List of science museums
Below is the list of science museums all over the world. See Science museum for definitions.
Europe
Austria
- Ars Electronica, Linz
- Haus der Musik (House of Music), Vienna
- Technisches Museum Wien, Vienna
- Welios, Wels (renewable energy)
Belgium
- Euro Space Center, Libin
- Hidrodoe, Herentals
- Pass, Frameries
- Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels
- Technopolis, Mechelen
Bulgaria
- National Polytechnical Museum, Sofia
- Palace of Physics, Kazanlak
Croatia
Czech Republic
- Mendel Museum of Genetics, Brno
- National Technical Museum (Prague), Prague
- Techmania Science Center, Pilsen
- Science Center iQLANDIA, Liberec
- Science Center iQPARK, Liberec
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
- Agropolis, Montpellier
- Cité de l'espace, Toulouse
- Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Paris
- Micropolis (La Cité des Insectes), Millau
- Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris
- Palais de la Découverte, Paris
- Vulcania, Saint-Ours-les-Roches
- Exploradôme, Vitry-sur-Seine
Germany
- Deutsches Museum, Munich
- Experimenta, Heilbronn
- German Hygiene Museum, Dresden
- German Museum of Technology (Berlin)
- Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum, Feucht, Bavaria
- Mathematikum, Gießen
- Museum für Kommunikation, Frankfurt
- Otto-Lilienthal-Museum, Anklam
- Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg
- Rheinisches Industriemuseum, Oberhausen, Ratingen, Solingen, Bergisch Gladbach, Engelskirchen, Euskirchen
- Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum
- Technikmuseum Speyer
- TECHNOSEUM, Mannheim
- Spectrum - German Museum of Technology (Berlin), Berlin
- Völklinger Hütte (Völklingen Ironworks), Völklingen
- Universum Science Center, Bremen
Greece
- Museum of Science and Technology at the Evgenidio Foundation, Athens
- OTE Museum of Telecommunications, Kifisia, Athens
- Thessaloniki Science Center & Technology Museum - NOESIS, Thessaloniki
Hungary
Monaco
Italy
- Città della Scienza, Napoli
- GNS (National Sharks Museum) Avellino
- Institute and Museum of the History of Science (Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza), Florence. Many of Galileo Galilei's original instruments are housed in this museum.
- Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci", Milan
- Natural History Museum, Milan
- MuSe, Trento
Netherlands
- Discovery Center Continium, Kerkrade
- Museon, The Hague
- Museum Boerhaave, Leiden
- Science Centre Delft, Delft
- Science LinX, University of Groningen, Groningen
- Science Center NEMO, Amsterdam
- Teyler's Museum, Haarlem
Norway
- Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, Oslo
- Trondheim Science Museum, Trondheim
- The Science Factory, Sandnes
- INSPIRIA science center, Sarpsborg
Poland
- Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw
- Stanisław Lem Science Garden, Kraków
- Innovation Center Mill of Knowledge, Toruń
- EXPERYMENT Science Centre, Gdynia
Portugal
- Science Museum of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra
- Visionarium, Santa Maria da Feira
Romania
- Ştefan Procopiu Science and Technology Museum, Iaşi
- "Prof.eng. Dimitrie Leonida" National Technical Museum, Bucureşti
Russia
- Museum of Military Medicine (Russia), Saint Petersburg
- Kunstkamera, Saint Petersburg
- Polytechnical Museum, Moscow
- Memorial Museum of Astronautics, Moscow
- Barnaul Planetarium, Barnaul
- Moscow Planetarium, Moscow
- Perm Planetarium, Perm
- Novosibirsk Planetarium, Novosibirsk
- Vladimir Planetarium, Vladimir
- Saratov Planetarium, Saratov
- Ufa Planetarium, Ufa
- Kirov Planetarium, Kirov, Kirov Oblast
- Khabarovsk Planetarium, Khabarovsk
- Saint Petersburgh Planetarium, Saint Petersburgh
- Mir Nauki (The World of Science) and Planetarium, Lakhta Center, Saint Petersburgh
Serbia
- Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade
- Museum of Science and Technology, Belgrade
Spain
- Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia
- CosmoCaixa Barcelona, Barcelona
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid
- La Casa de la Ciencia de Sevilla - Science Museum, Seville
Sweden
- Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm
- Universeum, Gothenburg
- Teknikens Hus, Luleå
Switzerland
- Microcosm, CERN, Meyrin
- Technorama, Winterthur
