Museum of Natural History can refer to any museum with exhibits about natural history, including animals, plants, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology and more. Some museums feature natural history collections and other collections, such as history, art and science. Many nature centers also have natural history museum exhibits. Many national, state and city park visitor centers have natural history displays.
Africa
- Botswana National Museum, Gaborone, Botswana
- Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Tenerife (Museum of Nature and Man), Tenerife, Canary Islands
- National Earth Science Museum in the Geological Survey, Windhoek, Namibia
- Natural History Museum in Bulawayo, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
- Zoological Natural History Museum, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Egypt
Kenya
South Africa
- Albany Museum, Grahamstown
- Amathole Museum, King William's Town
- Bernard Price Institute for Paleontological Research, James Kitching Gallery, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
- Bleloch Geological Museum, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
- CP Nel Museum, Oudtshoorn
- Durban Natural Science Museum, Durban
- Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town
- Life Sciences Museum and Biodiversity Centre, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
- McGregor Museum, Kimberley
- Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg
- National Museum,Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein
- Port Elizabeth Museum, Port Elizabeth
- Transvaal Museum, Pretoria
- West Coast Fossil Park, Langebaan
Tanzania
Asia
China
India
Israel
Japan
- Abiko City Museum of Birds, Abiko, Chiba Prefecture
- Fukui City Museum of Natural History (Japanese), Fukui, Fukui Prefecture
- Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture
- Geological Museum, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture
- Gunma Museum of Natural History, (Japanese), Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture
- Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
- Ibaraki Nature Museum, Bandō, Ibaraki Prefecture (see also Trip to Ibaraki and [1])
- Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History (Japanese), Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture
- Kannonzaki Nature Museum, Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture
- Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture
- Kyushu University Museum, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
- Museum of Natural History, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
- Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Sanda, Hyōgo Prefecture
- National Science Museum of Japan, Taitō, Tokyo
- Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture
- Natural History Museum Kutchan, Kutchan, Hokkaidō
- Nawa Insect Museum, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture
- Okhotsk Sea Ice Museum of Hokkaidō, Monbetsu, Hokkaidō (see also [2])
- Osaka Museum of Natural History, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
- Pearl Museum, Mikimoto Pearl Island, Toba, Mie Prefecture
- Saitama Museum of Natural History (Japanese), Nagatoro, Saitama Prefecture
- Tsuyama Museum of Science Education, Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture
Jordan
Malaysia
Qatar
Russia
- Earth History Museum, Vernadsky State Geological Museum, Moscow
- Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow
- Zoological Museum of Moscow University
- Geological Museum, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
- Kotelnich Palaeontological Museum, Kirovsk
- Kunstkamera, Saint Petersburg
- Orlov Museum, also Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
- State Darwin Museum, Moscow
- Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Science, Saint Petersburg
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
Oceania
Australia & New Zealand
- Age of Fishes Museum, Canowindra, New South Wales
- Australian Museum, Sydney
- Biological Sciences Museum at Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales
- Broken Hill Geo Centre, Broken Hill, New South Wales
- The Crystal Caves, North Queensland
- Crystal Kingdom, Coonabarabran, New South Wales
- Earth Sciences Museum, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales
- Emmaville Mining Museum, Emmaville, New South Wales
- Eumundi Museum, Eumundi, Queensland
- Macleay Museum - Sydney University, Sydney
- Mining and Minerals Education Centre, Tasmanian Minerals Council, Hobart, Tasmania
- Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin
- Museum of Central Australia, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
- Museum of Tropical Queensland, Townsville
- Museum Victoria, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne
- National Dinosaur Museum, Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory
- Queensland Museum, Brisbane
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
- South Australian Museum, Adelaide
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
- Western Australian Museum, Perth
- Western Australian Museum, Albany, Albany
- Western Australian Museum Geraldton, Geraldton
- Western Australian Museum, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder
New Zealand
Central America
