List of science centers in the United States
This is a List of science centers in the United States. AAM and ASTC member centers are granted institutional benefits and may offer benefits to individuals through purchased or granted individual memberships as well. ASTC offers a "passport" that allows for free general entry at all other participating ASTC member centers outside of a 90-mile radius of home.[1] AAM offers a similar program that offers benefits to individuals.[2]
AAM accredited museums have obtained a seal of approval from the AAM Accreditation Program that ensures a museum's "commitment to excellence, accountability, high professional standards and continued institutional improvement."[3]
This is a comprehensive list of ASTC centers, but it is not comprehensive for AAM museums. Any type of museum can be associated with AAM, whereas ASTC associates specifically with science centers and technology-based collections.
Name | City | State | AAM[4] Accredited | AAM[5] Member | ASTC[6] Member | ASTC[6] Passport | Description |
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A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village | Salem | Oregon | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum | Houghton | Michigan | No | No | No | ? | Natural history |
The Academy of Natural Sciences | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum | Chicago | Illinois | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Adventure Science Center | Nashville | Tennessee | No | No | Yes | Yes | Children's |
Air Zoo | Portage | Michigan | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Alabama Museum of Health Sciences | Birmingham | Alabama | No | No | No | ? | Medical |
Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art | Midland | Michigan | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Amazement Square | Lynchburg | Virginia | No | No | Yes | No | |
American Computer Museum | Bozeman | Montana | No | No | No | ? | Computer |
American Museum of Natural History | New York | New York | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
American Museum of Radio and Electricity | Bellingham | Washington | No | No | No | ? | |
American Museum of Science & Energy | Oak Ridge | Tennessee | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Nuclear energy |
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center and Imaginarium Discovery Center | Anchorage | Alaska | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum | Ann Arbor | Michigan | No | No | Yes | Yes | Children's |
Anniston Museum of Natural History | Anniston | Alabama | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Arizona Science Center | Phoenix | Arizona | No | No | Yes | Yes | Children's |
The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
Astronaut Memorial Planetarium & Observatory | Cocoa | Florida | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Austin Children's Museum | Austin | Texas | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Aviation Museum of Kentucky | Lexington | Kentucky | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Bakersfield Adventures for the Mind | Bakersfield | California | No | No | Yes | No | |
The Bakken Library and Museum | Minneapolis | Minnesota | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Barlow Planetarium | Menasha | Wisconsin | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Barren River Imaginative Museum of Science | Bowling Green | Kentucky | No | No | No | ? | |
Bell Museum of Natural History | Minneapolis | Minnesota | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Bergen Museum of Art & Science | Hackensack | New Jersey | No | No | No | ? | |
Berkshire Museum | Pittsfield | Massachusetts | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Bernice P. Bishop Museum | Honolulu | Hawaii | Yes | No | No | ? | |
Betty Brinn Children's Museum | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | No | No | Yes | No | |
Billings Farm & Museum | Woodstock | Vermont | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Birch Aquarium at Scripps | La Jolla | California | No | No | Yes | No | |
Birds of Vermont Museum | Huntington | Vermont | No | No | No | ? | Natural history |
Bishop Museum | Honolulu | Hawaii | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Black Hills State University, Sanford Center for Science Education | Spearfish | South Dakota | No | No | Yes | No | |
BNL Science Learning Center | Upton | New York | No | No | Yes | No | |
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery | Dayton | Ohio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Boston Children's Museum | Boston | Massachusetts | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Bradbury Science Museum | Los Alamos | New Mexico | No | No | No | ? | |
The Brooklyn Children's Museum | Brooklyn | New York | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Bruce Museum | Greenwich | Connecticut | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Buffalo Museum of Science | Buffalo | New York | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
The Building for Kids (Fox Cities Children's Museum) | Appleton | Wisconsin | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Burpee Museum of Natural History | Rockford | Illinois | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Cade Museum Foundation | Gainesville | Florida | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco | California | Yes | No | Yes | No | Natural history |
California Science Center | Los Angeles | California | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Cape Fear Museum of History & Science | Wilmington | North Carolina | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Carnegie Science Center | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Castle Science & Technology Center | Atwater | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Catawba Science Center | Hickory | North Carolina | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Chabot Space & Science Center | Oakland | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee | Tallahassee | Florida | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Charlotte County Historical Center | Charlotte Harbor | Florida | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Chicago Children's Museum | Chicago | Illinois | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Children's Discovery Museum | Normal | Illinois | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose | San Jose | California | No | No | Yes | No | |
