List of natural history museums

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

Angola

Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola, Luanda

Botswana

Botswana National Museum, Gaborone

Canary Islands

Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Tenerife (Museum of Nature and Man), Tenerife

Egypt

Egyptian Geological Museum, Cairo
Marine Life Museum, Alexandria

Ethiopia

Zoological Natural History Museum

Namibia

National Earth Science Museum in the Geological Survey, Windhoek

South Africa

Albany Museum, Grahamstown
Amathole Museum, King William's Town
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, James Kitching Gallery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Bleloch Geological Museum, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
CP Nel Museum, Oudtshoorn
Durban Natural Science Museum, Durban
Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town
Life Sciences Museum and Biodiversity Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
McGregor Museum, Kimberley
Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg
National Museum, Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein
Port Elizabeth Museum, Port Elizabeth
Transvaal Museum, Pretoria
West Coast Fossil Park, Langebaanweg

Sudan

Sudan Natural History Museum (University of Khartoum, Faculty of science, Department of Zoology)

Tanzania

Natural History Museum (part of the National Museum of Tanzania), Arusha
Olduvai Gorge Museum, Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Zimbabwe

Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo

Asia

China

India

Bengal Natural History Museum, Darjeeling
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum, formerly Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Mumbai
Gass Forest Museum, Coimbatore
Government Museum, Egmore, Chennai
Indian Museum, Kolkata
Napier Museum, Kerala
National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi
Nh Fossil Museum Asia,now the name has been changed as Thar Natural History Fossil Museum Churu, Rajasthan
BNHS^[1]

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

Iraq Natural History Museum, Baghdad

Israel

Geological Museum, Jerusalem
Natural History Museum, Jerusalem
National Museum of Natural History at Tel-Aviv University, 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 (Japanese), Fukui, Fukui Prefecture
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture
Geological Museum, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture
Gunma Museum of Natural History, (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 (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 ^[2]
Pearl Museum, Mikimoto Pearl Island, Toba, Mie Prefecture
Saitama Museum of Natural History (Japanese), Nagatoro, Saitama Prefecture
Tsuyama Museum of Science Education, Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture

Jordan

Pella Museum, Amman

Malaysia

Muzium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Pakistan

Pakistan Museum of Natural History

Philippines

UPLB Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños

Qatar

Qatar National Museum, Doha

Singapore

South Korea

Changjo Natural History Museum Siheung-dong, Siheung, Gyeonggi-do
Ewha Womans University Natural History Museum, Seoul
Gyeoryongsan Natural History Museum
Seodaemun Museum of Natural History, Seoul

Taiwan

National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung city^[3]
Museum of Natural History, Tainan City
National Taiwan Museum, Taipei City
National Chiayi University Insect Museum, Chiayi City
Natural History Museum, Taitung County

Thailand

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Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum

Thailand National Science Museum, Pathum Thani
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

Central America

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, English description
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

Europe

Albania

Natural Science Museum, Tirana

Armenia

Geological Museum, Yerevan
Natural History Museum, Yerevan

Austria

Bergbaumuseum Klagenfurt Mining museum, mineralogy, palaeontology (in German), 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 (in German), Mödling
Museum Schloss Lackenbach Man and nature (in German), Lackenbach
Nationalparkzentrum Bios Mallnitz, Mallnitz
Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna
Oberösterreiches Landesmuseum - Biologiezentrum The natural history museum of Upper Austria (in German), Linz
Sternwarte Kremsmünster, Kremsmünster
Styrassic Park An open air dinosaur park (in German), Bad Gleichenberg
Tyrolean State Museum, Innsbruck
Universalmuseum Joanneum universal museum for natural and cultural history (German and English) headquartered in Graz
Wienerwaldmuseum, Eichgraben

Azerbaijan

Museum of Natural History named after Hasan Bey Zardabi, Baku
Azerbaijan Geology Museum, Baku
"Rinay" Malacofauna Museum, Baku

Belarus

Museum of Boulders, more details
Museum of Nature, Belovezhskaya Pushcha Nature Reserve

