museum * Madame Tussauds Delhi * 23 science centers under the

National Council of Science Museums National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) is an autonomous scientific organization functioning under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India for science communication through its network of science museums or science centres spread acr ...

* 44 site museums under the Archaeological Survey of India

Indonesia

Museums listed below are operated by Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology and other ministries. * National Museum of Indonesia * Basoeki Abdullah Museum * Formulation of Proclamation Text Museum * Fort Vredeburg Museum * Museum of National Awakening * National Gallery of Indonesia * National Press Monument * Some government-operated museums in

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* Youth Pledge Museum

Iran

* Abgineh Museum of Tehran (Glassware and Ceramics Museum of Iran) * Arg-é Bam * Carpet Museum of Iran * Golestan Palace * Iranian National Museum of Medical Sciences History *

Malik National Museum of Iran Malek National Museum and Library () is a museum and national library in Tehran, Iran. Malek National Library and Museum Institution (MNLMI) is the first private museum of Iran, and one of the six large libraries holding the exquisite manuscript ...

* Naghsh-i Jahan Square * National Car Museum of Iran * National Museum of Iran * Niavaran Palace Complex * Pars Museum of Shiraz * Pearl Palace (Morvarid Palace) * Reza Abbasi Museum * Sadabad Palace

Iraq

* National Museum of Iraq

Ireland

* Irish Museum of Modern Art * National Gallery of Ireland * National Museum of Ireland. Branches: ** National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology,

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ...

, Dublin ** National Museum of Ireland – Natural History, Dublin ** National Museum of Ireland – Country Life, Turlough, County Mayo

Israel

Israel Museum The Israel Museum (, ''Muze'on Yisrael'', ) is an Art museum, art and archaeology museum in Jerusalem. It was established in 1965 as Israel's largest and foremost cultural institution, and one of the world's leading Encyclopedic museum, encyclopa ...

Italy

* Bargello National Museum (''Museo Nazionale del Bargello'') * Galleria degli Uffizi * National Archeological Museum of Naples (''Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli'') * National Archaeological Museum of Nuoro * 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 The Pinacoteca di Brera ("Brera Art Gallery") is the main public gallery for paintings in Milan, Italy. It contains one of the foremost collections of Italian paintings from the 13th to the 20th century, an outgrowth of the cultural program of ...

Japan

* National Institutes for Cultural Heritage ** Tokyo National Museum ** Kyoto National Museum ** Nara National Museum ** Kyushu National Museum * Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art ** National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo ** National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto ** National Museum of Western Art ** National Museum of Art, Osaka ** National Art Center, Tokyo ** National Film Archive of Japan *

National Museum of Nature and Science The is in the northeast corner of Ueno Park in Tokyo. The museum has exhibitions on pre-Meiji period, Meiji science in Japan. It is the venue of the taxidermied bodies of the legendary dogs Hachikō and Taro and Jiro. A life-size blue whale mod ...

* National Museum of Ethnology (Japan) * National Museum of Japanese History * National Showa Memorial Museum

Jordan

* The Jordan Museum * Jordan Archaeological Museum * Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts

Kazakhstan

* National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan * Central State Museum of Kazakhstan * Kazakh Museum of Folk Musical Instruments * A. Kasteyev State Museum of Arts * Nature Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Kenya

* National Museums of Kenya

Kiribati

* Te Umanibong

North Korea

* Korean Central History Museum * Korean Art Gallery

South Korea

National Museum of Korea The National Museum of Korea () is the flagship museum of Korean history and Korean art, art in South Korea. Since its establishment in 1945, the museum has been committed to various studies and research activities in the fields of archaeology ...

** 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 * National Museum of Korean Contemporary History * War Memorial of Korea

Kosovo

* Kosovo Museum

Kuwait

* Al-Hashemi-II Marine Museum * Kuwait National Museum * Kuwait Science and Natural History Museum

Kyrgyzstan

* Kyrgyz State Historical Museum

Laos

* Lao National Museum

Latvia

* Latvian National Museum of Art * Latvian National Museum of History

Lebanon

* National Museum of Beirut

Liberia

* Liberian National Museum

Libya

* Red Castle Museum * Museum of Libya

Liechtenstein

* Liechtenstein National Museum

Lithuania

* National Museum of Lithuania * Lithuanian National Museum of Art * Vytautas the Great War Museum

