List of science museums

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

Contents 1 Europe 1.1 Austria 1.2 Belgium 1.3 Croatia 1.4 Czech Republic 1.5 Denmark 1.6 Estonia 1.7 Finland 1.8 France 1.9 Germany 1.10 Greece 1.11 Hungary 1.12 Monaco 1.13 Italy 1.14 Latvia 1.15 Netherlands 1.16 Norway 1.17 Poland 1.18 Portugal 1.19 Serbia 1.20 Slovenia 1.21 Spain 1.22 Sweden 1.23 Switzerland 1.24 Turkey 1.25 United Kingdom 2 Latin America 2.1 Argentina 2.2 Brazil 2.3 Chile 2.4 Colombia 2.5 Mexico 2.6 Panama 2.7 Trinidad & Tobago 2.8 Uruguay 2.9 Venezuela 3 North America 3.1 Canada 3.1.1 Alberta 3.1.2 British Columbia 3.1.3 Manitoba 3.1.4 New Brunswick 3.1.5 Newfoundland 3.1.6 Nova Scotia 3.1.7 Ontario 3.1.8 Quebec 3.1.9 Saskatchewan 3.1.10 Yukon 3.2 United States 4 Asia and Oceania 4.1 Azerbaijan 4.2 Australia 4.3 Bangladesh 4.4 China 4.5 India 4.6 Indonesia 4.7 Japan 4.8 Malaysia 4.9 New Zealand 4.10 Pakistan 4.11 Philippines 4.12 Russia 4.13 Singapore 4.14 South Korea 4.15 Taiwan 4.16 Thailand 4.17 Turkey 5 Middle East 5.1 Brunei 5.2 Egypt 5.3 Israel 5.4 Kuwait 5.5 Saudi Arabia 5.6 United Arab Emirates 6 Africa 6.1 Mauritius 6.2 South Africa 7 See also 8 References

[edit] Europe

[edit] Austria

• Ars Electronica, Linz
• House of Music (Haus der Musik), Vienna
• Technisches Museum Wien, Vienna

[edit] Belgium

• EcoHuis Antwerp, Antwerp
• Euro Space Centre, Wallonia, Belgium
• Hidrodoe, Herentals
• PASS -Parc d'Aventures Scientifiques, Frameries
• Polaris Climate Change Observatory - Brussels, Brussels
• Technopolis (Belgium), Mechelen, Belgium

[edit] Croatia

• Technical Museum, Zagreb

[edit] Czech Republic

• Mendel Museum of Genetics, Brno
• National Technical Museum (Prague), Prague
• Techmania, Pilsen

[edit] Denmark

• Danfoss Universe, Nordborg
• Experimentarium, Copenhagen
• Steno Museum, Arhus
• Danish Technical Museum (Danmarks Tekniske Museum), Elsinore
• Xploorit, Kolding

[edit] Estonia

• AHHAA Science Centre at Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia
• Energiakeskus (Energy Center), Tallin

[edit] Finland

• Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi
• G.A. Serlachius Museum, Mänttä
• Heureka, Vantaa, Finland
• Science Centre Tietomaa, Oulu

[edit] France

• Agropolis, Montpellier
• Cap Sciences, Bordeaux
• Cité de l'espace, Toulouse
• Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Paris, France
• Cité des télécoms, also known as Radome - Musée des Télécoms, Pleumeur-Bodou
• CCSTI de Grenoble, Grenoble
• Espace des Sciences, Rennes
• Exploradome, Paris
• Forum Départemental des Sciences, Villeneuve
• La Rotonde, Saint-Etienne
• Micropolis (La Cité des Insectes), Millau
• Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France
• Palais de la Découverte, Paris, France
• Palais de l'Univers, Cappelle la Grande
• Vaisseau, Strasbourg
• Visiatome, Marcoule
• Vulcania, Saint-Ours-les-Roches, Auvergne

