List of science museums

Below is a list of science museums all over the world. See Science museum for definitions.

Europe

Austria

• Ars Electronica Center, Linz
• Haus der Musik (House of Music), Vienna
• Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Natural History Museum), Vienna
• Technisches Museum Wien (Vienna Technical Museum), Vienna

Belgium

• Euro Space Center, Libin
• Hidrodoe, Herentals
• Pass, Frameries
• Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels
• Technopolis, Mechelen

Bulgaria

• National Polytechnical Museum, Sofia

Croatia

• Nikola Tesla Memorial Center, Smiljan
• Split Science Museum and Zoo, Split
• Technical Museum, Zagreb

Czech Republic

• National Technical Museum, Prague
• Techmania Science Center, Plzeň

Denmark

• Kroppedal, Copenhagen
• Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen
• Science Museums, Aarhus
• Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen

Estonia

• AHHAA, Tartu

Finland

• Arktikum, Rovaniemi
• Heureka, Vantaa
• Tietomaa, Oulu

France

• Ampère Museum, Lyon
• Cité de l'espace, Toulouse
• Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Paris
• Micropolis (La Cité des Insectes), Millau
• Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris
• Palais de la Découverte, Paris
• Vulcania, Saint-Ours-les-Roches
• Exploradôme, Vitry-sur-Seine

Germany

• Deutsches Museum, Munich
• experimenta, Heilbronn
• German Hygiene Museum, Dresden
• German Museum of Technology (Berlin)
• Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum, Feucht, Bavaria
• Mathematikum, Gießen
• Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Dresden
• Museum für Kommunikation, Frankfurt
• Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt
• Otto-Lilienthal-Museum, Anklam
• Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg
• Rheinisches Industriemuseum, Oberhausen, Ratingen, Solingen, Bergisch Gladbach, Engelskirchen, Euskirchen
• Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum
• Technikmuseum Speyer
• TECHNOSEUM, Mannheim
• Spectrum – German Museum of Technology (Berlin), Berlin
• Völklinger Hütte (Völklingen Ironworks), Völklingen
• Universum Science Center, Bremen
• German Space Travel Exhibition, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz

Greece

• OTE Museum of Telecommunications, Kifisia, Athens
• Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum, Thessaloniki

Hungary

• Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest

Monaco

• Oceanographic Museum
• Scientific Centre of Monaco, Monaco-Ville

Ireland (Republic)

• Birr Castle, County Offaly (contains Ireland's Historic Science Centre)
• Blackrock Castle, Cork (observatory)
• National Science Museum at Maynooth
• Science Gallery, Dublin

Italy

• Città della Scienza, Naples
• Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, Milan
• Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milan
• Museo Galileo, Florence
• University History Museum, University of Pavia, Pavia

Netherlands

• Discovery Center Continium, Kerkrade
• Ithaka Science Center, Tegelen
• Museon, The Hague
• Museum Boerhaave, Leiden
• Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden
• Science Center NEMO, Amsterdam
• Teyler's Museum, Haarlem

Norway

• Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, Oslo
• Trondheim Science Museum, Trondheim
• The Science Factory, Sandnes
• Vitemeir Science Centre, Kaupanger

Poland

• Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw
• EC1 Science and Technology Center in Łódź, Łódź
• Hydropolis Centre for Ecological Education, Wrocław

Portugal

• National Museum of Natural History and Science, Lisbon, Lisbon
• Science Museum of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra
• Visionarium, Santa Maria da Feira

Romania

• Ştefan Procopiu Science and Technology Museum, Iaşi
• "Prof.eng. Dimitrie Leonida" National Technical Museum, București

Russia

• Kunstkamera, Saint Petersburg
• Polytechnical Museum, Moscow
• Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow
• Memorial Museum of Kazan School of Chemistry, Kazan

Serbia

• Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade

Spain

• Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia
• CosmoCaixa Barcelona, Barcelona
• La Casa de la Ciencia, Seville
• Museum of Natural Sciences, Barcelona
• Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid
• Parque de las Ciencias (Granada), Granada

Sweden

• Universeum, Gothenburg
• Teknikens Hus, Luleå
• Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm
• Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology, Stockholm
• Tom Tits Experiment, Södertälje

Switzerland

• Microcosm, CERN, Meyrin
• Technorama, Winterthur
• Verkehrshaus der Schweiz (Swiss Museum of Transport), Lucerne

Turkey

• Feza Gürsey Science Centre, Ankara 1993
• ITU Science Center, Istanbul
• Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam (İstanbul İslam Bilim ve Teknoloji Tarihi Müzesi), Istanbul
• Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul
• Silahtarağa Power Station Energy Museum, Istanbul