Luxembourg

* National Museum of History and Art,

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* National Museum of Military History, Diekirch *

, Luxembourg City

Macau

* Museum of Macau

Malawi

* Chichiri Museum

Malaysia

* Muzium Negara * National Art Gallery (Malaysia)

Maldives

* National Museum

Mali

* National Museum of Mali

Malta

* National Museum of Archaeology * National Museum of Ethnography * National Museum of Fine Arts *

* National War Museum

Marshall Islands

* Alele Museum & Public Library

Mauritania

* National Museum of Mauritania

Mexico

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

Museo Nacional de Arte The Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL) () is the Mexico, Mexican national art museum, located in the Centro (Mexico City), historical center of Mexico City. The museum is housed in a neoclassical building at No. 8 Tacuba, Col. Centro, Mexico City. It ...

(''National Museum of Art'') * Museo Nacional de las Culturas (''National Museum of Cultures'') * Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones (''National Museum of the Interventions'') * Museo Nacional del Virreinato (''National Museum of the Viceroyalty'')

Moldova

* National Museum of History of Moldova * National Museum of Fine Arts, Chișinău

Monaco

* New National Museum of Monaco

Mongolia

* National Museum of Mongolia * Mongolian Natural History Museum * Chinggis Khaan National Museum

Montenegro

* National Museum of Montenegro

Morocco

* Rabat Archaeological Museum

Myanmar

* National Museum Nay Pyi Taw * National Museum of Myanmar

Namibia

* National Museum of Namibia ** Alte Feste ** Owela Museum * Independence Memorial Museum

Nauru

* Nauru Museum

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 The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museumplein, Museum Square in the stadsdeel, borough of Amsterdam-Zuid, Amsterdam South, ...

* 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

Nigeria

* Nigerian National Museum * Benin City National Museum * Ife National Museum * Esiẹ Museum

North Macedonia

* Museum of the Republic of North Macedonia *

* Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Skopje) * Museum of Contemporary Art (Skopje)

Norway

* National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design

Oman

* National Museum

Pakistan

* National Museum of Pakistan,

Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...

* Pakistan Museum of Natural History,

Islamabad Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...

* National Art Gallery, Islamabad * Lok Virsa Museum, Islamabad

Palau

* Belau National Museum

Panama

* Museum of History of Panama

Papua New Guinea

* Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery

Paraguay

* Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Asunción

Peru

* National Museum of Peru * Museum of the Nation * National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru * Lima Art Museum

Philippines

The National Museum of the Philippines (NMP), a government organization, operates several national museums, including: The National Museum Complex in Manila which consists of the central museums of the NMP namely the: * National Museum of Anthropology * National Museum of Fine Arts *

The NMP also operates the following satellite museums: * National Museum Dumaguete * National Museum Western Visayas *National Museum Cordillera *National Museum Ilocos *National Museum Cagayan Valley *National Museum Bicol *National Museum Eastern-Northern Mindanao *National Museum Western-Southern Mindanao *National Museum Batanes *National Museum Marinduque-Romblon *National Museum Bohol *National Museum Sulu * National Museum Kabayan * National Museum Tabon Caves Site Museum * National Museum Angono-Binangonan

Poland

* National Museum, Kraków * National Museum, Gdańsk * National Maritime Museum, Gdańsk * National Museum, Lublin * National Museum, Poznań * National Museum, Szczecin * National Museum, Warsaw * National Museum, Wrocław

Portugal

* Air Museum, part of the Portuguese Air Force * Grão Vasco National Museum * Porto Military Museum, part of the Portuguese Army * National Archaeology Museum * National Azulejo Museum * National Coach Museum * National Museum of Ancient Art * National Museum of Contemporary Art of Chiado * National Museum of Costume and Fashion * National Museum of Ethnology, it includes the Popular Art Museum * National Museum of Natural History and Science, part of the

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* National Museum Machado de Castro * National Museum Soares dos Reis * National Music Museum * National Railway Museum * National Theatre and Dance Museum * Navy Museum, part of the Portuguese Navy

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

Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and holds the large ...

* State Historical Museum *

Russian Museum The State Russian Museum (), formerly known as the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III (), on Arts Square in Saint Petersburg, is the world's largest depository of Russian fine art. It is also one of the largest art museums in ...

