List of natural history museums

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This is a list of natural history museums, also known as museums of natural history, i.e. museums whose exhibits focus on the subject of natural history, including such topics as animals, plants, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, and climatology.

Some museums feature natural-history collections in addition to other collections, such as ones related to history, art and science. In addition, nature centers often include natural-history exhibits.

Africa[]

Algeria[]

Angola[]

Botswana[]

  • Botswana National Museum, Gaborone[3]

Egypt[]

Ethiopia[]

  • , Addis Ababa

Kenya[]

Mozambique[]

Namibia[]

  • , , Windhoek[9]

Nigeria[]

  • , Ifẹ, located at the Obafemi Awolowo University[10]

South Africa[]

Sudan[]

Tanzania[]

Tunisia[]

  • , Carthage

Uganda[]

Zimbabwe[]

  • Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo[29]

Asia[]

Armenia[]

  • Geological Museum, Yerevan
  • Natural History Museum, Yerevan

Azerbaijan[]

  • Natural History Museum named after Hasanbey Zardabi, Baku
  • Azerbaijan Geology Museum, Baku
  • "Rinay" Malacofauna Museum, Baku

China[]

  • Shanghai Natural History Museum, Shanghai
  • Chongqing Natural History Museum, Chongqing
  • Tianjin Natural History Museum, Tianjin
  • Beijing Museum of Natural History, Beijing
  • Geological Museum of China, Beijing
  • , Dalian
  • Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, Hangzhou
  • , Huhhot
  • , Wuhan
  • , Nanning
  • , Xian
  • , Changchun
  • , Pingyi
  • Zigong Dinosaur Museum, Zigong
  • Stephen Hui Geological Museum, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

India[]

Indonesia[]

Iran[]

  • Museum of Natural History and Technology, Shiraz
  • Natural History Museum, University of Zanjan, Zanjan
  • Natural History Museum, Isfahan
  • Iran Museum of Natural History and Wildlife, Tehran
  • Natural History Museum, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad
  • Natural History Museum, Institute of Botany and Plant Pests, Tehran
  • Natural History Museum, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar

Iraq[]

  • , Baghdad

Israel[]

  • Geological Museum, Jerusalem
  • Natural History Museum, Jerusalem
  • The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv
  • Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem
  • Biblical Museum of Natural History, Beit Shemesh

Japan[]

  • Abiko City Museum of Birds, Abiko, Chiba Prefecture
  • Fukui City Museum of Natural History (in Japanese), Fukui, Fukui Prefecture
  • Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture
  • Geological Museum, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture
  • Gunma Museum of Natural History, (in Japanese), Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture
  • Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
  • Ibaraki Nature Museum, Bandō, Ibaraki Prefecture
  • Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History (in Japanese), Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture
  • Kannonzaki Nature Museum, Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture
  • Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture
  • Kyushu University Museum, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
  • Museum of Natural History, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
  • Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Sanda, Hyōgo Prefecture
  • National Museum of Nature and Science, Taitō, Tokyo
  • Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture
  • Natural History Museum and Zoological Park, Toyohashi, Aichi prefecture
  • Natural History Museum Kutchan, Kutchan, Hokkaidō
  • Nawa Insect Museum, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture
  • Okhotsk Sea Ice Museum of Hokkaidō, Monbetsu, Hokkaidō
  • Osaka Museum of Natural History, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture[31]
  • Pearl Museum, Mikimoto Pearl Island, Toba, Mie Prefecture
  • Saitama Museum of Natural History (in Japanese), Nagatoro, Saitama Prefecture
  • Tsuyama Museum of Science Education, Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture

Jordan[]

  • Pella Museum, Amman

Kyrgyzstan[]

  • , Bishkek

Malaysia[]

  • Muzium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
  • , Putrajaya[32]

Mongolia[]

Oman[]

  • , Muscat

Pakistan[]

  • Pakistan Museum of Natural History

Philippines[]

Qatar[]

Singapore[]

South Korea[]

Taiwan[]

  • National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung[33]
  • National Museum of Taiwan History, Tainan City
  • National Taiwan Museum, Taipei City
  • , Chiayi City

Thailand[]