Children's Discovery Museum, Maine | Augusta | Maine | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Children's Museum | West Hartford | Connecticut | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Children's Museum at La Habra | La Habra | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Children's Museum of Houston | Houston | Texas | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis | Indianapolis | Indiana | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
Children's Museum of La Crosse | La Crosse | Wisconsin | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Children's Museum of New Hampshire | Dover | New Hampshire | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Children's Museum of Science and Technology | Troy | New York | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Children's Science Explorium | Boca Raton | Florida | No | No | Yes | No | |
China Lake Museum Foundation | Ridgecrest | California | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Cincinnati Museum Center (Museum of Natural History & Science) | Cincinnati | Ohio | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Clark Planetarium | Salt Lake City | Utah | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of West Virginia | Charleston | West Virginia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Cleveland Museum of Natural History | Cleveland | Ohio | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Natural history |
Coca Cola Space Science Center | Columbus | Georgia | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Colburn Earth Science Museum | Asheville | North Carolina | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Columbia Memorial Space Center | Downey | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science and Technology (CREHST) | Richland | Washington | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Computer History Museum | Mountain View | California | No | Yes | No | ? | Computer |
Connecticut Science Center | Hartford | Connecticut | No | No | Yes | No | Children's |
Cook Education Center | Corsicana | Texas | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
COSI | Columbus | Ohio | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Cranbrook Institute of Science | Bloomfield Hills | Michigan | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Creative Discovery Museum | Chattanooga | Tennessee | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
CuriOdyssey (formerly Coyote Point Museum for Environmental Education) | San Mateo | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Da Vinci Science Center | Allentown | Pennsylvania | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
David J. Sencer CDC Museum/Global Health Odyssey | Atlanta | Georgia | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
Defense Nuclear Weapons School | Albuquerque | New Mexico | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Delaware Museum of Natural History | Wilmington | Delaware | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Denver Museum of Nature & Science | Denver | Colorado | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Detroit Science Center | Detroit | Michigan | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
DigiBarn Computer Museum | Boulder Creek | California | No | No | No | ? | Computer |
The Digital Game Museum | Sunnyvale | California | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Discovery Center | Ocala | Florida | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Discovery Center for Science and Technology | Westlake Village | California | No | No | Yes | No | |
Discovery Center Museum | Rockford | Illinois | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Discovery Center of Idaho, Inc. | Boise | Idaho | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Discovery Center of Springfield, Inc. | Springfield | Missouri | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Discovery Gateway | Salt Lake City | Utah | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Discovery Museum | Sacramento | California | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Discovery Museum, Inc. | Bridgeport | Connecticut | No | No | Yes | Yes | Planetarium |
Discovery Museums | Acton | Massachusetts | No | No | No | ? | |
Discovery Place, Inc. | Charlotte | North Carolina | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Discovery Science Center | Santa Ana | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Discovery Science Place | Tyler | Texas | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Children's |
Discovery Station | Hagerstown | Maryland | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Discovery World | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Dittrick Museum of Medical History | Cleveland | Ohio | No | No | No | ? | |
Don Harrington Discovery Center | Amarillo | Texas | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Duluth Children's Museum | Duluth | Minnesota | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Durango Discovery Museum | Durango | Colorado | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Durham Science Discovery Center | Omaha | Nebraska | No | No | Yes | No | |
Drake Science Center | Norwood | Ohio | No | Yes | No | ? | |
EAA AirVenture Museum | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
East Kentucky Science Center | Prestonsburg | Kentucky | No | No | No | ? | |
East Tennessee Discovery Center | Knoxville | Tennessee | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Eastern Arizona College Discovery Park Campus | Safford | Arizona | No | No | No | ? | |
ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center | Burlington | Vermont | No | No | Yes | Yes | Natural history |