United Kingdom

England

• Army Medical Services Museum, Mytchett, Surrey
• Anaesthesia Heritage Centre, London
• At-Bristol, Bristol
• Benjamin Franklin House, London
• Bletchley Park, Bletchley
• British Dental Association Museum, London
• British Optical Association Museum, London
• British Red Cross Museum, London
• Cambridge Science Centre, Cambridge
• Catalyst, Cheshire
• Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne
• Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne
• Enginuity, Shropshire
• Fleming Museum, London
• Florence Nightingale Museum, London
• Foredown Tower Countryside Centre, Portslade, Sussex
• Glenside Museum, Bristol
• Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath
• Hunterian Museum at Royal College of Surgeons, London
• INTECH, Winchester
• Manchester Museum, Manchester
• Michael Faraday Museum, London
• Museum of Bath at Work, Bath
• Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, Manchester
• Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford, Oxford
• National Conservation Centre, Liverpool
• National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
• National Space Centre, Leicester
• Natural History Museum, London
• Old Operating Theatre, London
• Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, Porthcurno, Cornwall
• REME Museum of Technology, Arborfield, Berkshire
• Royal Institution: Faraday Museum, London
• Royal London Hospital Museum and Archives, London
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum, London
• Science Museum, London
• Science Oxford, Oxford
• Shildon Locomotion Museum, Shildon, Durham
• Snibston Discovery Park, Coalville, Leicestershire
• Thackray Museum, Leeds
• Thinktank, Birmingham, Birmingham
• Winchester Science Centre, Winchester
• Whipple Museum of the History of Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
• Woolsthorpe Manor, Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire

Northern Ireland

• Armagh Planetarium, Armagh

Scotland

• Aberdeen Science Centre, Aberdeen
• Dundee Science Centre, Dundee
• Dynamic Earth (Edinburgh), Edinburgh
• Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow
• Mills Observatory, Dundee
• Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh
• Satrosphere Science Centre, Aberdeen
• Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh

Wales

• Techniquest, Cardiff Bay
• Xplore! (formerly Techniquest Glyndŵr), Wrexham

Ukraine

• Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkiv
• New Energy, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Latin America

Argentina

• Galileo Galilei planetarium, Parque Tres de Febrero, Palermo, Buenos Aires
• Parque Astronòmico la Punta, Universidad de La Punta, Ciudad de La Punta, San Luis, Argentina

Brazil

• Museum of Life, Rio de Janeiro
• National Museum of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
• Museum of Science and Technology (PUCRS), Porto Alegre
• Catavento Museum, São Paulo

Colombia

• Parque Explora, Medellín
• Maloka Museum, Bogotá

Mexico

• Alfa Planetarium, Monterrey, Nuevo León
• Museo Descubre, Aguascalientes
• Museo Interactivo de Xalapa, Xalapa, Veracruz
• Universum (UNAM), Mexico City
• Museo Modelo de Ciencias e Industria, Toluca, State of Mexico
• Palace of the Inquisition (Museum of Mexican Medicine), Mexico City
• San Pedro y San Pablo College (Museum of Light), Mexico City

North America

Canada

(listed by province)

For all categorized science museums in Canada, see: Science museums in Canada

Alberta

• Telus Spark, Calgary
• Telus World of Science, Edmonton

British Columbia

• Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Vancouver
• H. R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vancouver
• Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria
• Science World at Telus World of Science, Vancouver

Manitoba

• Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg

New Brunswick

• Science East, Fredericton

Nova Scotia

• Discovery Centre, Halifax

Ontario

• Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
• Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa
• Ontario Science Centre, Toronto
• Personal Computer Museum, Brantford
• Science North and Dynamic Earth in Sudbury
• Canada South Science City in Windsor

Saskatchewan

• Saskatchewan Science Centre, Regina

Quebec

• Cosmodome (Laval), Quebec
• Montreal Biodome
• Montreal Biosphere
• Montreal Science Centre
• Mont Mégantic Observatory, Notre-Dame-des-Bois

United States

Main article: List of science museums in the United States

• Eyring Science Center, Provo, Utah
• Jonsson-Rowland Science Center, Troy, New York
• Sitka Sound Science Center, Sitka, Alaska

Asia and Oceania

Australia

• Gravity Discovery Centre, Gingin, Western Australia
• Macleay Museum – Sydney University Museums, Sydney, New South Wales
• Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, Victoria
• MOD., UniSA, Adelaide, South Australia
• Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
• Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland
• Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra, ACT
• Scienceworks Museum, Melbourne
• Scitech, Perth, Western Australia
• South Australian Museum, Adelaide