  • Thailand National Science Museum, Pathum Thani[34]
  • Chulalongkorn University Museum of Natural History, Bangkok
  • Chulalongkorn University's Geological Museum, Bangkok
  • Chulalongkorn University's Traditional Medicine Museum, Bangkok
  • Mahidol University's Mollusk Museum, Bangkok
  • Mahidol University's Mosquito Museum, Bangkok
  • Mahidol University's Bio-Geo Path, Bangkok
  • Rattanakosin Natural History Museum, Kasetsart University, Bangkok
  • Veterinarical Anatomy Museum, Kasetsart University, Bangkok
  • Pathology Museum, Kasetsart University, Bangkok
  • Kasetsart University's Ant Museum, Bangkok
  • Kasetsart University's Zoological Museum, Bangkok
  • Kasetsart University Museum of Fisheries (Natural History), Bangkok
  • Kasetsart University's 60th Anniversary Museum and Park of Insects, Bangkok
  • Lichen Museum, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok
  • Bangkok Butterfly and Insect Park, Bangkok
  • Dusit Zoo Museum, Bangkok
  • Soil Museum, Bangkok
  • Geological Museum, Bangkok
  • Horn and Antler Museum, Bangkok
  • Biological Science Museum at Faculaty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai
  • Chiang Mai University's Geological Museum, Chiang Mai
  • Museum of World Insects and Natural Heritages, Chiang Mai
  • Lignite Learning Centre Museum, Lampang
  • King Mongkut Memeorail Park of Science and Technology, Prachuap Khiri Khan
  • Natural History Park, Ratchaburi
  • Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum, Khon Kaen
  • Sirindhorn Museum, Kalasin
  • Thai Island and Sea Natural History Museum, Chonburi
  • Chonlatassanasathan Museum, Chonburi
  • Phuket Seashell Museum, Phuket
  • Bangkok Seashell Museum, Bangkok
  • Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai
  • Prince of Songkla University's Traditional Medicine Museum, Hat Yai
  • Natural History Museum and Local Learning Networks, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani

Turkey[]

United Arab Emirates[]

  • , Sharjah

Uzbekistan[]

  • , Tashkent

Vietnam[]

  • , Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi

Central America[]

Belize[]

  • Chaa Creek Natural History Museum, San Ignacio

Costa Rica[]

  • El Museo de Ciencias Naturales La Salle(The La Salle Natural Sciences Museum)
  • El Museo de Insectos de la Universidad de Costa Rica (MIUCR) (The Museum of Insects at the University of Costa Rica)
  • Museo de Zoologia – Escuela de Biologia, University of Costa Rica
  • Museo Nacional de Costa Rica(National Museum of Costa Rica), San José

Dominican Republic[]

  • Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Santo Domingo
  • Amber Museum, Puerto Plata
  • Amber World Museum, Santo Domingo

Grenada[]

  • Museo de Ciencias

Guatemala[]

  • Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Jorge A. Ibarra"
  • Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
  • Museo de Paleontologia y Arqueologia Ing. Roberto Woolfolk Saravia, Estanzuela Zacapa

Honduras[]

  • Butterfly and Insect Museum, La Ceiba

Nicaragua[]

  • Museo Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Centroamericana, Managua
  • Museo de Ometepe, Rivas
  • Museo del Departamento de Malacología UCA, Managua
  • Museo entomológico, León
  • Museo Gemológico de la Concha y el Caracol, Managua
  • Museo Paleontológico "El Hato", Managua
  • Museos de Geología UNAN, Managua
  • Museum Ecológico de Trópico Seco, Diriamba
  • National Museum, Managua
  • Sitio Paleontológico El Bosque, Estelí

Panama[]

  • Centro de Exhibiciones Marinas de Punta Culebra, Panama City
  • Museo de Ciencias Naturales Panama, Panama City
  • Museum of Biodiversity, Panama City
  • Colección Zoológica Dr. Eustorgio Méndez, Panama City
  • Museo de Vertebrados de la Universidad de Panamá, Panama City
  • Museo de Invertebrados de la Universidad de Panamá, Panama City
  • Museo de Malacología de la Universidad de Panamá, Panama City
  • Círculo Herpetológico de Panamá, Panama City
  • Herbario de la Universidad de Panamá, Panama City

Europe[]

Albania[]

  • Natural Science Museum, Tirana

Austria[]

