National museum

A national museum is a museum maintained by a nation.

List of national museums

Australia

* [http://www.aarg.com.au/ Australian National Aviation Museum]
*Australian National Maritime Museum
* [http://www.tennis.com.au/pages/default.aspx?id=6069 Australian Tennis Museum] , Sydney
*Australian War Memorial
*Museum Victoria
*National Alpine Museum
* [http://www.nationaldinosaurmuseum.com.au/ National Dinosaur Museum] , Nicholls
*National Gallery of Australia
*National Gallery of Victoria
* [http://www.history.sa.gov.au/motor/motor.htm National Motor Museum Australia]
* [http://www.nationalmotorcyclemuseum.com.au/ National Motorcycle Museum of Australia]
*National Museum of Australia
* [http://www.australianpottery.net.au/about.php National Museum of Australian Pottery]
* [http://www.natrailmuseum.org.au/ National Railway Museum]
* [http://www.vietnamvetsmuseum.org/ National Vietnam Veterans Museum] , Phillip Island
*Questacon - National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra

Argentina

* Argentine National Museum of History

Bangladesh

* Bangladesh National Museum

Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Bosnian and Herzegovinian Museum of Literature
* Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

* National Museum of Brazil "(Museu Nacional)"
* National Historical Museum of Brazil "(Museu Histórico Nacional)"

Bulgaria

* Earth and Man National Museum
* National Archaeological Museum (Bulgaria)
* National Historical Museum (Bulgaria)
* National Museum of Military History
* National Museum of Natural History (Bulgaria)
* National Transport Museum, Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

* National Museum of Music

Cambodia

* National Museum, Phnom Penh

Canada

* Canada Agriculture Museum
* Canada Aviation Museum
* Canada Science and Technology Museum
* Canadian Museum for Human Rights - under development and frist national museum outside of the Canadian Capital
* Canadian Museum of Nature
* Canadian Children's Museum
* Canadian Museum of Civilization
* Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
* Canadian Postal Museum
* Canadian War Museum
* National Gallery of Canada
* Portrait Gallery of Canada
* Quebec National Museum of Fine Arts "(Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec)"
* RCMP Heritage Centre
* Virtual Museum of Canada
* Virtual Museum of New France

Chad

* Chad National Museum (Musee National N'Djamena)

Chile

* Archaeological Museum of La Serena
* National Museum of Fine Arts

China

* Museum of the Chinese Revolution
* National Museum of China
* National Art Museum of China
* National Museum of Chinese History
* National Central Museum of Natural History

Colombia

* Colombian National Museum

Costa Rica

* National Museum of Costa Rica

Czech Republic

* Czech National Museum

Denmark

* National Museum of Denmark

Eritrea

* National Museum of Eritrea

Estonia

* Estonian National Museum
* Art Museum of Estonia

Finland

* National Museum of Finland

France

* Centre Georges Pompidou
* Museum of Air and Space "(Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace)"
*Museum of Natural History "(Muséum national d'histoire naturelle)"
* Museum of Science and Industry "(Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie)"
* Musée de l'Armée
* National Navy Museum "(Musée national de la Marine)"
* National Railway Museum "(Musée Français du Chemin de Fer)"

Germany

* Bavarian National Museum
* German Museum of Technology (Berlin) "(Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin)"
* German National Museum "(Germanisches Nationalmuseum)"
* Glyptothek
* Modern Art Museum "(Pinakothek der Moderne)"
* Museum Wiesbaden
* National Museum of Germany "(Deutsches Museum)"
* New Pinakothek "(Neue Pinakothek)"
* Old Pinakothek "(Alte Pinakothek)"

Gambia

* National Museum (Gambia)

Ghana

* National Museum of Ghana

Greece

* National Archaeological Museum of Athens
* National Gallery (Athens)
* National Railway Museum of Greece
* State Museum of Contemporary Arts

Guyana

* National Museum of Guyana

Hungary

* Hungarian National Museum

Iceland

* National Gallery of Iceland
* National Museum of Iceland

India

* National Museum, New Delhi

Indonesia

* National Museum of Indonesia "(Museum Nasional or Museum Gajah)"

Iran

* National Museum of Iran

Iraq

* National Museum of Iraq

Ireland

* National Museum of Ireland

Italy

* Bargello National Museum "(Museo Nazionale del Bargello)"
* Galleria degli Uffizi
* National Gallery of Ancient Art "(Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica)"
* National Gallery of Modern Art "(Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna)"
* National Etruscan Museum "(Museo Nazionale Etrusco)"
* National Museum of Oriental Art
* National Museum of Rome
* Pinacoteca di Brera

Japan

* Kyoto National Museum
* Kyushu National Museum
* Nara National Museum
* National Museum of Art, Osaka
* National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
* The National Museum of Western Art "(Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan)"
* Standing Buddha (Tokyo National Museum)
* Tokyo National Museum

