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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.

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

Albania

• National Museum of History of Albania

Argentina

• Argentine National Museum of History


• Historical House of the Independence Museum


• House of Yrurtia Museum


• Mitre Museum


• National Museum of the Cabildo and the May Revolution


• National Museum of Decorative Arts


• National Museum of Fine Arts


• 
  National Palace of the Arts (ex Palais de Glace)


• Sarmiento Historical Museum

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 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

Belarus

• Belarusian National Arts Museum


• Belarusian National History 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


• Angkor National Museum

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 Immigration at Pier 21


• Canadian Museum of Nature


• Canadian Postal Museum


• Canadian War Museum


• National Gallery of Canada


• Portrait Gallery of Canada


• 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 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 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

Holy See (Vatican City)

• Vatican Museums


• Vatican Library


• Vatican Secret Archives


• Saint Peter's Basilica


• Apostolic Palace


• Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran


• Sistine Chapel

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.^[1]

• 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
  
  
  
  • 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
  
  
  
  

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 Sudan

• South Sudan National Museum

Spain

• 
  Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid


• 
  Museo Casa de Cervantes, Valladolid


• 
  Museo Casa de la Moneda, Madrid


• 
  Museo Cerralbo, Madrid


• 
  Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica, Madrid


• 
  Museo de América, Madrid


• 
  Museo del Ejército, Toledo


• 
  Museu del Ferrocarril de Catalunya, Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona)


• 
  Museo del Ferrocarril de Madrid, Madrid


• 
  Museo del Greco, Toledo


• 
  Museo del Romanticismo, Madrid


• 
  Museo del Traje, Madrid


• 
  Museo Geominero, Madrid


• 
  Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid


• 
  Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid


• 
  Museo Nacional de Antropología, Madrid


• 
  Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática, Cartagena (Murcia)


• 
  Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, Mérida (Badajoz)


• 
  Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, Madrid


• 
  Museo Nacional de Cerámica y Artes Suntuarias González Martí, Valencia


• Museo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Alcobendas (Madrid) and La Coruña


• 
  Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid


• 
  Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid


• 
  Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid


• 
  Museo Nacional del Teatro, Almagro (Ciudad Real)


• 
  Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid


• 
  Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigación de Altamira, Santillana del Mar (Cantabria)


• 
  Museo Naval, Madrid


• 
  Museo Sefardí, Toledo


• 
  Museo Sorolla, Madrid


• 
  Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid

Catalonia ^[2]

• National Art Museum of Catalonia


• National Museum of Science and Industry of Catalonia


• Archaeological Museum of Catalonia

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.)

• 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

• See 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

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


• Wallace Collection


• 
  Natural History Museum
  
  
  
  • 
    Natural History Museum, London
    
  
  
  • 
    Natural History Museum at Tring, Tring
    
  
  
  
  


• Geffrye Museum


• 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

• 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
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 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 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
  
  • National Railroad Museum
  
  


• War Museums/Memorials
  
  
  
  • National Veterans Memorial and Museum
  
  
  • National Civil War Museum
  
  
  • National Museum of the Pacific War
  
  
  • National World War One Museum
  
  
  • National World War Two 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
  
  
  
  

See also

• List of museums


• List of national archives


• List of national libraries


• List of national galleries

References

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