National museum

A national museum is a museum maintained by a nation.

[edit] List of national museums

[edit] Australia

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

[edit] Argentina

• Argentine National Museum of History

[edit] Bangladesh

• Bangladesh National Museum

[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

[edit] Brazil

• National Museum of Brazil (Museu Nacional)
• National Historical Museum of Brazil (Museu Histórico Nacional)

[edit] Bulgaria

• Earth and Man National Museum
• National Archaeological Museum (Bulgaria)
• National Historical Museum (Bulgaria)
• National Museum of Military History
• National Museum of Natural History (Bulgaria)
• National Transport Museum, Bulgaria

[edit] Burkina Faso

• National Museum of Music

[edit] Cambodia

• National Museum, Phnom Penh

[edit] Canada

• Canada Agriculture Museum
• Canada Aviation Museum
• Canada Science and Technology Museum
• Canadian Museum for Human Rights - under development and frist national museum outside of the Canadian Capital
• Canadian Museum of Nature
• Canadian Children's Museum
• Canadian Museum of Civilization
• Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
• 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

[edit] Chad

• Chad National Museum (Musee National N'Djamena)

[edit] Chile

• Archaeological Museum of La Serena
• National Museum of Fine Arts

[edit] China

• Museum of the Chinese Revolution
• National Museum of China
• National Museum of Chinese History

[edit] Colombia

• Colombian National Museum

[edit] Costa Rica

• National Museum of Costa Rica

[edit] Czech Republic

• Czech National Museum

[edit] Denmark

• National Museum of Denmark

[edit] Eritrea

• National Museum of Eritrea

[edit] Estonia

• Estonian National Museum
• Art Museum of Estonia

[edit] Finland

• National Museum of Finland

[edit] France

• Centre Georges Pompidou
• 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)
• Musée de l'Armée
• National Navy Museum (Musée national de la Marine)
• National Railway Museum (Musée Français du Chemin de Fer)

[edit] Germany

• Bavarian National Museum
• German Museum of Technology (Berlin) (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)

[edit] Gambia

• National Museum (Gambia)

[edit] Ghana

• National Museum of Ghana

[edit] Greece

• National Archaeological Museum of Athens
• National Gallery (Athens)
• National Railway Museum of Greece
• State Museum of Contemporary Arts

[edit] Guyana

• National Museum of Guyana

[edit] Hungary

• Hungarian National Museum

[edit] Iceland

• National Gallery of Iceland
• National Museum of Iceland

[edit] India

• National Museum, New Delhi

[edit] Indonesia

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

[edit] Iran

• National Museum of Iran

[edit] Iraq

• National Museum of Iraq

[edit] Ireland

• National Museum of Ireland

[edit] Italy

• Bargello National Museum (Museo Nazionale del Bargello)
• Galleria degli Uffizi
• National Gallery of Ancient Art (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica)
• National Gallery of Modern Art (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna)
• National Etruscan Museum (Museo Nazionale Etrusco)
• National Museum of Oriental Art
• National Museum of Rome
• Pinacoteca di Brera

[edit] 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

[edit] Kenya

• National Museums of Kenya

[edit] Korea

• National Museum of Korea
• Gyeongju National Museum
• Gwangju National Museum
• Jeonju National Museum
• Buyeo National Museum
• Daegu National Museum
• Cheongju National Museum
• Gimhae National Museum
• Jeju National Museum
• Chuncheon National Museum
• Jinju National Museum
• Gongju National Museum
• National Museum of Contemporary Art (South Korea)
• National Folk Museum of Korea
• National Palace Museum of Korea
• National Science Museum, South Korea
• Lighthouse Museum, South Korea
• National Maritime Museum, South Korea
• Korea National Arboretum, South Korea

[edit] Latvia

• Latvian National Museum of Art

[edit] Lebanon

• National Museum of Beirut

[edit] 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

[edit] Malaysia

• Muzium Negara

[edit] Maldives

• National museum (Maldives)
• National Museum of Maldives

[edit] Mali

• National Museum of Mali

[edit] Mexico

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

[edit] Namibia

• National Museum of Namibia

[edit] Nepal

• National Museum of Nepal

[edit] New Zealand

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

[edit] Pakistan

• National Museum of Pakistan

[edit] Peru

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

[edit] Philippines

• National Museum of the Philippines

[edit] Poland

• Gdańsk National Museum
• Kraków National Museum
• Poznań National Museum
• Szczecin National Museum
• Warsaw National Museum
• Wrocław National Museum
• National Museum of Poland

[edit] Portugal

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

[edit] Qatar

• Qatar National Museum

[edit] 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 Museum of Art of Romania
• National National History Museum of Romania

[edit] Russia

• State Historical Museum
• Russian Museum

[edit] Serbia

• National Museum of Serbia

[edit] Singapore

• National Museum of Singapore

[edit] Slovakia

• Slovak National Museum

[edit] South Africa

• South African National Museum of Military History

[edit] South Korea

• Gyeongju National Museum

[edit] Sweden

• Nationalmuseum

[edit] Switzerland

• Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum)

[edit] Taiwan

• National Museum of Prehistory (Taiwan)
• National Museum of Taiwan Literature
• National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium
• National Museum of History
• National Museum of Natural Science
• National Palace Museum

[edit] Tajikistan

• Tajikistan National Museum

[edit] Thailand

• National Museum (Thailand)

[edit] Trinidad and Tobago

• National Museum and Art Gallery, Trinidad

[edit] United Kingdom

• British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
• British Museum
• Design Museum (sponsored)
• HM Customs & Excise National Museum
• Horniman Museum and Gardens (sponsored)
• Imperial War Museum
• National Army Museum
• National Football Museum (sponsored)
• National Gallery
• National Horseracing 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 (London)
• Shildon Locomotion Museum
• Sir John Soane's Museum
• Tate
• Victoria & Albert Museum
• Wallace Collection

[edit] 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)

[edit] Scotland

• Museum of Flight (Scotland)
• Museum of Scotland
• Museum of Scottish Rural Life, Kittochside
• National Museums of Scotland
• National War Museum of Scotland
• Royal Museum
• Shambellie House Museum of Costume

[edit] Wales

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

[edit] United States

• Smithsonian Institution:
  • American Art Museum
  • Anacostia Museum
  • National Gallery of Art
  • National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • National Museum of African Art
  • National Air and Space Museum
    • Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
  • National Museum of American History
  • National Museum of History and Technology
  • National Museum of Natural History
  • National Museum of the American Indian
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • National Postal Museum
  • Cold War Museum (planned)
• Department of Defense:
  • Air Force:
    • National Museum of the United States Air Force
    • Strategic Air and Space Museum
  • Army:
    • National Museum of the United States Army
    • National Museum of Health and Medicine
  • Navy:
    • National Museum of the United States Navy
    • National Museum of Naval Aviation
    • U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum and Library
    • National Museum of the Marine Corps
  • National Security Agency:
    • National Cryptologic Museum
• Central Intelligence Agency:
  • CIA Museum
• Department of Homeland Security
  • United States Coast Guard Museum

[edit] See also

• National archive
• National gallery
• National library

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