Kenya

* National Museums of Kenya

Korea

* National Museum of Korea
* Gyeongju National Museum
* Gwangju National Museum
* Jeonju National Museum
* Buyeo National Museum
* Daegu National Museum
* Cheongju National Museum
* Gimhae National Museum
* Jeju National Museum
* Chuncheon National Museum
* Jinju National Museum
* Gongju National Museum
* National Museum of Contemporary Art (South Korea)
* National Folk Museum of Korea
* National Palace Museum of Korea
* National Science Museum, South Korea
* Lighthouse Museum, South Korea
* National Maritime Museum, South Korea
* Korea National Arboretum, South Korea

Latvia

* Latvian National Museum of Art

Lebanon

* National Museum of Beirut

Luxembourg

* National Museum of History and Art, in Luxembourg City
* National Museum of Military History, in Diekirch
* National Museum of Natural History, in Luxembourg City

Malaysia

* Muzium Negara

Maldives

* National museum (Maldives)
* National Museum of Maldives

Mali

* National Museum of Mali

Mexico

* National Museum of Anthropology and History "(Museo Nacional de Antropología)"

Namibia

* National Museum of Namibia

Nepal

* National Museum of Nepal

New Zealand

* Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - commonly known as Te Papa or "Our Place" in English Translation

Pakistan

* National Museum of Pakistan

Peru

* National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru
* Museum of the Nation

Philippines

* National Museum of the Philippines

Poland

* Gdańsk National Museum
* Kraków National Museum
* Poznań National Museum
* Szczecin National Museum
* Warsaw National Museum
* Wrocław National Museum
* National Museum of Poland

Portugal

* National Museum Machado de Castro "(Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro)"
* National Museum Soares dos Reis "(Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis)"

Qatar

* Qatar National Museum

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 Museum of Art of Romania
* National National History Museum of Romania

Russia

* State Historical Museum
* Russian Museum

erbia

* National Museum of Serbia

ingapore

* National Museum of Singapore

lovakia

* Slovak National Museum

outh Africa

* South African National Museum of Military History

outh Korea

* Gyeongju National Museum

ri Lanka

* National Museum of Colombo
* National Museum Kandy
* National Museum Maritime
* National Museum Galle
* National Museum Ratnapura

weden

* Nationalmuseum

witzerland

* Swiss National Museum "(Landesmuseum)"

Taiwan

* National Museum of Prehistory (Taiwan)
* National Museum of Taiwan Literature
* National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium
* National Museum of Natural Science
* National Palace Museum

Tajikistan

* Tajikistan National Museum

Thailand

* National Museum (Thailand)

Trinidad and Tobago

* National Museum and Art Gallery, Trinidad

United Kingdom

* British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
* British Museum
* Design Museum ("sponsored")
* HM Customs & Excise National Museum
* Horniman Museum and Gardens ("sponsored")
* Imperial War Museum
* National Army Museum
* National Football Museum ("sponsored")
* National Gallery
* National Horseracing Museum
* National Media Museum
* National Motor Museum
* National Museum of Science and Industry
* National Museums Liverpool
* National Portrait Gallery
* National Railway Museum
* National Space Centre
* National Tramway Museum
* National Waterways Museum
* Natural History Museum
* People's History Museum ("sponsored")
* Royal Armouries
* Science Museum (London)
* Shildon Locomotion Museum
* Sir John Soane's Museum
* Tate
* Victoria & Albert Museum
* Wallace Collection

England

* Geffrye Museum ("sponsored")
* Museum of London
* Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester ("sponsored")
* National Coal Mining Museum for England ("sponsored")
* National Museums Liverpool
* Tyne and Wear Museums ("sponsored")

cotland

* Museum of Flight (Scotland)
* Museum of Scotland
* Museum of Scottish Rural Life, Kittochside
* National Museums of Scotland
* National War Museum of Scotland
* Royal Museum
* Shambellie House Museum of Costume

Wales

* Big Pit National Coal Museum
* National Museum Cardiff
* National Museum Wales
* National Slate Museum
* National Waterfront Museum
* National Woollen Museum
* National Roman Legionary Museum
* St Fagans National History Museum

United States

* Smithsonian Institution:
** American Art Museum
** Anacostia Museum
** National Gallery of Art
** National Museum of African American History and Culture
** National Museum of African Art
** National Air and Space Museum
*** Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
** National Museum of American History
** National Museum of History and Technology
** National Museum of Natural History
** National Museum of the American Indian
** National Portrait Gallery
** National Postal Museum
** Cold War Museum (planned)
* Department of Defense:
** Air Force:
*** National Museum of the United States Air Force
*** Strategic Air and Space Museum
** Army:
*** National Museum of the United States Army
*** National Museum of Health and Medicine
** Navy:
*** National Museum of the United States Navy
*** National Museum of Naval Aviation
*** U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum and Library
*** National Museum of the Marine Corps
** National Security Agency:
*** National Cryptologic Museum
* Central Intelligence Agency:
** CIA Museum
* Department of Homeland Security
** United States Coast Guard Museum

ee also

*National archive
*National gallery
*National library