- Verkehrshaus der Schweiz (Swiss Museum of Transport), Lucerne
Turkey
- SOBİLDEM Sosyal ve Bilimsel Destek Merkezi, Elazığ
- Bayrampaşa Science Center, Istanbul
- ITU Science Center, Istanbul
- Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam (İstanbul İslam Bilim ve Teknoloji Tarihi Müzesi), Istanbul
- Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul
- Silahtarağa Power Station Energy Museum, Istanbul
- Turkey Science Centers Foundation, Istanbul
- Bursa Bilim ve Teknoloji Merkezi (Bursa Science and Technology Center) (http://bursabilimmerkezi.org), Bursa
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United Kingdom
- Armagh Planetarium, Armagh, Northern Ireland
- 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
- Catalyst, Cheshire, England
- Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Enginuity, Shropshire, England
- Fleming Museum, London
- Florence Nightingale Museum, London
- Foredown Tower Countryside Centre, Portslade
- Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
- Glenside Museum, Bristol
- Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath
- Hunterian Museum at Royal College of Surgeons, London
- INTECH, Winchester
- Manchester Museum, Manchester
- Michael Faraday Museum, London
- Mills Observatory, Dundee, Scotland
- Museum of Bath at Work, Bath
- 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
- Natural History Museum, London
- Old Operating Theatre, London
- Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, Scotland, focuses especially on earth science
- 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
- Satrosphere Science Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland
- Science Museum, London, England
- Science Oxford, Oxford, England
- Shildon Locomotion Museum, Shildon, England
- Snibston Discovery Park, Coalville, Leicestershire
- Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Techniquest, Cardiff Bay, Wales
- 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
Latin America
Argentina
- Galileo Galilei planetarium, Parque Tres de Febrero, Palermo, Buenos Aires
- Parque Astronòmico la Punta, Universidad de La Punta, Ciudad de La Punta, San Luis, Argentina
Bolivia
- Museum Of Health Sciences, Universidad of San Francisco Javier, Chuquisaca Department
- Museum of Anatomy "Dr. Rodolfo Mendoza", Universidad of San Francisco Javier, Chuquisaca Department
- Interactive Science Museum, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba
Brazil
- National Museum of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
- Museum of Science and Technology (PUCRS), Porto Alegre
- Exploratory Science Museum, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Chile
- Museo de Ciencia y Tecnología, Quinta Normal Park, Santiago
- Museo Interactivo Mirador, Parque Brasil, La Granja, Chile
Mexico
- Alfa Planetarium, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
- Museo Descubre, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
- Museo Interactivo de Xalapa, Xalapa, Veracruz
- Universum (UNAM), México, Distrito Federal
- Museo Modelo de Ciencias e Industria, Toluca, Estado de Mexico
- Palace of the Inquisition (Museum of Mexican Medicine), Mexico City
- San Pedro y San Pablo College (Museum of Light), Mexico City
- Museo del Desierto, Saltillo, Coahuila
Peru
- Museo Planetario y Oberservatorio, Morro Solar Chorrillos District, Lima
- Museo de la Electricidad, Barranco District, Lima
- Museo Aeronáutico, Surco, Lima
Uruguay
- Espacio Ciencia, Montevideo
North America
Canada
(listed by province)
For all categorized science museums in Canada, see: Science museums in Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
- H. R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria
- Science World at Telus World of Science, Vancouver
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
- Discovery Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ontario
- Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario
- Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Ontario
- Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario
- Personal Computer Museum, Brantford
- Science North and Dynamic Earth in Sudbury, Ontario
- Canada South Science City in Windsor, Ontario
Saskatchewan
- Saskatchewan Science Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan
- Museum of Natural Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Quebec
