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A national museum is a museum maintained by a state. In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, and often is restricted to a few museums, mostly in the capital, while other museums are run by regional or local government, or foundations. In other countries a much larger number of museums are run by the central government, some quite small. Some national museums use the term in their name, but others do not; some museums just adopt the term as a matter of branding.

Contents

The following is an incomplete and not very reliable list of national museums:

Argentina

  • Argentine National Museum of History

    • Australia

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

    • Azerbaijan

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

    • Bahrain

  • Bahrain National Museum

    • Bangladesh

  • Bangladesh National Museum

    • Belgium

  • Royal Museums of Art and History

    • 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 of 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)

    • Bulgaria

  • Earth and Man National Museum
  • National Archaeological Museum
  • National Historical Museum
  • National Museum of Military History
  • National Museum of Natural History
  • National Transport Museum

    • Burkina Faso

  • National Museum of Music

    • Cambodia

  • National Museum of Cambodia

    • Canada

  • Canada Agriculture Museum
  • Canada Aviation Museum
  • Canada Science and Technology Museum
  • Canadian Children's Museum
  • Canadian Museum for Human Rights
  • Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
  • Canadian Museum of History
  • Canadian Museum of Nature
  • Canadian Postal Museum
  • Canadian War Museum
  • National Gallery of Canada
  • Portrait Gallery of Canada
  • Quebec National Museum of Fine Arts (Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec)
  • RCMP Heritage Centre
  • Virtual Museum of Canada
  • Virtual Museum of New France

    • 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 (P.R.C.)

  • National Art Museum of China
  • National Central Museum of Natural History (now Beijing Museum of Natural History)
  • National Museum of China

    • Colombia

  • Colombian National Museum

    • Comoros

  • National Museum of Comoros

    • Costa Rica

  • National Museum of Costa Rica

    • Cyprus

  • Cyprus Museum

    • Czech Republic

  • Czech National Museum

    • Denmark

  • National Museum of Denmark

    • Djibouti

  • Djibouti Museum

    • Eritrea

  • National Museum of Eritrea

    • Estonia

  • Art Museum of Estonia
  • Estonian National Museum

    • Finland

  • National Museum of Finland

    • France

  • Centre Georges Pompidou (Musée National d'Art Moderne)
  • Musée de l'Armée
  • Musée de Cluny - National Museum of the Middle-Ages (Musée National du Moyen-Age)
  • Musée du Louvre
  • 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 Museum of Technology (Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin)
  • German National Museum (Germanisches Nationalmuseum)
  • Glyptothek
  • Modern Art Museum (Pinakothek der Moderne)
  • Museum Wiesbaden
  • National Museum of Germany (Deutsches Museum)
  • New Pinakothek (Neue Pinakothek)
  • Old Pinakothek (Alte Pinakothek)

    • Ghana

  • National Museum of Ghana

    • Greece

  • Athens War Museum
  • National Archaeological Museum of Athens
  • National Gallery
  • National Historical Museum of Greece
  • State Museum of Contemporary Arts

    • Guatemala

  • Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida"

    • Guyana

  • National Museum of Guyana

    • Hungary

  • Hungarian National Museum

    • Iceland

  • National Gallery of Iceland
  • National Museum of Iceland

    • Isle of Man

  • Manx National Heritage (Manx National Heritage)

    • India

    National-level museums in India come directly under the administrative control of Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

  • Allahabad Museum
  • Indian Museum
  • National Gallery of Modern Art
  • National Museum, New Delhi
  • Salar Jung Museum
  • Victoria Memorial
  • 23 science centers under the National Council of Science Museums
  • 44 site museums under the Archaeological Survey of India

    • Indonesia

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

    • 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

  • Kyoto National Museum
  • Kyushu National Museum
  • Nara National Museum
  • National Museum of Art, Osaka
  • National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
  • The National Museum of Western Art (Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan)
  • Standing Buddha (Tokyo National Museum)
  • Tokyo National Museum

    • 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

  • National Museum of Libya

    • 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

    • Malaysia

  • Muzium Negara

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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
  • 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

    • Peru

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

    • Philippines

  • National Museum of Anthropology
  • National Museum of Fine Arts
  • National Museum of Natural History

    • Poland

  • Kraków National Museum
  • National Museum, Gdańsk
  • National Maritime Museum, Gdańsk
  • National Museum of Poland
  • National Museum, Poznań
  • National Museum in Szczecin
  • Warsaw National Museum
  • Wrocław National Museum

    • Portugal

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

    • 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

    • Somalia

  • National Museum of Somalia

    • South Africa

  • South African National Museum of Military History
  • Iziko South African Museum

    • South Korea

  • Gyeongju National Museum

    • South Sudan

  • South Sudan National Museum

    • Spain

  • Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid
  • Museo de América, Madrid
  • Museo del Traje, Madrid
  • Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
  • Museo Nacional Colegio de San Gregorio, Valladolid
  • Museo Nacional de Antropología, Madrid
  • Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática, Murcia
  • Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, Badajoz
  • Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, Madrid
  • Museo Nacional de Cerámica y de las Artes Suntuarias González Martí, Valencia
  • Museo Nacional de Reproducciones Artísticas, Madrid
  • Museo Nacional de Fotografía, Soria
  • Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
  • Museo Nacional del Romanticismo, Madrid
  • Museo Nacional del Teatro, Ciudad Real
  • Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigación de Altamira, Cantabria
  • Museo Naval, Madrid
  • Museo Sefardí, Toledo

    • 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 (R.O.C.)

  • 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

  • See National museums of Thailand.

    • Trinidad and Tobago

  • National Museum and Art Gallery

    • 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

  • British Museum
  • Design Museum (sponsored)
  • HM Customs & Excise National Museum
  • Horniman Museum and Gardens (sponsored)
  • Imperial War Museum
  • National Army Museum
  • National Emergency Services Museum
  • National Football Museum (sponsored)
  • National Gallery
  • National Horseracing Museum
  • National Maritime Museum
  • National Media Museum
  • National Motor Museum
  • National Museum of Science and Industry
  • National Museums Liverpool
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • National Railway Museum
  • National Space Centre
  • National Tramway Museum
  • National Waterways Museum
  • Natural History Museum
  • People's History Museum (sponsored)
  • Royal Armouries
  • Science Museum
  • Shildon Locomotion Museum
  • Sir John Soane's Museum
  • Tate
  • Victoria & Albert Museum
  • Wallace Collection

    • England

  • Geffrye Museum (sponsored)
  • Museum of London
  • Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester (sponsored)
  • National Coal Mining Museum for England (sponsored)
  • National Museums Liverpool
  • Tyne and Wear Museums (sponsored)

    • Northern Ireland

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

    • 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

  • 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
  • Navy:
  • National Museum of the Marine Corps
  • National Museum of the United States Navy
  • National Naval Aviation Museum
  • 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 Lighthouse Museum
  • 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 History and Technology
  • National Museum of Natural History
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • National Postal Museum
  • National Zoological Park
  • Other:
  • National Atomic Testing Museum
  • National Civil Rights Museum
  • National Civil War Museum
  • National Electronics Museum
  • National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
  • National Museum of the Pacific War
  • National Railroad Museum
  • National World War One Museum
  • National World War Two Museum

    • References

    List of national museums Wikipedia
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