* Tretyakov Gallery *

Pushkin Museum The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (, abbreviated as , ''GMII'') is the largest museum of European art in Moscow. It is located in Volkhonka street, just opposite the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The International musical festival Sviatos ...

* Moscow Kremlin Museums * State Museum of Oriental Art * Central Armed Forces Museum * Museum of Political History of Russia * Shchusev Museum of Architecture * Vernadsky State Geological Museum

Rwanda

* Ethnographic Museum

Saint Kitts and Nevis

* National Museum of Saint Kitts

Samoa

* Falemata'aga - Museum of Samoa

Saudi Arabia

* National Museum of Saudi Arabia

Senegal

* Museum of Black Civilisations * Historical Museum of Senegal in Gorée

Serbia

* National Museum of Serbia * Historical Museum of Serbia

Sierra Leone

* Sierra Leone National Museum

Singapore

* National Museum of Singapore * National Gallery Singapore

Slovakia

* Slovak National Museum * Slovak National History Museum * Slovak National Gallery

Slovenia

* National Museum of Slovenia * National Gallery of Slovenia

Solomon Islands

* Solomon Islands National Museum

Somalia

* National Museum of Somalia

South Africa

* South African National Museum of Military History * Iziko South African Museum * Ditsong Museums of South Africa **includes Ditsong National Museum of Natural History and Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History * National Museum, Bloemfontein * National Afrikaans Literary Museum and Research Centre

South Sudan

* South Sudan National Museum

Spain

* National Archaeological Museum, Madrid * Cervantes' House Museum, Valladolid * Museum of the Royal Mint, Madrid * Museum Cerralbo, Madrid * Aeronautical and Astronautical Museum, Madrid * Museum of the Americas, Madrid * Museum of the Army, Toledo * Catalonia Railway Museum, Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona) * Railway Museum, Madrid * El Greco Museum, Toledo * National Museum of Romanticism, Madrid * Museum of Garment - Ethnologic Heritage Research Center, Madrid * Geomineral Museum, Madrid * Lázaro Galdiano Museum, Madrid * Queen Sofía Art Center National Museum, Madrid * National Museum of Anthropology, Madrid * National Museum of Subaquatic Archaeology, Cartagena (Murcia) * National Museum of Roman Art, Mérida (Badajoz) * National Museum of Decorative Arts, Madrid * González Martí National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts, Valencia * National Museum of Science and Technology, La Coruña and Alcobendas (Madrid) * National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid * National Museum of Sculpture, Valladolid * Prado National Museum, Madrid * National Museum of Theatre, Almagro (Ciudad Real) * Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid * National Museum and Research Center of Altamira, Santillana del Mar (Cantabria) * Naval Museum, Madrid * Sephardic Museum, Toledo * Sorolla Museum, Madrid * Royal Botanical Garden, Madrid

Catalonia

Source: * National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC), Barcelona * National Museum of Science and Industry of Catalonia (mNACTEC), Terrassa * Archaeological Museum of Catalonia (MAC), Barcelona, Empúries, Girona, Olèrdola and Ullastret

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

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Switzerland

* Swiss National Museum ('' Landesmuseum'')

Syria

* National Museum of Damascus *

National Museum of Aleppo The National Museum of Aleppo () is the largest museum in the city of Aleppo, Syria, and was founded in 1931. It is located in the heart of the northern city on Baron Street, adjacent to the famous Baron Hotel and near the Bab al-Faraj (Aleppo), ...

Taiwan

* Chunghwa Postal Museum * 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 The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA; ) is a museum in West District, Taichung, West District, Taichung, Taiwan. NTMoFA was established in 1988 and is the first and the only national-grade fine arts museum in Taiwan. The major collec ...