[edit] Germany

• Adam-Ries Museum, Annaberg
• Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité, Berlin
• DASA - German Occupational Safety and Health Exhibition, Dortmund
• Deutsches Museum, Munich
• Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden
• ExploHeidelberg, Heidelberg
• German Chemistry Museum (Deutsches Chemie-museum) Merseburg
• German Museum of Technology (Berlin)
• Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum, Paderborn
• Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum, Feucht, Bavaria
• Landesmuseum für Technik und Arbeit, Mannheim
• Liebig-Museum, Gießen
• Mathematikum, Gießen
• ODYSSEUM Koln (Cologne Science Center), Cologne
• Otto-Lilienthal-Museum, Anklam
• Phanomenta, Bremerhaven [1]
• Phanomenta, Flensburg
• Phanomenta, Ludenscheid
• Phanomenta, Peenemunde
• Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg
• Rheinisches Industriemuseum, Oberhausen, Ratingen, Solingen, Bergisch Gladbach, Engelskirchen, Euskirchen
• Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum
• Technikmuseum Speyer
• Spectrum - German Museum of Technology (Berlin), Berlin
• Technik Museum Magdeburg, Magdeburg
• Turm der Sinne (Tower of Senses), Nuernberg
• Völklinger Hütte (Völklingen Ironworks), Völklingen
• X-World Science Center, Rust
• Universum Science Center, Bremen

[edit] Greece

• Thessaloniki Science Center & Technology Museum - NOESIS, Greece

[edit] Hungary

• Palace of Miracles, Budapest
• Hungarian Chemistry Museum, Várpalota, Thury Castle

[edit] Monaco

• Oceanographic Museum, Monaco

[edit] Italy

• Citta della Scienza, Naples
• Enrico Fermi Center, Rome
• Immaginario Scientifico, Trieste
• Institute and Museum of the History of Science (Instituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza), Florence, Italy.
  Many of Galileo Galilei's original instruments are housed in this museum.
• Museo del Balì, Saltara
• Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci", Milan, Italy
• Museo di Fisica di Sardegna (Physics Museum of Sardinia), University of Cagliari, Monteserrat
• Museo Gianni Caproni, Trento
• Post Science Center (Perugia Officina per la Scienza e la Tecnologia ), Perugia

[edit] Latvia

• Children's Science Centre, "Tehnoannas pagrabi" (Cellars of the TechnoAnn), Riga

[edit] Netherlands

• Museon, The Hague, Netherlands
• NEMO (museum), Amsterdam, Netherlands [2]
• Techniek Museum Delft (Delft Technical Museum) official site, Description in English Delft
• Teylers Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands
• Boerhaave Museum in Leiden, Netherlands

[edit] Norway

• Jærmuseet
  • Vitengarden (the Science Farm), Nærbø
  • Vitenfabrikken (the Science Factory), Sandnes
• Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, Oslo, Norway
• Nordnorsk vitensenter (Northern Norwegian Science center), Tromsø
• Trondheim Science Museum, Trondheim
• Vitensenteret Innlandet (Science Center Innlandet), Gjoevik

[edit] Poland

• Copernicus Science Centre (Centrum Nauki Kopernik), Warsaw
• Hewelianum, Gdansk

[edit] Portugal

• "Casa da Luz" Electricity Museum, Funchal, Madeira Island
• Centro Ciência Viva da Amadora (Interactive Science Center of Amadora), Amadora
• Centro Ciência Viva da Floresta (Science Center of Forest Life), Proença-a-nova
• Centro Ciência Viva de Tavira, Tavira
• Centro Ciência Viva de Vila do Conde ("Ciência Viva" Science Centre), Vila do Conde
• Centro Ciência Viva do Alviela, Alcanena
• Centro Ciência Viva de Estremoz, Estremoz
• Centro Ciencia Viva do Algarve, Faro
• Centro Ciência Viva de Bragança, Bragança
• Centro Ciência Viva de Sintra, Sintra
• Centro Ciência Viva do Porto Moniz, Porto Moniz
• Centro Ciência Viva de Constância
• Exploratorio - Centro Ciência Viva
• Pavilion of Knowledge - Ciência Viva (Pavilhão do Conhecimento), Lisbon, Portugal
• Planetário Calouste Gulbenkian - Centro Ciência Viva, Lisbon
• Science Museum of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra
• Visionarium (Portugal), Santa Maria da Feira

[edit] Serbia

• Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade, Serbia
• Petnica Science Center, Valjevo, Serbia

[edit] Slovenia

• Technical Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana
• Ustanova Hisa Eksperimentov - The House of Experiments, Ljubljana