EcoTarium | Worcester | Massachusetts | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Edgerton Explorit Center | Aurora | Nebraska | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
EdVenture Children's Museum | Columbia | South Carolina | No | No | Yes | No | |
Eli Whitney Museum | Hamden | Connecticut | No | No | No | ? | |
Emerald Coast Science Center | Fort Walton Beach | Florida | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science | Evansville | Indiana | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum | McMinnville | Oregon | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Exhibit Museum of Natural History | Ann Arbor | Michigan | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Explora | Albuquerque | New Mexico | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Exploration Place, The Sedgwick County Science and Discovery Center | Wichita | Kansas | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
ExplorationWorks | Helena | Montana | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Exploratorium | San Francisco | California | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
Explorit Science Center | Davis | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium | St. Johnsbury | Vermont | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden | Miami | Florida | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Family Museum | Bettendorf | Iowa | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Farmington Museum | Farmington | New Mexico | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory--Leon M. Lederman Science Education Center | Batavia | Illinois | No | No | Yes | No | |
Fernbank Museum of Natural History | Atlanta | Georgia | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Fernbank Science Center | Atlanta | Georgia | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Field Museum of Natural History | Chicago | Illinois | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Flandrau: The University of Arizona Science Center/Mineral Museum | Tucson | Arizona | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center | Reno | Nevada | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Flint Children's Museum | Flint | Michigan | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Flint Hills Discovery Center | Manhattan | Kansas | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
The Florida Air Museum at Sun 'n Fun | Lakeland | Kansas | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Florida Museum of Natural History | Gainesville | Florida | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Fort Collins Museum & Discovery Science Center | Fort Collins | Colorado | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History | Fort Worth | Texas | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education | Monticello | Utah | No | No | Yes | No | |
The Franklin Institute | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science (closed) | Fresno | California | No | No | No | ? | |
Friends of the WNC Nature Center | Asheville | North Carolina | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour | Mukilteo | Washington | No | No | Yes | No | |
G.WIZ - The Science Museum | Sarasota | Florida | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Gateway Science Museum | Chico | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Gateway to Science | Bismarck | North Dakota | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Gaylord Discovery Center | Gaylord | Michigan | No | No | No | No | Children's, Mechanics |
Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium | Louisville | Kentucky | No | No | No | ? | |
The Gillespie Museum | DeLand | Florida | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center | Greenbelt | Maryland | No | No | No | ? | Aerospace |
Goudreau Museum of Mathematics in Art and Science (closed) | New Hyde Park | New York | No | No | No | ? | Mathematics |
Great Explorations Children's Museum | Saint Petersburg | Florida | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Great Lakes Science Center | Cleveland | Ohio | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Great Valley Nature Center | Devault | Pennsylvania | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Greensboro Science Center, Inc. | Greensboro | North Carolina | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Grout Museum District: Bluedorn Science Imaginarium | Waterloo | Iowa | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center | Mobile | Alabama | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
GulfQuest (National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico) | Mobile | Alabama | No | No | Yes | No | |
Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center | Buford | Georgia | No | No | No | ? | |
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology (Brown University) | Providence | Rhode Island | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Hagley Museum and Library | Wilmington | Delaware | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Hands On! Regional Museum | Johnson City | Tennessee | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Hands-On Science Center | Tullahoma | Tennessee | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Hanford Reach Interpretive Center/RPFD | Richland | Washington | No | No | Yes | No | |
Happy Hollow Park & Zoo | San Jose | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Harvard Museum of Natural History | Cambridge | Massachusetts | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Headwaters Science Center | Bemidji | Minnesota | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Health Adventure, Inc. | Asheville | North Carolina | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Health Museum | Houston | Texas | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary | McKinney | Texas | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Henry Ford | Dearborn | Michigan | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
