List of national museums

A national museum can be a museum maintained and funded by a national government.[1] In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, while other museums are run by regional or local governments.[2] In the United States, most national museums are privately funded and operated, but have been designated by Congress as national institutions that are important to the country. In other countries a much greater number of museums are run by the central government.[3]

The Government Museum Complex in Chennai, which also houses the National Art Gallery and the Connemara Public Library.

The following is an incomplete list of national museums:

Afghanistan

Albania

The Albanian government operates several national museums, including:

Algeria

  • National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers
  • National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art

Angola

  • Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola
  • National Museum of Slavery

Argentina

The Argentinian Ministry of Culture operates several national museums, including:

Armenia

Australia

The Australian Government operates several national museums through its various departments, including:

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

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

  • National Art Gallery of The Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

  • Barbados 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:

Belize

  • Museum of Belize

Bhutan

  • National Museum of Bhutan

Bolivia

  • National Museum of Archaeology
  • National Museum of Art

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

  • Botswana National Museum

Brazil

Brunei

The government of Brunei operates several museums including:

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

  • National Museum of Music

Burundi

  • National Museum of Gitega

Cambodia

Canada

The following are national museums of Canada, established by the federal government of Canada and operated through an autonomous Crown corporation:

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.

Central African Republic

  • Boganda National Museum

Chad

  • Chad National Museum (Musee National N'Djamena)

Chile

China

Colombia

Comoros

  • National Museum of Comoros

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  • National Museum of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • National Museum of Lubumbashi

Costa Rica

  • National Museum of Costa Rica

Croatia

  • Croatian History Museum

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Djibouti

  • Djibouti Museum

Dominica

  • The Dominica Museum

Dominican Republic

  • Museum of the Dominican Man
  • Memorial Museum of Dominican Resistance
  • Museo del Ámbar Dominicano
  • Trampoline Children's Museum
  • Amber World Museum
  • Alcázar de Colón
  • Fortaleza San Luis
  • Columbus Lighthouse
  • Fortaleza San Felipe
  • Museo Bellapart
  • Museo de las Casas Reales

Egypt

Eritrea

  • National Museum of Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

France

Gambia

  • Gambia National Museum

Georgia

  • Georgian National Museum. Branches:
    • Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi
    • Samtskhe-Javakheti History Museum, Akhaltsikhe
    • Open Air Museum of Ethnography, Tbilisi
    • Art Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi
    • Museum of the Soviet Occupation, Tbilisi
    • Dmanisi Museum-Reserve of History and Archaeology, Dmanisi
    • Vani Museum-Reserve of Archaeology, Vani
    • Museum of History of Tbilisi, Tbilisi
    • Museum of History and Ethnography of Svaneti, Mestia
    • Institute of Palaeobiology, Tbilisi[5][6]
    • Sighnaghi Museum, Sighnaghi
    • Bolnisi Museum, Bolnisi[7]
  • Art Palace of Georgia - Museum of Cultural History

Germany

Ghana

  • National Museum of Ghana

Greece

Grenada

  • Grenada National Museum

Guatemala

  • Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología
  • Guatemalan National History Museum
  • Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida"

Guinea

  • Sandervalia National Museum

Guinea-Bissau

  • National Ethnographic Museum

Guyana

Haiti

  • National Museum of Haiti

Holy See (Vatican City)

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

Isle of Man

India

National-level museums in India come directly under the administrative control of Ministry of Culture, Government of India.[8]

Indonesia

Museums listed below are operated by Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology and other ministries.

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Jordan

  • The Jordan Museum
  • Jordan Archaeological Museum
  • Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts

Kazakhstan

  • National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Central State Museum of Kazakhstan
  • Kazakh Museum of Folk Musical Instruments
  • A. Kasteyev State Museum of Arts
  • Nature Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Kenya

  • National Museums of Kenya

Kiribati

  • Te Umanibong

North Korea

South Korea

Kosovo

  • Kosovo Museum

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

  • Kyrgyz State Historical Museum

Laos

  • Lao National Museum

Latvia

  • Latvian National Museum of Art
  • Latvian National Museum of History

Lebanon

Liberia

  • Liberian National Museum

Libya

  • Red Castle Museum
  • Museum of Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macau

  • Museum of Macau

Malawi

  • Chichiri Museum

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

  • National Museum of Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

  • Alele Museum & Public Library

Mauritania

  • National Museum of Mauritania

Mexico

Moldova

  • National Museum of History of Moldova
  • National Museum of Fine Arts, Chișinău

Monaco

  • New National Museum of Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

  • National Museum of Montenegro

Morocco

  • Rabat Archaeological Museum

Myanmar

Namibia

  • National Museum of Namibia
    • Alte Feste
    • Owela Museum
  • Independence Memorial Museum

Nauru

  • Nauru Museum

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Niger

  • Musée National Boubou Hama, formerly National Museum of Niger

Nigeria

North Macedonia

Norway

  • National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

Panama

  • Museum of History of Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

  • Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Asunción

Peru

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

Philippines

The National Museum of the Philippines (NMP), a government organization, operates several national museums, including:

The National Museum Complex in Manila which consists of the central museums of the NMP namely the:

The NMP also operates the following satellite museums:

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

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

Rwanda

  • Ethnographic Museum

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • National Museum of Saint Kitts

Samoa

  • Falemata'aga - Museum of Samoa

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

  • Museum of Black Civilisations
  • Historical Museum of Senegal in Gorée

Serbia

Sierra Leone

  • Sierra Leone National Museum

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

  • Solomon Islands National Museum

Somalia

South Africa

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 [9]

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

  • Surinaams Museum

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

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

  • National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan
  • Tajikistan National Museum

Tanzania

Togo

  • Togo National Museum

Tonga

  • Tonga National Museum

Trinidad and Tobago

  • National Museum and Art Gallery

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

  • Ashgabat National Museum of History
  • The State Museum of the State Cultural Center of Turkmenistan
  • Turkmen Museum of Fine Arts

Turks and Caicos

  • Turks and Caicos National Museum

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

  • Al Ain National Museum
  • National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah
  • Dubai Museum
  • Etihad Museum
  • Emirates National Auto Museum

United Kingdom

England

Sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sponsored by Ministry of Defence

Sponsored by the Home Office

  • Border Force National Museum

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

United States

Uruguay

  • National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay)
  • National Museum of Natural History, Uruguay

Uzbekistan

  • State Museum of History of Uzbekistan
  • Art Gallery of Uzbekistan
  • Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan
  • State Museum of Nature of Uzbekistan
  • State Museum of History of Culture of Uzbekistan
  • Nukus Museum of Art

Vanuatu

Venezuela

  • National Art Gallery (Caracas)

Vietnam

Yemen

  • National Museum of Yemen

Zambia

  • Lusaka National Museum

Zimbabwe

See also

References

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  2. Culture, Media and Sport - Sixth Report (Report). The Culture, Media and Sport Committee. 2007.
  3. Grosvenor, Bendor (25 November 2019). "Could national museums in the UK do more to be truly national?". Apollo. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. "Inicio - Museo Histórico Nacional". mhn.gob.cl. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  5. Manuvera (2014-09-09). "The Last Iranian Tiger in Georgia". kavehfarrokh.com. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  6. Farrokh, K. (2015-03-21). "Turan Tiger Hunted in Central Asia in the 1930s". kavehfarrokh.com. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
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