Belgium

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

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
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

Denmark

Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum, Zoologisk Museum
Botanical Garden, Botanical Museum & Library
Geological Museum

Frederiksborg Palace, Hillerød
The Freshwater Museum, part of Søhøjlandets Økomuseum, Ry
Naturhistorisk Museum, Aarhus
Museum Sønderjylland: Naturhistorie & Palæontologi, Gram

Estonia

Estonian Museum of Natural History, Tallinn
Natural History Museum, University of Tartu, Tartu

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

Dinosauria, Espéraza
Micropolis (La Cité des Insectes), Millau
Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Histoire Naturelle Châteaudun, Châteaudun
Musée des Confluences, Lyon
Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Lille, Lille
Musée de Vendôme, Vendôme
Musée Géologique, Vernet-les-Bains
Musée Requien, Avignon
Musée zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg, Strasbourg
Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Aix-en-Provence, Aix-en-Provence
Muséum d'histoire naturelle d’Angers, Angers
Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille, Marseille
Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Blois, Blois
Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Bourges, Bourges
Muséum d'histoire naturelle d'archéologie et d'ethnographie, Cherbourg-Octeville
Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Grenoble, Grenoble
Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle du Havre, Le Havre
Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Nantes, Nantes
Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice
Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Rouen, Rouen
Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, Toulouse
Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Tours, Tours
Muséum des Sciences Naturelles et de la Préhistoire de Chartres, Chartres
Muséum des Sciences Naturelles d'Orléans, Orléans
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris

Georgia

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

Germany

Aquazoo-Löbbecke-Museum Düsseldorf
Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Hamburg
Bürgermeister-Müller-Museum, Solnhofen
Deutsches Meeresmuseum, Stralsund
Geologisches Museum München, Munich
Haus der Natur, Cismar
Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
Jura Museum, Eichstätt
Lower Saxony State Museum (German: Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover), Hanover
Mineralogisches Museum, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg
Museum der Natur Gotha, Thuringia
Müritzeum, Waren (Müritz)
Museum der Natur Gotha, Gotha
Museum für Natur und Umwelt, Lübeck
Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz, Chemnitz
Museum für Naturkunde Magdeburg, Magdeburg
Museum Heineanum Halberstadt
Museum Koenig, Bonn
Museum of Man and Nature (German Museum Mensch und Natur), Munich
Museum of Natural History in the Ottoneum, Official site in German, Kassel
Museum Wiesbaden, Natural History Collections - MWNH, Wiesbaden
Museum Witt, Munich
Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt
Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum, Braunschweig
Naturhistorisches Museum, Mainz
Naturkundemuseum Coburg, Coburg
Naturkunde Museum, Bamberg
Naturkundemuseum Erfurt, Thuringia
Naturkundemuseum Leipzig, Leipzig
Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann
Paläontologisches Museum München, Munich
Palatine Museum of Natural History (Pfalzmuseum für Naturkunde), Bad Dürkheim
Phyletisches Museum, Jena
Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde, Görlitz
State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe (German: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde), Karlsruhe
State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart (German: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde), Stuttgart
State Museum of Zoology (German: Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen), Dresden
Südostbayerisches Naturkunde- und Mammut-Museum, Siegsdorf
Urwelt-Museum Hauff (Hauff Museum of the Prehistoric World), Holzmaden
Westfälisches Museum für Naturkunde, Münster
Zoological Museum of Kiel University, Kiel
Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich

Greece

Natural History Museum of Meteora and Mushroom Museum, Kalampaka, Trikala
Goulandris Natural History Museum, Athens
Volos Natural History Museum, Volos
Mineralogical Museum of Lavrion, Athens
Museum of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Athens
Natural History Museum of Crete
Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest, Lesvos
Rhodes Aquarium, Rhodes
Zoological Museum of the University of Athens
Museum of Mineralogy & Paleontology Stamatiadis, Ialysos, Rhodes