[edit] Spain

• Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia
• CosmoCaixa Barcelona, Barcelona
• CosmoCaixa Madrid, Madrid
• Kutxaespacio de la Ciencia, Donostia-San Sebastian
• Museu Agbar, Cornellà de Llobregat
• Museo Elder, Las Palmas
• Museos Científicos Coruñeses (=mc2), A Coruña
• Museo de la Ciencia y El Cosmos, La Laguna, Tenerife
• Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica de Catalunya, Terrassa
• Museo de la Ciencia y el Agua, Murcia
• Museo de las Ciencias de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca
• Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain
• Museo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Madrid
• Paleontological Park Dinopolis, Teruel
• Parque de las Ciencias, Granada

[edit] Sweden

• Framtidsmuseet (Future Museum), Borlänge
• Malmö Museums - Technology & Maritime House, Malmö
• Molekylverkstan, Stenungsund
• Museum of Ethnography [3], Stockholm
• National Museum of Science and Technology (Tekniska Museet), Stockholm, Sweden
• Nobel Museum, Stockholm
• Stockholm Observatory, Stockholm
• Technichus, Harnosand
• Teknikens Hus, Lulea
• Tom Tits Experiment, Sodertalje
• Universeum, Gothenburg

[edit] Switzerland

• Alimentarium, Vevey
• Microcosm (CERN), Meyrin
• Museum für Kommunikation, Bern
• Techorama, The Swiss Science Center, Winterthur, Switzerland

[edit] Turkey

• Bilim Merkezi, Istanbul
• Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul
• Silahtarağa Power Station Energy Museum, Istanbul
• State Meteorological Service's Museum, Ankara

[edit] United Kingdom

• Army Medical Services Museum, Mytchett, Surrey
• Anaesthesia Heritage Centre, London
• At-Bristol, Bristol, England
• Benjamin Franklin House, London
• Bletchley Park, Bletchley, England
• British Dental Association Museum, London
• British Optical Association Museum, London
• British Red Cross Museum, London
• Brooklands Museum Discovery Zone, Weybridge
• Building Exploratory, London
• Catalyst, Cheshire, England
• Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
• Centre of the Cell, Queen Mary, University of London, London
• Discovery, Weymouth, England
• The Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne
• Enginuity, Shropshire, England
• Fleming Museum, London
• Florence Nightingale Museum, London
• Foredown Tower Countryside Centre, Portslade
• Glenside Museum, Bristol
• Green's Windmill and Science Centre, Sneinton
• Hunterian Museum at Royal College of Surgeons, London
• Inspire Discovery Centre, Norwich, England
• INTECH, Winchester
• Jodrell Bank Visitor Centre, Macclesfield
• Look Out Discovery Centre, Bracknell Forest, Bracknell
• Magna Science Adventure, Rotherham
• Making It! Discovery Centre, Mansfield Notts
• Michael Faraday Museum , London
• Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, Manchester, England
• Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
• National Conservation Centre, Liverpool
• National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England
• National Space Centre, Leicester, England
• National Stone Centre, Matlock, England
• Observatory Science Centre, Hailsham
• Old Operating Theatre, London
• Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, Porthcurno, Cornwall
• REME Museum of Technology, Arborfield
• Royal Institution: Faraday Museum, London, England
• Royal London Hospital Museum and Archives, London
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum, London
• Sanford Mill, Chelmsford
• Science Museum, London, England
• Science Oxford, Oxford, England
• Snibston Discovery Park, Coalville, Leicestershire
• Thackray Museum, Leeds
• Thinktank, Birmingham, Birmingham
• Whipple Museum of the History of Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
• Whitby Wizard, Whitby, Yorkshire, England
• Woolsthorpe Manor, Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth

• Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
• Mills Observatory, Dundee, Scotland
• Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, Scotland, focuses especially on earth science
• Satrosphere Science Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland
• Sensation Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
• Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Center for Alternative Technology, Powys, Wales
• Techniquest, Cardiff Bay, Wales
• Techiquest@NEWI, Wrexham, Wales

• Armagh Planetarium, Armagh, Northern Ireland
• W5-whowhatwherewhenwhy, Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Birr Castle: Ireland's Historic Science Centre, Birr, Ireland
• Exploration Station, Dublin, Ireland, under construction near Heuston Station, planned opening in 2009

[edit] Latin America

[edit] Argentina

• Exploratorio, Buenos Aires
• Museo Participativo de Ciencias, Buenos Aires
• PUERTOCIENCIA, Museo Interactivo de Ciencias, Entre Ríos