  • Bergbaumuseum Klagenfurt – Mining museum, mineralogy, palaeontology, Klagenfurt
  • Burgenlandische Landesmuseum, Eisenstadt
  • Haus der Natur, Salzburg
  • inatura – Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn Province Vorarlberg (in German), Dornbirn
  • Krahuletz-Museum Eggenburg Earth sciences and history (in German), Eggenburg
  • Landesmuseum für Kärnten, Klagenfurt Regional museum for the province Carinthia (in German), Klagenfurt
  • Landesmuseum Niederösterreichisches, St. Pölten Nature, history, culture and art of Lower Austria (in German)
  • Landschaftsmuseum im Schloss Trautenfels Natural and cultural history in upper Styria (German), Pürgg-Trautenfels
  • Museum der Stadt Mödling Nature and history, Mödling
  • Museum Schloss Lackenbach Man and nature, Lackenbach
  • Nationalparkzentrum Bios Mallnitz, Mallnitz
  • Oberösterreiches Landesmuseum – Biologiezentrum The natural history museum of Upper Austria, Linz
  • Sternwarte Kremsmünster, Kremsmünster
  • Styrassic Park An open air dinosaur park, Bad Gleichenberg
  • Tyrolean State Museum, Innsbruck
  • Universalmuseum Joanneum universal museum for natural and cultural history, Graz
  • Vienna Museum of Natural History, Vienna
  • Wienerwaldmuseum, Eichgraben

Belarus[]

Belgium[]

  • Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels
  • Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren

Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

  • National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo

Bulgaria[]

  • Burgas Museum, Natural History Exposition, Burgas
  • Earth and Man National Museum, Sofia
  • Historical Museum – Karnobat, Karnobat
  • History Museum – Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte
  • Kardjali Museum, Kardjali
  • Museum Collection of Natural Science "To Nature with Love", Byala Cherkva
  • Museum of Speleology and Bulgarian Karst, Chepelare
  • National Museum of Natural History, Bulgaria, Sofia
  • Natural History Museum of Varna, Varna
  • Natural History Museum of Ruse Ruse
  • Natural History Museum of Cherni Osam Lovech
  • Paleontological Museum, Asenovgrad
  • Regional Historical Museum in Pleven, Pleven
  • University of Mining & Geology Museum of Mineralogy, Petrography and Minerals, St. Ivan Rilski, Sofia

Canary Islands[]

(belongs politically to Spain)

Croatia[]

  • Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb (Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej)
  • Hunting Museum, Zagreb
  • Karlovac Municipal Museum, Karlovac
  • Museum of Evolution and Prehistoric Human Habitation, Krapina
  • Museum of Slavonia, Osijek
  • Mushroom Museum, Zagreb
  • Natural History Museum, Rijeka
  • Natural History Museum and Zoo, Split
  • Ornithological Collection, Metković
  • Senj City Museum, Senj
  • Varazdin Municipal Museum: The Herzer Palace, Varaždin
  • Zoological Museum of Baranja – Kopačevo, Baranja – Kopačevo

Czech Republic[]

  • Moravian Museum, Brno
  • National Museum (Prague), Prague
  • Chlupáč's Museum of the History of Earth, Prague
  • Městské muzeum Čáslav, Čáslav

Denmark[]

  • Fur Museum, Fur Island
  • The Freshwater Museum, part of Søhøjlandets Økomuseum, Ry
  • Naturhistorisk Museum, Aarhus[36]
  • Museum Sønderjylland: Naturhistorie & Palæontologi, Gram
  • , Svendborg[37]

Estonia[]

University of Tartu Natural History Museum

Finland[]

  • Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki
  • Geological Museum, University of Oulu, Oulu
  • Mineralogical Museum of the Geological Survey of Finland, Espoo
  • Tampere Mineral Museum, Tampere
  • Natural History Museum of Tampere

France[]

Georgia[]

  • "Animal World" – Nature Museum, Tbilisi
  • Georgian National Museum, Institute of Palaeobiology
  • Museum of Georgian Geophysical Sciences History, Tbilisi

Germany[]

Greece[]

Greenland[]

  • Greenland National Museum and Archives, Nuuk

Hungary[]