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

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

Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste, Trieste
La Specola, the Museum of Zoology and Natural History of Florence
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Ferrara, Ferrara
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Genoa
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Milan, Milan
Museo Civico di Zoologia di Roma, Rome
Museo Civico Rovereto, Rovereto
Museo del fossile del Monte Baldo, Brentonico
Museo di Scienze Naturali Enrico Caffi, Bergamo
Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze, University of Florence, Florence
Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia, Venice
Museo geologico - Predazzo, Predazzo
Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Saint-Pierre
Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Regione Piemonte
Museo storia naturale di Pisa, Pisa
Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Trento
Natural History Museum of Giacomo Doria, Museo di storia naturale Giacomo Doria, Genoa
Turin Museum of Natural History, Turin
Zoological Museum of Naples, Naples
Geological Museum Rome
University Museums of Bologna
Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia of University of Padua
Museo Donini San Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna

Latvia

Natural History Museum of Latvia^[4]

Lithuania

Luxembourg

National Museum of Natural History (Luxembourg), Luxembourg City

Macedonia

Macedonian Museum of Natural History, Skopje

Malta

National Museum of Natural History, Mdina

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
Teylers Museum, Haarlem
Zoologisch Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht, Utrecht
Universiteitsmuseum Groningen, Groningen
Museon, The Hague
Natuurhistorisch Museum Natura Docet, Denekamp
Natuurhistorisch en Volkenkundig Museum Oudenbosch, Oudenbosch
Gelders Geologisch Museum, Velp
Natuurmuseum Nijmegen, Nijmegen
Schelpenmuseum paal 14, Schiermonnikoog
Ecomare, Texel

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

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 - Instituto Nacional de Engenharia e Tecnologia Industria, Lisbon
Museu da Lourinhã, Lourinhã
Museu Aquário Vasco da Gama, Oeiras
Museu Carlos Machado, Ponta Delgada
Museu de História Natural da Universidade do Porto, Porto
Sintra Natural History Museum, Sintra

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, Timişoara
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), Timişoara
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 (Mureş 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

Earth History Museum, Vernadsky State Geological Museum, Moscow
Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow
Zoological Museum of Moscow University
Geological Museum, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
Siberian Zoological Museum website English
Kotelnich Palaeontological Museum, Kirov Oblast
Kunstkamera, Saint Petersburg
Orlov Museum, also Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
State Darwin Museum, Moscow
Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Science, Saint Petersburg
St. Petersburg University Museum of the Department of Invertebrate Zoology

Serbia

Museum of Natural History (Belgrade) (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 Ciencias Naturales, 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
Museu de les Papallones de Catalunya, Lleida
Museu Geològic del Seminari de Barcelona, Barcelona
Museu Montsia, Amposta
Museu Valencià d'Història Natural - Fundación Entomológica Torres Sala, Valencia
Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra, Pamplona

Sweden

Biologiska Museet (Biological Museum), Djurgården, Stockholm
Gotland Museum (Gotlands museum), Visby
Geological Museum Villa Heidelberg, Klimpfjäll
Göteborg Natural History Museum (Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum), Gothenburg
Malmö Museums - Natural History Museum, Malmö
Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet) Stockholm
Swedish Amber Museum, Höllviken
Universeum, Gothenburg
Lund University Zoology Museum (Lunds Universitet Zoologiska museet), Lund
Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University (Evolutions Museet Uppsala Universitet), Uppsala

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
Naturhistoriches Museum Basel (Natural History Museum Basel)
Naturhistoriches 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

Turkey

Forestry Museum, also known as Watch Mansion, Bursa
Istanbul Zoology Museum
MTA Natural History Museum, Ankara

Ukraine

National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
State Museum of Natural History, former Didushytskyi museum, Lviv

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
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
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

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
Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Robert B. Ferguson Museum of Mineralogy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg
Whiteshell Natural History Museum, Whiteshell Provincial Park, Nutimik Lake

New Brunswick

New Brunswick Museum, Saint John

Newfoundland

Nova Scotia

Fundy Geological Museum, Parrsboro
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, Halifax