Bangladesh

• National Museum of Science and Technology

Brunei

• Seria Energy Lab, Seria

China

• China Science and Technology Museum, Beijing
• Chongqing Science and Technology Museum, Chongqing
• Beijing Museum of Natural History
• Guangdong Science Center, Guangzhou
• Hunan Science and Technology Museum, Changsha
• Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Pudong, Shanghai
• Sichuan Science and Technology Museum, Sichuan

Hong Kong

• Health Education Exhibition and Resource Centre, Kowloon Park
• Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, Mid-Levels
• Fanling Environmental Resource Centre, Fanling
• Hong Kong Science Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui
• Hong Kong Space Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui
• Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change, New Territories

India

• Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata
• Birla Science Museum, Hyderabad
• Birla Planetarium, Chennai
• Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Science City, Patna
• Goa Science Centre, Goa
• Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad
• Birla Planetarium, Chennai
• Hakim Karam Hussain Museum on History of Medicine and Sciences
• Kerala Science and Technology Museum, Thiruvananthapuram
• National Council of Science Museums (NCSM)
• National Science Centre, Delhi
• Nehru Museum of Science and Technology, Kharagpur
• Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai
• Pimpri Chinchwad Science Park, Pune
• Pushpa Gujral Science City, Kapurthala
• Raman Science Centre, Nagpur
• Ranchi Science Centre, Jharkhand
• Regional Science Centre, Bhopal
• Salem Science Park, Salem
• Science Centre Surat, Surat
• Science City Kolkata, Kolkata
• Science Park, Jaipur
• Srikrishna Science Centre, Patna
• Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Bangalore

Indonesia

• Bandung Geological Museum, Bandung
• Puspa Iptek Sundial, Bandung
• Bogor Zoology Museum, Bogor
• Jakarta Planetarium and Observatory, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta
• Taman Pintar Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta

Iran

• Iran National museum of science and technology, Tehran

Israel

• Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem
• Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space, Haifa
• Carasso Science Park, Beer Sheva
• Clore Garden of Science, Rehovot

Japan

• Chiba Museum of Science and Industry
• Gifu City Science Museum, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture
• Hiroshima Children's Museum, Hiroshima
• Miraikan, Tokyo
• Nagoya City Science Museum, Nagoya
• National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan
• Osaka Science Museum, Osaka, Japan
• Science Museum of Map and Survey, Tsukuba City
• Yamanashi Science Museum

Macau

• Macao Science Center, Macau

Malaysia

• Petrosains, Kuala Lumpur
• Pusat Sains Negara (National Science Centre), Kuala Lumpur
• The Green Connection, Kota Kinabalu

New Zealand

• Exscite, Hamilton, New Zealand
• Museum of Transport and Technology, Western Springs, Auckland
• Otago Museum, Dunedin
• Te Manawa, Palmerston North

Pakistan

• MagnifiScience Centre, Karachi

Philippines

• The Mind Museum, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
• National Museum of Natural History, Rizal Park, City of Manila

Singapore

• Science Centre Singapore, Jurong East

South Korea

• National Science Museum, South Korea, Daejeon
• Gwacheon National Science Museum, Gyeonggi-do
• Gwangju National Museum, Gwangju
• Ulsan Science Museum, Ulsan

Taiwan

• Insect Science Museum, Taipei
• National Museum of Marine Science and Technology, Keelung
• National Taiwan Science Education Center, Taipei
• National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung
• National Science and Technology Museum, Kaohsiung
• National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung
• Taipower Exhibit Center in Southern Taiwan, Hengchun

Thailand

• National Science Museum, Pathum Thani

Vietnam

• ExploraScience Quy Nhơn, Quy Nhơn

Africa

Egypt

• Planetarium Science Center
• Agriculture Museum
• Wadi-Hitan-Fossil-Climate-Change-Museum
• Egyptian Geological Museum
• The Children's Civilization and Creativity Center
• Zoological and Geological Museums, Tanta University
• Hurghada Grand Aquarium
• Museum of the Zoology Department, South Valley University
• Kasr EL-Aini Museum, Cairo University
• Medicinal Plants Museum, Cairo University

Ethiopia

• Ethiopia Museum of Art and Science, Addis Ababa

South Africa

• Cape Town Science Centre, Cape Town
• Unizulu Science Centre, Richards Bay

See also

• List of natural history museums
• Planetarium
• Science tourism

External links

• Map the World's Science Museums on Nature blogs