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Honduras
Mexico
- Caracol, Museo de Ciencias de Ensenada, Ensenada
- Museo de Geología UNAM, Mexico City
- Museo de Historia Natural de la Ciudad de México, NY Times description, Mexico City
- Museo de las Aves de México, Coahuila
- Museo de Paleontología de Delicias, Chihuahua
- Museo de Paleontología de Guadalajara, Guadalajara
- Museo de Paleontología- UNAM, Mexico City
- Museo del Desierto, Coahuila
- Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City
- Tamux - Museo de Historia Natural de Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas
Nicaragua
- Museo Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Centroamericana, Managua
- Museo de Ometepe, Rivas
- Museo del Departamento de Malacología UCA, Managua
- Museo entomológico, León, English description
- Museo Gemológico de la Concha y el Caracol, Managua
- Museo Paleontológico “El Hato”, Managua
- Museos de Geología UNAN, Managua, also
- Museum Ecológico de Trópico Seco, Diriamba
- National Museum, Managua
- Sitio Paleontológico El Bosque, Estelí
Panama
Europe
Albania
Armenia
Austria
- Bergbaumuseum Klagenfurt Mining museum, mineralogy, palaeontology (in German), Klagenfurt
- Burgenlandische Landesmuseum, Eisenstadt
- Haus der Natur, Salzburg
- inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn Province Vorarlberg (in German), Dornbirn
- Krahuletz-Museum Eggenburg Earth sciences and history (in German), Eggenburg
- Landesmuseum für Kärnten, Klagenfurt Regional museum for the province Carinthia(in German), Klagenfurt
- Landesmuseum Niederösterreichisches, St. Pölten Nature, history, culture and art of Lower Austria (in German)
- Landschaftsmuseum im Schloß Trautenfels Natural history and culture in Styria (In German), Trautenfels
- Museum der Stadt Mödling Nature and history (in German), Mödling
- Museum Schloss Lackenbach Man and nature (in German), Lackenbach
- Nationalparkzentrum Bios Mallnitz, Mallnitz
- Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna
- Oberösterreiches Landesmuseum - Biologiezentrum The natural history museum of Upper Austria (in German), Linz
- Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum Museum for nature, history, culture and art of Styria (in German and English), Graz
- Sternwarte Kremsmünster, Kremsmünster
- Styrassic Park An open air dinosaur park (in German), Bad Gleichenberg
- Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck
- Wienerwaldmuseum, Eichgraben
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bulgaria
- Burgas Museum, Natural History Exposition, Burgas
- Earth and Man National Museum, Sofia
- Historical Museum - Karnobat, Karnobat
- History Museum - Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte
- Kardjali Museum, Kardjali
- Museum Collection of Natural Science "To Nature with Love", Byala Cherkva
- Museum of Speleology and Bulgarian Karst, Chepelare
- National Museum of Natural History (Bulgaria), Sofia
- Natural History Museum of Varna, Varna
- Paleontological Museum, Assenovgrad
- Regional Historical Museum in Pleven, Pleven
- University of Mining & Geology Museum of Mineralogy, Petrography and Minerals, St. Ivan Rilski, Sofia
Croatia
- Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb
- Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej
- Hunting Museum, Zagreb
- Karlovac Municipal Museum, Karlovac
- Museum of Evolution and Prehistoric Human Habitation, Krapina
- Museum of Slavonia, Osijek
- Natural History Museum, Rijeka
- Natural History Museum and Zoo, Split
- Ornithological Collection, Metković
- Senj City Museum, Senj
- Varazdin Municipal Museum: The Herzer Palace, Varaždin
- Zoological Museum of Baranja - Kopacevo, Baranja - Kopacevo
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
See also: Mineral Museums in Finland
France
- Dinosauria, Espéraza
- Micropolis (La Cité des Insectes), Millau
- Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Histoire Naturelle Châteaudun, Châteaudun
- Musée des Confluences, Lyon
- Musee d'Histoire Naturelle de Lille, Lille
- Musée de Vendôme, Vendôme
- Musée Geologique, Vernet-Les-Bains
- Musée Requien, Avignon
- Musée zoologique de l'ULP et de la ville de Strasbourg, Strasbourg
- Museum d’Histoire Naturelle Aix en Provence, Aix-en-Provence
- Muséum d’histoire naturelle d’Angers, Angers
- Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Marseille, Marseille
- Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Blois, Blois
- Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Bourges, Bourges
- Muséum d'histoire naturelle d'archéologie et d'ethnographie, Cherbourg-Octeville
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Grenoble, Grenoble
- Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle du Havre, Le Havre
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Rouen, Rouen
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, Toulouse
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Tours, Tours
- Muséum des Sciences Naturelles et de la Préhistoire de Chartres, Chartres
- Muséum des Sciences Naturelles d'Orléans, Orléans
- Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris
Georgia
Germany
- Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Hamburg
- Bürgermeister-Müller-Museum, Solnhofen
- Deutsche Meeresmuseum, Stralsund
- Geologischen Museums München, Munich
- Haus der Natur - Cismar, Cismar