[edit] Brazil

• ESTAÇÃO CIÊNCIA, Sao Paulo
• Fundação Planetário da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
• Museu Exploratório de Ciências da UNICAMP, Campinas
• Museu da Vida (Museum of Life), Rio de Janeiro
• National Museum of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

[edit] Chile

• Explora, Santiago
• Museo Interactivo Mirador – MIM, Santiago

[edit] Colombia

• Maloka, Centro Interactivo de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Bogotá

[edit] Mexico

• Alfa Planetarium, Monterrey
• Caracol, Museo de Ciencias de Ensenada, Ensenada
• Centro de Ciencias de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Sinaloa
• Centro de Ciencias EXPLORA, León, Guanajuato
• Centro de Difusión de Ciencia y Tecnología, Azcapotzalco
• Descubre, Museo Interactivo de Ciencia y Tecnología, Aguascalientes
• Museo de la Luz (Museum of Light), Chilpancingo, Guerrero
• Museo El Rehilete, Pachuca, Hidalgo
• Museo Interactivo “ La Avispa”, Chilpancingo, Guerrero
• Museo Interactivo de Xalapa - MIX, Xalapa, Veracruz
• Museo Tecnologico de la CFE (MUTEC)
• Papalote, Museo del Niño
• Sol del Niño, Science and Technology Center, Baja California
• Trompo Magico, Zapopan
• Universum, Museum of Science (UNIVERSUM Museo de las Ciencias), Mexico City, Mexico
• Zig Zag Centro Interactivo de Ciencias Zacatecas, Zacatecas

[edit] Panama

• Explora Panama, Panama

[edit] Trinidad & Tobago

• National Science Centre, D'Abadie

[edit] Uruguay

• Ciencia Viva (Science Alive), Montevideo

[edit] Venezuela

• Museo de Ciencia y Tecnología del Estado Mérida, Merida

[edit] North America

[edit] Canada

(listed by province)

[edit] Alberta

• Oil Sands Discovery Centre, Fort McMurray
• Telus World of Science, Calgary, Alberta
• Telus World of Science, Edmonton, Alberta

[edit] British Columbia

• BIG Little Science Centre, Kamloops
• Centre of the Universe, Victoria
• The Exploration Place (Fraser Fort George Regional Museum), Prince George, British Columbia
• H. R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
• Okanagan Science Centre, Vernon, British Columbia
• Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia
• Science World at Telus World of Science, Vancouver, British Columbia

[edit] Manitoba

• Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba

[edit] New Brunswick

• East, Fredericton

[edit] Newfoundland

• Newfoundland Science Centre, St. John's

[edit] Nova Scotia

• Discovery Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia

[edit] Ontario

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

[edit] Quebec

• Armand Frappier Museum, Laval, Quebec
• Cosmodome (Laval), Quebec
• Mont Mégantic Observatory, Notre-Dame des Bois
• Montréal Science Centre, Montreal, Quebec

[edit] Saskatchewan

• Saskatchewan Science Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan

[edit] Yukon

• Northern Lights Centre, Watson Lake

[edit] United States

Main article: List of science museums in the United States

[edit] Asia and Oceania

[edit] Azerbaijan

• Museum of Azerbaijan Medicine, Baku
• Caspian Energy Centre, BP operated Sangachal Terminal, Salyan highway, Azerbaijan

[edit] Australia

• Discovery Science & Technology Centre, Bendigo, Victoria
• Fremantle Light and Sound Discovery Center, Fremantle
• Hands On Energy Discovery Centre, Hydro Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania
• Imaginarium Science Centre, Devonport, Tasmania
• Melbourne Museum, Melbourne
• Monash Science Centre, Clayton, Melbourne
• Newcastle Museum, Newcastle, New South Wales
• Physics Museum of the University of Queensland, Brisbane
• Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
• Queensland Museum, Brisbane
• Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra, Australia
• Scienceworks Museum, Melbourne, Australia
• Scitech, Perth
• South Australian Museum, Adelaide
• Wollongong Science Centre and Planetarium, Fairy Meadow, New South Wales

[edit] Bangladesh

• National Museum of Science & Technology, Agargaaon, Dhaka

[edit] China

• Beijing Museum of Natural History
• China Science and Technology Centre, Description in English Beijing
• Fanling Environmental Resource Centre, Fanling, Hong Kong
• Haier Science and Technology Gallery, Laoshan
• Health Education Exhibition and Resources Centre, Kowloon Park, Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Science Museum, Hong Kong, China
• Hong Kong Space Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
• Macao Science Center, Macau
• Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Pudong, Shanghai
• Sichuan Science and Technology Museum, Sichuan
• Tianjin Museum of Science and Technology, Tianjin