  • Danube Museum (Duna Múzeum), Esztergom
  • Deri Museum, Official site in Hungarian, Debrecen
  • Exhibition of Natural Science, Janus Pannonius Múzeum Természettudományi Osztálya, Pécs
  • Geological Museum of Hungary, Budapest
  • Hungarian Geographical Museum, Magyar Környezetvédelmi és Vízügyi Múzeum "Duna Múzeum", Esztergom
  • Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
  • Jazygian Museum (Jász Múzeum), Jászberény
  • Kazinczy Ferenc Múzeum, Sátoraljaújhely
  • Komlo Natural Science Collection (Komlói Természettudományi Gyűjtemény), Komló
  • Mátra Múzeum, Gyöngyös
  • Mihály Munkácsy Museum, Békéscsaba
  • Móra Ferenc Múzeum, Szeged
  • Museum of Natural Sciences of Bakony (Bakonyi Természettudományi Múzeum), Zirc
  • Ottó Herman Museum, Miskolc

Iceland[]

Ireland[]

  • Natural History Museum, Dublin
  • Trinity College Dublin Zoological Museum, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin
  • James Mitchell Geological Museum, National University of Ireland, Galway

Italy[]

Latvia[]

  • Natural History Museum of Latvia[54]

Liechtenstein[]

  • Liechtenstein National Museum, Vaduz

Lithuania[]

Luxembourg[]

  • , Luxembourg City

Macedonia[]

  • , Skopje

Malta[]

Moldova[]

Monaco[]

  • Oceanographic Museum, Monaco-Ville

Montenegro[]

  • Natural History Museum of Montenegro, Podgorica

The Netherlands[]

  • Naturalis (or National Museum of Natural History), Leiden
  • Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, Maastricht
  • Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, Rotterdam
  • , Boxtel
  • Teylers Museum, Haarlem
  • Zoologisch Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
  • , Utrecht
  • , Groningen
  • Museon, The Hague
  • , Denekamp
  • , Oudenbosch
  • , Velp
  • , Nijmegen
  • , Schiermonnikoog
  • , Texel
  • , Leeuwarden

Norway[]

Poland[]

  • Museum of Evolution Warsaw, Warsaw
  • Museum of Natural History Wroclaw University, Wroclaw
  • Natural History Museum of the Białowieża National Park, Białowieża Forest
  • Upper Silesian Museum (Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiu), Bytom
  • Museum of the Earth Warsaw, Warsaw

Portugal[]

  • Museu Oceanográfico "Prof. Luiz Saldanha" do Portinho da Arrábida, Azeitão
  • Museu Botânico da Escola Superior Agrária de Beja, Beja
  • Science Museum of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra
  • Museu de História Natural do Funchal, Funchal, Madeira Island
  • National Museum of Natural History and Science, Lisbon, Lisbon
  • Museu Geológico – Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Lisbon
  • Museu Maynense – Lisbon Academy of Sciences, Lisbon
  • Museu da Lourinhã, Lourinhã
  • Museu Aquário Vasco da Gama, Oeiras
  • Museu Carlos Machado, Ponta Delgada
  • Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Porto
  • Sintra Natural History Museum, Sintra
  • Museu de Geologia "Fernando Real" da Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real

Romania[]

  • Bucegi Natural Park Museum, Sinaia
  • Colţi Museum of Amber
  • Constantin Gruescu Iron Aesthetic Mineralogy Museum, Ocna de Fier
  • County Museum of Satu Mare (Szatmárnémeti Múzeum), Satu Mare
  • Danube Delta Natural Sciences Museum, Tulcea
  • Haaz Rezső Múzeum, Odorheiu Secuiesc
  • Ion Borcea Museum Complex of Natural Sciences, Bacău
  • Mihai Băcescu Waters Museum, Fălticeni
  • Mineralogical Museum and Zoological Museum of the Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
  • Museum of Banat, Natural Sciences Department, Timișoara
  • Museum of Brăila, Department of Natural Sciences, also, Brăila
  • Museum of Gold, Brad
  • Museum of Natural Science (Muzeul de Ştiinţe Naturale), Aiud
  • Museum of Oltenia, Craiova
  • Muzeul Banatului (Banat Museum), Timișoara
  • Muzeul de Istorie Naturală – Iaşi, Iaşi
  • Muzeul de Ştiinţe ale Naturii Piatra Neamţ; see also Iaşi, Romania Museums, Iaşi
  • Muzeul de Ştiinţele Naturii Roman, Roman
  • Muzeul Naţional de Istorie Naturală Grigore Antipa (Grigore Antipa Natural History Museum), Bucharest
  • Muzeul Ţării Crişurilor, Oradea
  • Muzeul Tarisznyás Márton, English description, Gheorgheni
  • National Geology Museum, Bucharest
  • Natural History Museum Sibiu, Sibiu
  • Natural Sciences and Hunting Museum, Vatra Dornei
  • Natural Sciences Museum Dorohoi
  • Natural Sciences Museum Complex, Constanţa
  • Natural Sciences Museum Complex Galaţi, Galaţi
  • Paleontological and Stratighraphical Museum of the Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
  • Prahova County Natural Sciences Museum, Ploieşti
  • Sediul Muzeului de Ştiinţele Naturii (Mureș County Museum, Natural History Department), Târgu Mureş
  • Székely National Museum (Székely Nemzeti Múzeum), Sfântu Gheorghe
  • Szekler Museum of Ciuc (Csíky Székely Múzeum), Miercurea-Ciuc
  • Vrancea Museum, Natural Sciences Department, Focşani