Highlands Museum & Discovery Center, Inc. | Ashland | Kentucky | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County | Moorhead | Minnesota | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
History of Diving Museum | Islamorada | Florida | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Hopewell Museum | Paris | Kentucky | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Houston Museum of Natural Science | Houston | Texas | Yes | No | No | ? | |
Hudson River Museum | Yonkers | New York | Yes | No | No | ? | |
Humboldt State University Natural History Museum | Arcata | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Huntington Botanical Gardens | San Marino | California | No | No | Yes | No | |
Imaginarium | Anchorage | Alaska | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Imaginarium Hands-On Museum & Aquarium | Fort Myers | Florida | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Imagination Station | Lafayette | Indiana | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Imagination Station Science Museum | Wilson | North Carolina | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Imagination Station, Toledo | Toledo | Ohio | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii | Hilo | Hawaii | No | No | Yes | No | |
Impression 5 Science Center | Lansing | Michigan | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites | Indianapolis | Indiana | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
INFINITY at NASA Stennis Space Center | Stennis Space Center | Mississippi | No | No | Yes | No | |
Information Age Learning Center | Wall | New Jersey | No | No | Yes | No | |
Insights El Paso Science Museum | El Paso | Texas | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
International Museum of Art & Science | McAllen | Texas | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
International Museum of Surgical Science | Chicago | Illinois | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
International Wildlife Museum | Tucson | Arizona | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum | New York | New York | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Invent Now: National Inventors Hall of Fame | Akron | Ohio | No | No | No | ? | |
Iron Hill Museum (Delaware Academy of Science) | Newark | Delaware | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Pasadena | California | No | No | Yes | No | |
Kalamazoo Valley Museum | Kalamazoo | Michigan | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center | Hutchinson | Kansas | No | No | Yes | No | |
Kern County Museum | Bakersfield | California | No | No | Yes | No | |
Kidspace Children's Museum | Pasadena | California | No | No | Yes | No | |
Kingman Museum | Battle Creek | Michigan | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Kirby Science Discovery Center | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Kitt Peak National Observatory Visitor Center | Tucson | Arizona | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Kopernik Observatory & Science Center | Vestal | New York | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Lafayette Science Museum | Lafayette | Louisiana | No | No | Yes | No | |
Lake County Discovery Museum | Wauconda | Illinois | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
Lake Erie Nature & Science Center | Bay Village | Ohio | No | No | No | ? | |
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences | Peoria | Illinois | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Lancaster Science Factory | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Las Cruces Museum of Natural History | Las Cruces | New Mexico | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Las Vegas Natural History Museum | Las Vegas | Nevada | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Lawrence Hall of Science | Berkeley | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Lederman Science Center at Fermilab | Batavia | Illinois | No | No | No | ? | |
The Leonardo | Salt Lake City | Utah | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
Liberty Science Center | Jersey City | New Jersey | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Lied Discovery Children's Museum | Las Vegas | Nevada | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
LIGO Livingston | Livingston | Louisiana | No | No | Yes | No | |
Lindsay Wildlife Museum | Walnut Creek | California | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Loggerhead Marinelife Center | Juno Beach | Florida | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Long Island Children's Museum | Garden City | New York | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Long Island Museum of Science and Technology | Garden City | New York | No | No | No | ? | |
Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences | Stony Brook | New York | No | No | No | ? | |
Long Island Science Center | Riverhead | New York | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Louisiana Arts and Science Museum | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Louisiana Children's Museum | New Orleans | Louisiana | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Kentucky Science Center | Louisville | Kentucky | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Lowell Observatory | Flagstaff | Arizona | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Madison Children's Museum | Madison | Wisconsin | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Maine Discovery Museum | Bangor | Maine | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Marian Koshland Science Museum | Washington | District of Columbia | No | No | Yes | No | |
The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science | Tallahassee | Florida | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Mary G. Harden Center for Cultural Arts | Gadsden | Alabama | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Maryland Science Center | Baltimore | Maryland | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Mayborn Planetarium & Space Theater | Killeen | Texas | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center | Concord | New Hampshire | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