Ontario

Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
The Earth Sciences Museum, University of Waterloo, Waterloo
The Miller Museum of Geology, Queen's University, Kingston
The Niagara Falls Museum, Niagara Falls

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 Minéralogique d'Asbestos, Asbestos
Musée minèralogique et minier de Thetford Mines, Thetford Mines
Redpath Museum, Montreal

Saskatchewan

Abernethy Nature-Heritage Museum, Abernethy
Ancient Echoes Interpretive Center, Herschel
Museum of Natural Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Regina
T.rex Discover Centre, Eastend

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^[5]
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

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
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
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

Museum Geologi Bandung, Bandung
Museum Geologi Bandung
Museum Zoologi Bandung Zoo, Bandung
Bogor Zoological Museum Kebun Raya Bogor, Bogor ^[6]
Museum Serangga dan Kupu-Kupu, Bogor
Museum Zoologi Ragunan Zoo, Jakarta
Museum Purbakala Sangiran, Sragen
Museum Patiayam, Pati
Museum Gunung Merapi, Yogyakarta
Museum Karst, 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
Zoological Museum of Pematangsiantar, Pematangsiantar
Museum Batubara, Sawahlunto
Bukittinggi Zoological Museum, Bukittingi
Museum Sulawesi Tengah, 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

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
Museo Miguel Lillo de Ciencias Naturales, 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

Brazil

Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia - USP, São Paulo, SP
Museu de Geociências - USP, São Paulo, SP
Museu de Historia Natural Capão da Imbuia Wood, Curitiba
Museu de História Natural de São Paulo, São Paulo
Museu de Rochas, Minerais e Minérios - USP, São Paulo, SP
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP
Museu Entomológico Fritz Plaumann, Santa Catarina
Museu Geológico Valdemar Lefèvre, São Paulo, SP
Museu Nacional, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém
Museu de Ciências Naturais - PUC MINAS, Belo Horizonte, MG

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

Paraguay

Botanical Garden and Zoo of Asunción, Asunción

Peru

Museum of Natural History, Lima (Museo de Historia Natural), National University of San Marcos, Lima
Museo La Salle, Lima

Uruguay

Museo del Mar, La Barra del Maldonado
Museos Nacionales de Historia Natural y Antropología, Montevideo

Venezuela

Museo de Biología de la Universidad Central de Venezuela (MBUCV),^[7]^[8]^[9] 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.^[10]^[11]
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

References

↑ http://www.bnhs.org/collections.html
↑ http://www.mus-nh.city.osaka.jp/english/
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↑ http://museumindonesia.com/museum/42/1/Museum_Zoologi_Bogor_Bogor
↑ Pérez Hernández, Roger. Museo de Biología de la Universidad Central de Venezuela (MBUCV) International Symposium & First World Congress on Preservation and concervation of Natural History Collections. 2:17-23
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↑ Bisbal E, Francisco J. 1990: Museo de la Estación Biológica de Rancho Grande. Museo de la Estación Biológica de Rancho Grande.
↑ Sánchez H., Javier. y Bisbal E. Francisco. 2012: Museo de la Estación Biológica de Rancho Grande. Memoria de La Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales.158:5-28.

External links

[1] ttp://www.bnhs.org/collections.html

[2] ttp://www.mus-nh.city.osaka.jp/english/

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[6] ttp://museumindonesia.com/museum/42/1/Museum_Zoologi_Bogor_Bogor

[7] Pérez Hernández, Roger. Museo de Biología de la Universidad Central de Venezuela (MBUCV) International Symposium & First World Congress on Preservation and concervation of Natural History Collections. 2:17-23

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[10] Bisbal E, Francisco J. 1990: Museo de la Estación Biológica de Rancho Grande. Museo de la Estación Biológica de Rancho Grande.

[11] Sánchez H., Javier. y Bisbal E. Francisco. 2012: Museo de la Estación Biológica de Rancho Grande. Memoria de La Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales.158:5-28.

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