Russia[]

Serbia[]

  • Museum of Natural History (Prirodnjački muzej), Belgrade
  • Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad
  • Museum of Natural History, Novi Sad

Slovenia[]

  • Natural History Museum of Slovenia (Prirodoslovni muzej Slovenije), Ljubljana

Slovakia[]

  • East Slovakia Museum, Košice
  • Slovak National Museum, Bratislava

Spain[]

  • Cau del Cargol Conquilles del Món (Shells of the World Museum, malacology), Catalonia
  • Institut Paleontològic Dr. M. Crusafont, Sabadell
  • Museo de Ciencias de Arnedo (Museum of Science Arnedo), Arnedo
  • Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Álava
  • Museu de Ciències Naturals, Barcelona
  • Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Guadalcazar) and Mocha Tower, Córdoba
  • Museo Geominero, Madrid
  • Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales (Municipal Museum of Natural Science), Valencia
  • Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid
  • Museo Paleontologico de la Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza
  • Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Costix, Majorca
  • Museu de Granollers Ciències Naturals, Granollers
  • , Lleida
  • Museu Geològic del Seminari de Barcelona, Barcelona
  • Museu Montsia, Amposta
  • Museu Valencià d'Història Natural – Fundación Entomológica Torres Sala, Valencia
  • , University of Navarra, Pamplona[55]

Sweden[]

Switzerland[]

  • Cantonal Museum of Geology (Musée cantonal de géologie), Lausanne
  • Cantonal Museum of Zoology (Musée cantonal de zoologie), Lausanne
  • Musée d'histoire naturelle, Fribourg
  • Natural History Museum of Geneva
  • Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (Natural History Museum Basel)
  • Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern (Natural History Museum of Bern), Bern
  • Natur-Museum Luzern, Lucerne
  • Paläontologisches Museum, Zürich
  • Zoological Museum of the University of Zurich, Zürich
  • Anthropological Museum of the University of Zurich, Zürich
  • Aathal Dinosaur Museum, Aathal

Ukraine[]

United Kingdom[]

England[]

  • Bagshaw Museum, Batley
  • Booth Museum of Natural History, Brighton
  • Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol
  • Buxton Museum & Art Gallery, Buxton
  • Camborne School of Mines Mineral Museum, Tremough, Cornwall
  • Charnwood Museum, Loughborough, Leicestershire
  • Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford
  • Cole Museum of Zoology, Reading
  • Dinosaur Isle, Isle of Wight
  • Dorman Museum, Linthorpe
  • Grant Museum of Zoology, London
  • Hancock Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Haslemere Educational Museum, Haslemere, Surrey
  • Horniman Museum, London
  • Ipswich Museum, Ipswich
  • Kendal Museum, Kendal
  • Lapworth Museum of Geology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston
  • Manchester Museum, Manchester
  • Museum of Lancashire, Lancashire
  • Natural History Museum, London
  • Natural History Museum at Tring, Tring
  • Norwich Castle, Norwich
  • Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford
  • Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
  • Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex Park, Birchington, Kent
  • Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
  • Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
  • Tolson Museum, Huddersfield
  • Cambridge University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge
  • University of Bristol Geology Museum, University of Bristol, Bristol
  • Weston Park Museum, Sheffield
  • Wollaton Hall Natural History Museum, Nottingham
  • World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool
  • Yorkshire Museum, York

Scotland[]

  • Creetown Gem Rock Museum, Creetown, Galloway
  • Elgin Museum, Elgin, Moray
  • Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow
  • National Museums of Scotland, Royal Museum, Edinburgh
  • Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
  • Bell Pettigrew Museum, University of St Andrews, St Andrews