- Humboldt Museum (or Museum für Naturkunde), Berlin
- Jura Museum, Eichstätt
- Lower Saxony State Museum, Hanover
- Mineralogical Museum, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg
- Museum der Natur Gotha, Thuringia
- Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg
- Museum Koenig, Bonn
- Museum of Man and Nature, Munich
- Museum of Natural History in the Ottoneum, Official site in German, Kassel
- Museum Wiesbaden, Natural History Collections - MWNH, Wiesbaden
- Natural History and Mammoth Museum in Siegsdorf, Siegsdorf
- Naturhistorische Museum in Mainz
- Naturkundemuseum Erfurt, Thuringia
- Naturkundemuseum Görlitz, Görlitz
- Naturkundemuseum Leipzig, Leipzig
- Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann
- Paläontologisches Museum München, Munich
- Pfalzmuseum für Naturkunde (Natural History Museum of the Palatinate), Bad Dürkheim
- Phyletisches Museum, Jena
- Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt
- Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen, Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden
- Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
- Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart
- Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden, Dresden
- Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum Braunschweig, Braunschweig
- Urwelt-Museum Hauff (Hauff Museum of the Prehistoric World), Holzmaden
- Westfälische Museum für Naturkunde, Münster
- Westphalian Horse Museum "Hippomax" (Westfälisches Pferdemuseum Münster), Münster
- Zoologische Museum in Kiel
- Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich
Greece
Greenland
Hungary
- Danube Museum (Duna Múzeum), Esztergom
- Deri Museum, Official site in Hungarian, Debrecen
- Exhibition of Natural Science, Janus Pannonius Múzeum Természettudományi Osztálya, Pécs
- Geological Museum of Hungary, Budapest
- Hungarian Geographical Museum, Magyar Környezetvédelmi és Vízügyi Múzeum „Duna Múzeum”, Esztergom
- Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
- Jazygian Museum (Jász Múzeum), Jászberény
- Kazinczy Ferenc Múzeum, Sátoraljaújhely
- Komlo Natural Science Collection (Komlói Természettudományi Gyűjtemény), Komló
- Mátra Múzeum, Gyöngyös
- Mihály Munkácsy Museum, Békéscsaba
- Móra Ferenc Múzeum, Szeged
- Museum of Natural Sciences of Bakony (Bakonyi Természettudományi Múzeum), Zirc
- Ottó Herman Museum, Miskolc
Ireland
- Armagh County Museum, Armagh, Northern Ireland
- Callan Museum, National Science Museum at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth
- Corca Dhuibhne Regional Museum, Ballyferriter
- Ireland's Historic Science Centre, Birr Castle, Birr
- James Mitchell Geological Museum, National University of Ireland, Galway
- National Museum of Ireland, Dublin
- Natural History Museum, Dublin
- Pearse Museum, Rathfarnham
- Ulster Museum, Ulster, Northern Ireland
Italy
- Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste, Trieste
- La Specola, the Museum of Zoology and Natural History of Florence
- Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Ferrara, Ferrara
- Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Genoa
- Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Milan, Milan
- Museo Civico di Zoologia di Roma, Rome
- Museo Civico Rovereto, Rovereto
- Museo del fossile del Monte Baldo, Brentonico
- Museo di Scienze Naturali Enrico Caffi, Bergamo
- Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze, University of Florence, Florence
- Museo geologico - Predazzo, Predazzo
- Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Regione Piemonte
- Museo storia naturale di Pisa, Pisa
- Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Trento
- Natural History Museum of Giacomo Doria, Museo di storia naturale Giacomo Doria, Genoa
- Turin Museum of Natural History, Turin
- Zoological Museum of Naples, Naples
- Geological Museum Rome
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Monaco
Montenegro
The Netherlands
Norway
See also Mineral and Fossil Museums in Norway
Poland
Portugal
- Municipal Museum of Funchal (Natural History), English description, Funchal, Madeira Island
- Museu Aquário Vasco da Gama, Lisbon
- Museu da Lourinhã, Lourinhã
- Museu Nacional de Historia Natural, Lisbon
- Museu Geológico - Instituto Nacional de Engenharia e Tecnologia Industria, Lisbon
- Museum of Natural History, Funchal, Madeira Island
- Science Museum of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra
Romania
- Bucegi Natural Park Museum, Sinaia
- Colţi Museum of Amber
- Constantin Gruescu Iron Aesthetic Mineralogy Museum, Ocna de Fier
- County Museum of Satu Mare (Szatmárnémeti Múzeum), Satu Mare
- Danube Delta Natural Sciences Museum, Tulcea
- Haaz Rezső Múzeum, Odorheiu Secuiesc
- Ion Borcea Museum Complex of Natural Sciences, Bacău
- Mihai Băcescu Waters Museum, Fălticeni
- Mineralogical Museum and Zoological Museum of the Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
- Museum of Banat, Natural Sciences Department, Timişoara
- Museum of Brăila, Department of Natural Sciences, also, Brăila
- Museum of Gold, Brad
- Museum of Natural Science (Muzeul de Ştiinţe Naturale}, Aiud
- Museum of Oltenia, Craiova
- Muzeul Banatului (Banat Museum), Timişoara
- Muzeul de Istorie Naturală - Iaşi, Iaşi
- Muzeul de Ştiinţe ale Na
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