McDonald Observatory/Frank N. Bash Visitors Center | McDonald Observatory | Texas | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
McKinley Presidential Library & Museum | Canton | Ohio | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
McWane Science Center | Birmingham | Alabama | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Miami Science Museum | Miami | Florida | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Mid-America Science Museum | Hot Springs | Arkansas | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Mid-Hudson Children's Museum | Poughkeepsie | New York | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (AKA: The Discovery Center) | Syracuse | New York | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Milwaukee Public Museum | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Minnetrista | Muncie | Indiana | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science | Jackson | Mississippi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Missouri Historic Costume & Textile Collection | Columbia | Missouri | No | Yes | No | ? | |
MIT Museum | Cambridge | Massachusetts | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
Mobius Kids and Science Center | Spokane | Washington | No | No | Yes | No | |
Montshire Museum of Science | Norwich | Vermont | No | No | Yes | No | |
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry) | Tampa | Florida | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Mount Washington Observatory and Weather Discovery Center | North Conway | New Hampshire | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Muncie Children's Museum | Muncie | Indiana | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Museum at Southwestern Michigan College | Dowagiac | Michigan | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Museum of Arts & Sciences | Macon | Georgia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Museum of Arts and Sciences | Daytona Beach | Florida | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Museum of Discovery | Little Rock | Arkansas | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Museum of Discovery and Science | Fort Lauderdale | Florida | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Museum of Flight | Seattle | Washington | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Museum of Life and Science | Durham | North Carolina | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Museum of Mathematics | New York | New York | No | No | Yes | No | Mathematics |
Museum of Nature & Science | Dallas | Texas | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Museum of Science | Boston | Massachusetts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Museum of Science & History of Jacksonville, Inc. | Jacksonville | Florida | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Museum of Science and Industry | Chicago | Illinois | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Science museum |
Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institution | Ithaca | New York | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Museum of the Rockies | Bozeman | Montana | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Mütter Museum | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | No | Yes | No | ? | |
National Ag Science Center | Modesto | California | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
National Air and Space Museum | Washington | District of Columbia | Yes | No | No | ? | |
National Atomic Testing Museum | Las Vegas | Nevada | No | Yes | No | ? | |
National Center for Atmospheric Research/UCAR | Boulder | Colorado | No | No | Yes | No | |
National Children's Museum | National Harbor | Maryland | No | No | Yes | No | |
National Cryptologic Museum | Fort Meade | Maryland | No | No | No | ? | |
National Electronics Museum | Linthicum | Maryland | No | Yes | No | ? | |
The National Geographic Museum | Washington | District of Columbia | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
National Museum of American History | Washington | District of Columbia | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
National Museum of Dentistry | Baltimore | Maryland | No | Yes | No | ? | |
National Museum of Health and Medicine | Washington | District of Columbia | No | Yes | No | ? | |
National Museum of Natural History | Washington | District of Columbia | Yes | No | Yes | No | Natural history |
National Museum of Nuclear Science & History | Albuquerque | New Mexico | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Golden | Colorado | No | No | Yes | No | |
National Soaring Museum | Elmira | New York | No | Yes | No | ? | |
National Science Center (Fort Discovery) | Augusta | Georgia | No | No | Yes | No | |
National Watch and Clock Museum | Columbia | Pennsylvania | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks | Tupper Lake | New York | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits | Los Angeles | California | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Nauticus & the Battleship Wisconsin | Norfolk | Virginia | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Naval Undersea Museum | Keyport | Washington | Yes | No | No | ? | |
Neuseway Nature Park | Kinston | North Carolina | No | No | No | ? | |
New England Wireless and Steam Museum | East Greenwich | Rhode Island | No | Yes | No | ? | |
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science | Albuquerque | New Mexico | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
The New Mexico Museum of Space History | Alamogordo | New Mexico | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
New York Hall of Science | Queens | New York | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
New York State Museum | Albany | New York | No | No | No | No | |
New York Transit Museum | Brooklyn Heights | New York | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Newark Museum | Newark | New Jersey | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Niagara Science Museum | Niagara Falls | New York | No | No | No | ? | |
North Carolina Arboretum | Asheville | North Carolina | No | No | Yes | No | |