Wales[]

  • National Museum Cardiff
  • , Carmarthen

Northern Ireland[]

  • Ulster Museum, Belfast

North America[]

Bermuda[]

  • Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, Hamilton

Canada[]

Alberta[]

  • Glenbow Museum, Calgary
  • Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller
  • Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton
  • University of Alberta Museums, Edmonton

British Columbia[]

  • Beaty Biodiversity Museum, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  • Museum of Natural History, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo
  • Pacific Museum of the Earth, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  • Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria

Manitoba[]

  • B.J. Hales Museum of Natural History, Brandon University, Brandon
  • Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, Morden
  • , University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
  • Irvin Goodon International Wildlife Museum, Boissevain
  • Robert B. Ferguson Museum of Mineralogy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
  • Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg
  • Whiteshell Natural History Museum, Whiteshell Provincial Park,

New Brunswick[]

Newfoundland[]

Nova Scotia[]

Ontario[]

Quebec[]

  • Lake Timiskaming Fossil Centre, Quebec City
  • Montreal Biosphere, Montreal
  • Montreal Insectarium, Montreal
  • Musée de la Nature et des Sciences, Sherbrooke
  • Musee du Fjord, La Baie
  • Musée de Paléontologie et de l'Evolution, Montreal
  • Musée Minéralogique d'Asbestos, Asbestos
  • Musée minèralogique et minier de Thetford Mines, Thetford Mines
  • Redpath Museum, Montreal

Saskatchewan[]

Yukon[]

  • Kluane Museum of Natural History, Burwash Landing
  • Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, Whitehorse

Mexico[]

  • Caracol, Museo de Ciencias de Ensenada, Ensenada
  • Museo de Geología UNAM, Mexico City
  • Museo de Historia Natural de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City[57]
  • Museo de las Aves de México, Coahuila
  • Museo de Paleontología de Delicias, Chihuahua
  • Museo de Paleontología de Guadalajara, Guadalajara
  • Museo de Paleontología- UNAM, Mexico City
  • Museo del Desierto, Coahuila
  • Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City
  • Tamux – Museo de Historia Natural de Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas
  • Museo Paleontológico en Tocuila, Texcoco

United States[]

Main article: List of natural history museums in the United States

Oceania[]

Australia[]

  • Age of Fishes Museum, Canowindra, New South Wales
  • Australian Museum, Sydney
  • Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum, Bathurst, New South Wales
  • Biological Sciences Museum at Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales
  • Broken Hill Geo Centre, Broken Hill, New South Wales
  • Butterfly Farm, Wilberforce, New South Wales
  • The Crystal Caves, North Queensland
  • Crystal Kingdom, Coonabarabran, New South Wales
  • Earth Sciences Museum, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales
  • Emmaville Mining Museum, Emmaville, New South Wales
  • Eumundi Museum, Eumundi, Queensland
  • Kronosaurus Korner, Richmond, Queensland
  • Macleay Museum – Sydney University, Sydney
  • Mining and Minerals Education Centre, Tasmanian Minerals Council, Hobart, Tasmania
  • Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin
  • Museum of Central Australia, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
  • Museum of Tropical Queensland, Townsville
  • Museum Victoria, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne
  • National Dinosaur Museum, Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory
  • Queensland Museum, Brisbane
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
  • South Australian Museum, Adelaide
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
  • Western Australian Museum, Perth
  • Western Australian Museum, Albany, Albany
  • Western Australian Museum Geraldton, Geraldton
  • Western Australian Museum, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Indonesia[]

  • , Bandung
  • Museum Geologi Bandung
  • Museum Zoologi Bandung Zoo, Bandung
  • Bogor Zoological Museum Kebun Raya Bogor, Bogor[58]
  • Museum Serangga dan Kupu-Kupu, Bogor
  • Museum Zoologi Ragunan Zoo, Jakarta
  • Museum Purbakala Sangiran, Sragen
  • Museum Patiayam, Pati
  • , Yogyakarta
  • , Wonogiri
  • Museum Batu Mulia and Artefak Neolithikum, Purbalingga
  • Museum Gunung Api Batur, Bali
  • Purbakala Archaeological Museum, Bali
  • Bali Shell Museum, Bali [1]
  • Museum Sumatera Utara, Medan
  • , Pematangsiantar
  • Museum Batubara, Sawahlunto
  • , Bukittingi
  • , Palu
  • Museum Mandar Majene, Majene

