List of national museums

A national museum is a museum 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 other countries a much greater number of museums are run by the central government.

The following is an incomplete list of national museums:

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Albania

The Albanian government operates several national museums, including:

• National History Museum (Albania)
• National Museum of Education (Albania)
• National Museum of Medieval Art (Albania)
• Marubi National Museum of Photography

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

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

Azerbaijan

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

Bahrain

• Bahrain National Museum

Bangladesh

• Bangladesh National 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

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, 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
• Earth and Man National Museum
• National Museum of Military History
• National Transport Museum

Burkina Faso

• National Museum of Music

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:

• Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
• Canada Aviation and Space Museum
• Canada Science and Technology Museum
• Canadian Museum for Human Rights
• Canadian Museum of History
• Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
• Canadian Museum of Nature
• Canadian War Museum
• National Gallery of Canada
• 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.

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

• National Art Museum of China
• Palace Museum
• Beijing Museum of Natural History
• National Museum of China
• Henan Museum

Colombia

• Colombian National Museum

Comoros

• National Museum of Comoros

Costa Rica

• National Museum of Costa Rica

Cyprus

• Cyprus Museum

Czech Republic

• National Gallery Prague
• National Museum, Prague

Denmark

• National Museum of Denmark

Djibouti

• Djibouti Museum

Eritrea

• National Museum of Eritrea

Estonia

• Art Museum of Estonia
• Estonian National Museum

Ethiopia

• National Museum of Ethiopia

Finland

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

France

• Centre Georges Pompidou (Musée National d'Art Moderne)
• Musée de l'Armée
• Musée Camille Claudel
• Musée de Cluny - National Museum of the Middle-Ages (Musée National du Moyen-Age)
• Musée du Louvre
• Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MuCEM)
• 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 Historical Museum
• German Museum of Technology (Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin)
• German National Museum (Germanisches Nationalmuseum)
• Glyptothek
• The Max Planck Institutes
• Modern Art Museum (Pinakothek der Moderne)
• Museum Wiesbaden
• National Gallery
• 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, Athens
• National Gallery
• National Historical Museum, Athens
• State Museum of Contemporary Arts

Guatemala

• Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida"

Guyana

• National Museum of Guyana

Holy See (Vatican City)

• Vatican Museums
• Vatican Library
• Vatican Secret Archives
• Saint Peter's Basilica
• Apostolic Palace
• Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
• Sistine Chapel

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Museum of History
• Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Hungary

• Hungarian National Museum
• Hungarian National Gallery

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, Government of India.

• National Museum, New Delhi
• Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
• Indian Museum
• Government Museum, Mathura
• National Gallery of Modern Art
• Allahabad Museum
• Government Museum, Chennai
• 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
• 44 site museums under the Archaeological Survey of India

Indonesia

• Indonesia Museum
• National Museum of Indonesia (Museum Nasional or Museum Gajah)
• National Gallery of Indonesia
• National Press Monument
• Jogja National Museum

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

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

See also: List of museums in Libya

Lithuania

See also: List of museums in 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

Macau

• Museum of Macau

Malaysia

• Muzium Negara
• Muzium Sejarah Nasional

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

Mauritania

• National Museum of Mauritania

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
  • Alte Feste
  • Owela Museum
• Independence Memorial 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
• Museum Volkenkunde
• 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

Palau

• Belau National Museum, Koror

Papua New Guinea

• Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery, Port Moresby

Peru

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

Philippines

• National Museum of the Philippines
  • National Museum of Anthropology
  • National Museum of Fine Arts
  • National Museum of Natural History
  • National Planetarium

Poland

Main article: National Museum of 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 University of Lisbon
• 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

• 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
• Slovak National History 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

• 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

• Nationalmuseum

Switzerland

• Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum)

Syria

• National Museum of Damascus

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

Tajikistan

• Tajikistan National Museum

Thailand

Main article: National museums of Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

• National Museum and Art Gallery

Turks and Caicos

• Turks and Caicos National 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 Historical Museum of Ukraine
• National Museum-Preserve "Battle for Kyiv 1943"
• Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum

United Kingdom

Main article: National Museums of the United Kingdom

England

Sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

• British Museum
• Victoria & Albert Museum
  • Victoria and Albert Museum in London
  • V&A Museum of Childhood in London
• Horniman Museum and Gardens
• Imperial War Museum
  • Imperial War Museum London
  • Imperial War Museum Duxford
  • HMS Belfast (C35)
  • Churchill War Rooms
  • Imperial War Museum North
• National Museums Liverpool
  • World Museum
  • Walker Art Gallery
  • Merseyside Maritime Museum
  • The Piermaster's House
  • International Slavery Museum
  • Lady Lever Art Gallery
  • Sudley House
  • Museum of Liverpool
  • National Conservation Centre
• Royal Armouries
  • Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds
  • Tower of London in London
  • Fort Nelson in Portsmouth
• Science Museum Group
  • The Science Museum in South Kensington, London
  • The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester
  • The National Railway Museum in York
  • The National Railway Museum Shildon in County Durham ("Locomotion")
  • The National Science and Media Museum (formerly the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television) in Bradford, and
  • The Science Museum at Wroughton in Swindon, Wiltshire.
• Sir John Soane's Museum
• Tate
• The Box, Plymouth in Plymouth, Devon
• Wallace Collection
• Natural History Museum, London
  • Natural History Museum at Tring, Tring
• Geffrye Museum
• National Coal Mining Museum for England, Wakefield
• National Gallery
• National Portrait Gallery
• Royal Museums Greenwich

Sponsored by Ministry of Defence

• National Army Museum
• National Museum of the Royal Navy
• Royal Air Force Museum

Sponsored by the Home Office

• Border Force National Museum

Northern Ireland

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

Scotland

• National Museums 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

• Atomic/Nuclear
  • 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
    • 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
• 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 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
  • National Postal Museum
  • 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 Bush Presidential Library
  • Clinton Presidential Center
  • George W. Bush Presidential Center
• Transportation
  • Mariners' Museum and Park - National Maritime Museum
  • National Railroad Museum
• War Museums/Memorials
  • National Veterans Memorial and Museum
  • National Civil War Museum
  • National Museum of the Pacific War
  • National World War I Museum
  • National World War II Museum
• Other
  • National Museum of Wildlife Art
  • National Civil Rights Museum
  • National Constitution Center
  • National Museum of Dentistry
  • National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
  • National Building Museum
  • National Quilt Museum
  • National Nordic Museum
  • National Law Enforcement Museum
  • National Airmail Museum

See also

• List of museums
• List of national archives
• List of national libraries
• List of national galleries

Further reading

• Silverman, Raymond; Abungu, George; Probst, Peter (2021). National museums in Africa. Identity, history and politics. Milton: Routledge. p. 284. ISBN 978-1-000-42864-3. OCLC 1259323561.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)