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science | Durham | North Carolina | No | No | No | ? | |
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences | Raleigh | North Carolina | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
North Carolina Transportation Museum Foundation | Spencer | North Carolina | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
North Museum of Natural History and Science | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Northern Maine Museum of Science | Presque Isle | Maine | No | No | No | ? | |
Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum | Galveston | Texas | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Omaha Children's Museum | Omaha | Nebraska | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Omniplex Science Museum | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | No | No | No | ? | |
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry | Portland | Oregon | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Orlando Science Center | Orlando | Florida | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Orpheum Children's Science Museum | Champaign | Illinois | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Owensboro Museum of Science and History | Owensboro | Kentucky | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Pacific Science Center | Seattle | Washington | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Palouse Discovery Science Center | Pullman | Washington | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Paper Discovery Center | Appleton | Wisconsin | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum | Chicago | Illinois | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum | Midland | Texas | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Pink Palace Family of Museums | Memphis | Tennessee | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Providence Children's Museum | Providence | Rhode Island | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Putnam Museum | Davenport | Iowa | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Randall Museum | San Francisco | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Raven Hill Discovery Center | Boyne City | Michigan | No | No | No | No | Website |
Reading Public Museum | Reading | Pennsylvania | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center | San Diego | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Rhode Island Computer Museum | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | No | No | No | ? | |
Roberson Museum and Science Center | Binghamton | New York | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Robert A. Paselk Scientific Instrument Museum | Arcata | California | No | No | No | ? | |
Rochester Museum & Science Center | Rochester | New York | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
The Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center | Rocky Mount | North Carolina | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Roper Mountain Science Center | Greenville | South Carolina | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Roseville Utility Exploration Center | Roseville | California | No | No | Yes | No | |
Saint Louis Science Center | St. Louis | Missouri | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
San Antonio Airpower Heritage Foundation | San Antonio | Texas | No | Yes | No | ? | |
San Diego Natural History Museum | San Diego | California | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Sandoway House Nature Center | Delray Beach | Florida | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | Santa Barbara | California | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium | Schenectady | New York | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, Inc. | Gastonia | North Carolina | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Sci-Port: Louisiana's Science Center | Shreveport | Louisiana | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Sci-Quest, the North Alabama Science Center | Huntsville | Alabama | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Sci-Tech Center of Northern New York | Watertown | New York | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Sci-Tech Discovery Center | Frisco | Texas | No | No | Yes | No | |
Science and Discovery Center | Corning | New York | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Science and Discovery Center of Northwest Florida (formerly Junior Museum) | Panama City | Florida | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Science Center of Iowa & Blank IMAX Dome Theater | Des Moines | Iowa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Science Center of Pinellas County, Inc. | Saint Petersburg | Florida | No | No | Yes | No | |
The Science Center of Southern Illinois | Carbondale | Illinois | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Science Central | Fort Wayne | Indiana | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Science City at Union Station | Kansas City | Missouri | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Science Discovery Center of Oneonta | Oneonta | New York | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Science Factory Children's Museum & Planetarium | Eugene | Oregon | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Science Museum of Long Island | Plandome | New York | No | No | No | ? | |
Science Museum of Minnesota | St. Paul | Minnesota | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Science Museum of Virginia | Richmond | Virginia | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Science Museum of Western Virginia | Roanoke | Virginia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Science Museum Oklahoma | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Science Spectrum | Lubbock | Texas | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Science Station | Cedar Rapids | Iowa | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Science Zone | Casper | Wyoming | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Sciencenter | Ithaca | New York | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