- Cosmodome (Laval), Quebec
- Mont Mégantic Observatory, Notre-Dame-des-Bois
Asia and Oceania
Australia
- Discovery Science & Technology Centre, Bendigo
- Melbourne Museum, Melbourne
- Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
- Queensland Museum, Brisbane
- Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra
- Science Centre and Planetarium, Wollongong
- Scienceworks Museum, Melbourne
- Scitech, Perth
- South Australian Museum, Adelaide
Cambodia
- Science Discovery Center, Kid's City Asia, Phnom Penh http://www.kidscityasia.com/activities/science-gallery
China
- Beijing Museum of Natural History
- Guangdong Science Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong
- Fanling Environmental Resource Centre, Fanling
- Health Education Exhibition and Resource Centre, Kowloon Park, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, Mid-levels, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Science Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Space Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
- Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Pudong, Shanghai
- Sichuan Science and Technology Museum, Sichuan
India
- Birla Museum Pilani Rajasthan
- Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata
- Birla Science Museum, Hyderabad
- Hakim Karam Hussain Museum on History of Medicine and Sciences
- Kerala Science and Technology Museum, Thiruvananthapuram
- National Council of Science Museums (NCSM)
- National Science Centre, Delhi
- Nehru Museum of Science and Technology, Kharagpur
- Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai
- North Bengal Science Centre, Siliguri
- Regional Science Centre, Bhopal
- Science City, Kapurthala
- Science City Kolkata, Kolkata
- The Science Garage, Hyderabad[1]
- Science Park, Jaipur
- Solapur Science Centre, Solapur
- Srikrishna Science Centre, Patna
- Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Bangalore
- District science centre,tirunelveli
Japan
- Chiba Museum of Science and Industry
- Gifu City Science Museum, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture
- Hiroshima Children's Museum, Hiroshima
- Miraikan, Tokyo
- National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan
- Osaka Science Museum, Osaka, Japan
- Science Museum of Map and Survey, Tsukuba City
- Yamanashi Science Museum
Malaysia
- Pusat Sains Negara (National Science Centre), Kuala Lumpur
- The Green Connection, Kota Kinabalu
- Petrosains, Kuala Lumpur
New Zealand
- Exscite, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Museum of Transport and Technology, Western Springs, Auckland
- Science Alive, the New Zealand Science Centre Christchurch, New Zealand
Philippines
- Philippine Science Centrum, Riverbanks Center, Marikina
- Philippine Science Heritage Center, Bicutan, Taguig
- SM Science Discovery Center, Pasay
- The Mind Museum, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
- Museum of the Filipino People, Rizal Park, City of Manila
Singapore
- Science Centre, Singapore, Jurong East
South Korea
- National Science Museum, South Korea, Daejeon
- Gwacheon National Science Museum
- Daegu National Science Museum
- Gwangju National Science Museum
Taiwan
- Insect Science Museum, Taipei
- National Museum of Marine Science and Technology, Keelung
- National Taiwan Science Education Center, Taipei
Thailand
- National Science Museum, Pathum Thani
Middle East
Egypt
Iran
Israel
- Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem
- Clore Science Garden, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
- Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space, Haifa
Africa
South Africa
- MTN Sciencentre, Cape Town
- Sci-Enza, University of Pretoria, Pretoria
See also
References
- ↑ http://sciencegarage.net The Science Garage
External links
- Map the World's Science Museums on Nature blogs
- 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
- List of science centres, members of ECSITE
- ECSITE - European Collaborative for Science, Industry and Technology Exhibitions
- UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC), formerly ECSITE-UK
- The Science Garage in Hyderabad, India
- BIG - British Interactive Group, for individuals working in the sector
- 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
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