[edit] India

• Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkota
• Goa Science Centre, Goa
• Kapila Science Park, (scroll down the page) Kapila
• National Science Centre, New Delhi
• Nehru Museum of Science and Technology, Kharagpur
• Raman Science Center, Nagpur
• Regional Science Centre, Lucknow
• Regional Science Centre and Planetarium Calicut, Calicut
• Science Center, Dhenkanal
• Science City, Kolkota
• Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Bangalore
• Shrikrishna Science Centre, Patna
• National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), India

[edit] Indonesia

• Pusat Peragaan IPTEK - Science and Technology Centre of Indonesia, Jakarta

[edit] Japan

• Gifu City Science Museum, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture
• Ehime Prefectural Science Museum, Niihama, Ehime Prefecture
• Hiroshima Children's Museum, Hiroshima
• Miraikan, Tokyo
• Nagoya City Science Museum, Nagoya
• National Science Museum of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
• National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan
• Science Museum, Tokyo, Japan
• Osaka Science Museum, Osaka, Japan
• Science Museum of Map and Survey, Tsukuba City
• Science Square Tsukuba, Tsukuba City
• Tsukuba Expo Center, Tsukuba City

[edit] Malaysia

• Pusat Sains Negara (National Science Centre), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Petrosains Discovery Centre, Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur City Centre

[edit] New Zealand

• Exscite, Hamilton, New Zealand
• Museum of Transport and Technology, Western Springs, Auckland
• Science Alive! - The New Zealand Science Centre, Christchurch
• Te Manawa: Museum, Gallery, Science Centre, Palmerston North

[edit] Pakistan

• National Museum of Science & Technology, Lahore

[edit] Philippines

• Philippine Science Centrum, Marikina City, Manila

[edit] Russia

• Mineralogical Museum, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg
• Dmitry Mendeleev Museum & Archives, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg
• Museum of Military Medicine, Saint Petersburg
• Kunstkamera, Saint Petersburg
• Polytechnical Museum, Moscow

[edit] Singapore

• Science Centre, Singapore, Jurong East, Singapore

[edit] South Korea

• National Science Museum, Daejeon

[edit] Taiwan

• National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan, Taichung
• National Science and Technology Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• National Taiwan Science Education Center, Taipei

[edit] Thailand

• National Science Museum, Pathum Thani, Thailand

[edit] Turkey

• Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
• Silahtarağa Power Station Energy Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

[edit] Middle East

[edit] Brunei

• Oil & Gas Discovery Center, Seria

[edit] Egypt

• Planetarium Science Center (PSC), Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria

[edit] Israel

• Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem
• Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space, Haifa

[edit] Kuwait

• The Scientific Center of Kuwait, Salmiya

[edit] Saudi Arabia

• SciTech - Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Science and Technology Center, Al Khobar

[edit] United Arab Emirates

• Sharjah Science Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

[edit] Africa

[edit] Mauritius

• Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre, Bell Village

[edit] South Africa

• Giyani Science Centre, Giyani
• MTN Sciencentre, Cape Town
• Old Mutual-MTN ScienCentre, Umhlanga Rocks
• Olwazini Discovery Centre, Pietermaritzburg
• Sci-Bono, Johannesburg
• Sci-Enza, University of Pretoria, Pretoria
• Unizul Science Centre, University of Zululand, Richards Bay
• Visitor Center at Lethabo Power Station, Lethabo, Deneysville
• Visitor Center at Koeberg Power Station, Koeberg, Melkbosstrand

[edit] See also

Planetarium

• Association of Science-Technology Centers
• Asia Pacific Network of Science and Technology Centres
• SAASTEC - Southern African Association of Science & Technology Centers
• Australasian Science and Technology Exhibitors Network
• Canadian Association of Science Centres
• ECSITE - European Collaborative for Science, Industry and Technology Exhibitions
• ECSITE-UK - British branch of ECSITE
• Irish Science Centres Association Network (iSCAN)
• NCSM - National Council of Science Museums in India
• AMMCCyT (Mexican Association of Science and Technology Museums and Centers)
• Nordisk Science Center Forbund (Nordic Science Center Association)
• REDPOP - Interactive Science Centres in South America

[edit] References