ScienceSouth | Florence | South Carolina | No | No | Yes | No | |
ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum | Ashland | Oregon | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
SciTech Hands-On Museum | Aurora | Illinois | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
SciWorks, The Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
SEE Science Center | Manchester | New Hampshire | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum | Winchester | Virginia | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Sloan*Longway | Flint | Michigan | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
SMART-Center (Science, Math, Art, Research, and Technology) | Wheeling | West Virginia | No | No | Yes | No | |
Sony Wonder Technology Lab | New York | New York | No | Yes | No | ? | |
South Dakota Discovery Center | Pierre | South Dakota | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
South Florida Museum, Parker Manatee Aquarium, and Bishop Planetarium | Bradenton | Florida | No | No | Yes | No | |
South Florida Science Museum, Inc. | West Palm Beach | Florida | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Southern Museum of Flight | Birmingham | Alabama | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Spartanburg Science Center | Spartanburg | South Carolina | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
spectrUM Discovery Area | Missoula | Montana | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Springfield Museums Association | Springfield | Massachusetts | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Stafford Air & Space Museum | Weatherford | Oklahoma | No | No | No | ? | |
Staten Island Children's Museum | Staten Island | New York | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences | Staten Island | New York | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Stepping Stones Museum for Children | Norwalk | Connecticut | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Sternberg Museum of Natural History | Hays | Kansas | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory | Sunriver | Oregon | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Tech Museum | San Jose | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Tellus: Northwest Georgia Science Museum | Cartersville | Georgia | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Terre Haute Children's Museum | Terre Haute | Indiana | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Thanksgiving Point Institute | Lehi | Utah | No | No | Yes | No | |
Trolley Museum of New York | Kingston | New York | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Tulsa Air and Space Museum | Tulsa | Oklahoma | No | No | No | ? | |
Turtle Bay Exploration Park | Redding | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Tyler Junior College Planetarium | Tyler | Texas | No | No | Yes | No | |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Bay Model Visitor Center | Sausalito | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
U.S. Space & Rocket Center | Huntsville | Alabama | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Union Station Kansas City | Kansas City | Missouri | No | Yes | No | ? | |
United States Army Medical Department Museum | San Antonio | Texas | Yes | No | No | ? | |
University of Kansas Natural History Museum | Lawrence | Kansas | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
University of Nebraska State Museum | Lincoln | Nebraska | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History | Eugene | Oregon | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Constellation | Madison | Wisconsin | No | No | Yes | No | |
Utah Museum of Natural History | Salt Lake City | Utah | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
UVa Computer Museum | Charlottesville | Virginia | No | No | No | ? | |
Virginia Air and Space Center | Hampton | Virginia | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Virginia Discovery Museum | Charlottesville | Virginia | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Virginia Living Museum | Newport News | Virginia | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Virginia Museum of Natural History | Martinsville | Virginia | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Warren Anatomical Museum | Boston | Massachusetts | No | No | No | ? | |
Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
Weis Earth Science Museum | Menasha | Wisconsin | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Wild Center/Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks | Tupper Lake | New York | No | No | Yes | No | |
William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum | Canton | Ohio | No | No | No | ? | |
Wings of Eagles Discovery Center | Horseheads | New York | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Witte Museum | San Antonio | Texas | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
WonderLab Museum of Science, Health and Technology | Bloomington | Indiana | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Woods Hole | Massachusetts | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Works | Bloomington | Minnesota | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Works: Ohio Center for History, Art and Technology | Newark | Ohio | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
World of Wonders Science Museum | Lodi | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History | New Haven | Connecticut | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Zeum: San Francisco's Children's Museum | San Francisco | California | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
See also
References
- ↑ "ASTC - Passport Program". astc.org. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ↑ "AAM Membership Benefits". aam-us.org. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ↑ "Accreditation". aam-us.org. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ↑ "List of Accredited Museums". aam-us.org. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ↑ "AAM Member Museum Directory". aam-us.org. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "ASTC - Find a Science Center". astc.org. Retrieved 2012-03-07.