New Zealand[]

  • Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland
  • Canterbury Museum, Christchurch
  • Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
  • Otago Museum, Dunedin
  • Southland museum and art gallery, Invercargill
  • Te Manawa: Museum, Gallery, Science Centre, Palmerston North

Papua New Guinea[]

South America[]

Argentina[]

  • Dr. Ángel Gallardo Provincial Natural Sciences Museum, Rosario
  • Instituto y Museo de Ciencias Naturales, San Juan
  • Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires
  • Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales "Lorenzo Scaglia" Mar del Plata
  • Museo Carmen Funes, Plaza Huincul
  • Museo de Ciencias Naturales Augusto G. Schulz" de Resistencia (Museum of Natural Sciences), Chaco Province
  • Museo de Ciencias Naturales Carlos Darwin (Carlos Darwin Museum of Natural Sciences), Buenos Aires
  • Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires
  • Museo de Ciencias Naturales y Antropológicas "Juan Cornelio Moyano", Mendoza
  • Museo de Geología Mineralogía y Palentología, Jujuy
  • Museo de Geología y Paleontología, Neuquen
  • Museo de Historia Natural "Francisco Javier Muñiz" de Moreno, Moreno Partido
  • Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires
  • Museo de Mineralogia y Geologia Dr. A. Stelzner
  • Museo de Paleontologia, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba
  • Museo del Lago Gutierrez "Dr. Rosendo Pascual", Río Negro Province
  • Museo del Mar, Mar del Plata
  • Museo Gallardo, San Lorenzo
  • Museo Histórico y de Ciencias Naturales "Pago de los Lobos", Lobos
  • Museo Mariposa del Mundo, Butterflies of the World Museum, San Miguel
  • Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales de Monte Hermoso, Monte Hermoso
  • Museo Municipal de Historia Natural de Gral. Alvear/Gen. Alvear Municipal Museum of Natural History, General Alvear
  • Museo Municipal "Punta Hermengo" de Miramar, Buenos Aires
  • Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio
  • Museo Paleontológico y Petrolero Astra, Astra Museum of Paleontology and Oil, Chubut
  • Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales (Provincial Museum of Natural Sciences) "Florentino Ameghino", Santa Fe
  • Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales Puerto Madryn (Provincial Museum of Natural Sciences of Chubut)
  • Museo Provincial de Historia Natural de La Pampa, La Pampa Province
  • Museo Regional de Ciencias Naturales "Prof. Rodolfo Parodi Bustos", Salta Province
  • Museo Regional Municipal de El Calafate/El Calafate Municipal Regional Museum, Santa Cruz Province
  • Museum of Natural Sciences "Augusto G. Schulz", Chaco Province
  • Museum of Paleontology "Egidio Feruglio" (MEF)
  • Museum of Patagonia, Río Negro Province
  • Paleorama, Museo Itinerante, Buenos Aires
  • , Tucuman Province

Bolivia[]

  • Museo de Anatomía de la Universidad de San Francisco Xavier
  • Museo de Historia Natural, La Paz
  • Museo de History Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz
  • Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d'Orbigny, Cochabamba

Brazil[]

Chile[]

Colombia[]

  • Museo de Historia Natural, Popayán
  • Museo La Salle, Bogotá
  • Museo Paleontológico, National University of Colombia
  • Museo Prehistórico
  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia: Museo de Historia Natural (Museum of Natural History), Museo Entomológico (Entomological museum), Bogotá
  • Botanic Garden Medellín

Ecuador[]

Guyana[]

Paraguay[]

Peru[]

Trinidad and Tobago[]

Uruguay[]

  • Museo del Mar,
  • National Museum of Natural History, Montevideo

Venezuela[]

  • Museo de Biología de la Universidad Central de Venezuela (MBUCV),[59][60][61] Caracas
  • Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas
  • Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Guanare
  • Museo de Historia Natural La Salle, Caracas
  • Museo de la Estación Biológica de Rancho Grande[62][63]
  • Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola 'Francisco Fernández, Aragua
  • Museo Marino, Boca de Río
  • Museo Oceanologico Hermano Benigno Roman de la Fundación La Salle, Punta de Piedras, Isla Margarita
  • Museo Paleontológico de Urumaco, Urumaco
  • Museum Entomológico, Colección de Insectos de Interés Agrícola y su combate Insect Collection Interest Agricultural

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