* Republic of China Air Force Museum * Republic of China Armed Forces Museum * Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum

Tajikistan

* National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan * Tajikistan National Museum

Tanzania

* National Museum of Tanzania

Thailand

Togo

* Togo National Museum

Tonga

* Tonga National Museum

Trinidad and Tobago

* National Museum and Art Gallery

Tunisia

* Bardo National Museum * Carthage National Museum

Turkey

* Museum of Anatolian Civilizations * Republic Museum * State Art and Sculpture Museum * Ethnography Museum of Ankara * War of Independence Museum * Istanbul Archaeology Museums * Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum * Istanbul Aviation Museum * Istanbul Naval Museum * Istanbul Military Museum

Turkmenistan

* Ashgabat National Museum of History * The State Museum of the State Cultural Center of Turkmenistan * Turkmen Museum of Fine Arts

Turks and Caicos

* Turks and Caicos National Museum

Uganda

* Uganda Museum

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 Museum of the History of Ukraine * National Museum-Preserve "Battle for Kyiv 1943" * Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum

United Arab Emirates

* Al Ain National Museum * National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah * Dubai Museum * Etihad Museum * Emirates National Auto Museum

United Kingdom

England

Northern Ireland

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

Scotland

* National Museums Scotland * National Museum of Costume * National Museum of Flight * National Museum of Rural Life * National War Museum of Scotland * Museum of Scotland * Royal Museum * V&A Dundee

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 St Fagans National Museum of History ( ; ), commonly referred to as St Fagans after the village where it is located, is an open-air museum in St Fagans, Cardiff, Wales, chronicling the historical lifestyle, culture, and architecture of the Wels ...

United States

* Atomic/Nuclear ** American Museum of Science and Energy ** National Atomic Testing Museum ** National Museum of Nuclear Science & History * Department of Defense: ** Air Force: *** Air Force Armament Museum *** Air Mobility Command Museum ***

National Museum of the United States Air Force The National Museum of the United States Air Force (formerly the United States Air Force Museum) is the official museum of the United States Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, northeast of Dayton, Ohio. The NMUSAF is ...

*** Museum of Aviation *** Strategic Air and Space Museum ** Army: *** National Museum of Health and Medicine *** National Museum of the United States Army *** Rock Island Arsenal Museum *** West Point Museum ** Navy: *** National Museum of the Marine Corps *** National Museum of the United States Navy *** National Naval Aviation Museum *** National Museum of the American Sailor *** National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum *** Naval War College Museum *** Submarine Force Library and Museum ** National Security Agency: *** National Cryptologic Museum ** National Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations * Central Intelligence Agency: ** CIA Museum * Department of Homeland Security ** United States Coast Guard Museum * National Gallery of Art * Smithsonian Institution: **Smithsonian American Art Museum, 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 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 Natural History ** National Portrait Gallery (United States), National Portrait Gallery ** National Postal Museum ** National Zoological Park (United States), National Zoological Park * Presidential library system ** Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum ** Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum ** Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum ** Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home ** John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum ** Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum ** Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum ** Gerald R. Ford Museum ** Jimmy Carter Library and Museum ** Ronald Reagan Presidential Library ** George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum ** Clinton Presidential Center ** George W. Bush Presidential Center * Transportation ** Mariners' Museum and Park - National Maritime Museum ** National Railroad Museum ** South Street Seaport Museum - National Maritime Museum * War Museums/Memorials **National Veterans Memorial and Museum ** National Civil War Museum ** National Museum of American Jewish Military History ** National Museum of the Pacific War ** National Museum of World War II Aviation ** Liberty Memorial#The National World War One Museum, National World War I Museum ** The National WWII Museum, National World War II Museum * Other ** National Airmail Museum ** American Visionary Art Museum, National American Museum of Visionary Art ** National Aquarium (Baltimore), National Aquarium ** National Building Museum ** National Children’s Museum ** National Civil Rights Museum ** National Constitution Center ** National Law Enforcement Museum ** National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum ** National Museum of Dentistry ** National Museum of Industrial History ** National Museum of Wildlife Art ** National Nordic Museum ** National Quilt Museum

Uruguay

* National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay) * National Museum of Natural History, Uruguay

Uzbekistan

* State Museum of History of Uzbekistan * Art Gallery of Uzbekistan * Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan * State Museum of Nature of Uzbekistan * State Museum of History of Culture of Uzbekistan * Nukus Museum of Art

Vanuatu

* National Museum of Vanuatu

Venezuela

* National Art Gallery (Caracas)

Vietnam

* Vietnam National Museum of History * Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts * Vietnam Military History Museum * Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History

Yemen

* National Museum of Yemen

Zambia

* Lusaka National Museum

Zimbabwe

* National Gallery of Zimbabwe * Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe * Zimbabwe Museum of Human Sciences