List of national museums

{{Short description|None}} {{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}} [[File:Chennai National Art Gallery GJE.jpg|thumb|right|230px|The Government Museum Complex in Chennai, which also houses the National Art Gallery and the Connemara Public Library]]

A '''national museum''' can be a museum maintained and funded by a national government.<ref>{{cite web |title=Types Of Museums |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/museum-cultural-institution/Types-of-museums |website=Britannica |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref> In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, while other museums are run by regional or local governments.<ref>{{cite report |title=Culture, Media and Sport - Sixth Report |publisher=The Culture, Media and Sport Committee |date=2007}}</ref> In the United States, most national museums are privately funded and operated, but have been designated by Congress as national institutions that are important to the country. In other countries a much greater number of museums are run by the central government.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grosvenor |first1=Bendor |title=Could national museums in the UK do more to be truly national? |url=https://www.apollo-magazine.com/national-museums-uk-more-truly-national/ |website=Apollo |date=25 November 2019 |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref> The following is an incomplete list of national museums: {{TOC right}}

==Afghanistan== *National Museum of Afghanistan

==Albania== The Albanian government operates several national museums, including: * National History Museum (Albania) * National Museum of Education (Albania) * National Museum of Fine Arts (Albania) * National Museum of Medieval Art (Albania) * Marubi National Museum of Photography

==Algeria== * National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers * National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art

==Angola== *Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola *National Museum of Slavery

==Argentina== The Argentinian Ministry of Culture operates several national museums, including:

*Historical House of the Independence Museum *Museo Casa de Rogelio Yrurtia *Museo Mitre *Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires) *National Historical Museum (Argentina) *National Museum of Decorative Arts *National Museum of the Cabildo and the May Revolution *Sarmiento Historical Museum

==Armenia== * History Museum of Armenia * National Gallery of Armenia

==Australia== The Australian Government operates several national museums through its various departments, including: * Australian National Maritime Museum * Australian War Memorial * National Gallery of Australia * National Museum of Australia * National Portrait Gallery (Australia) * Questacon

In addition, a number of states in Australia also operate "national museums". These include:

* National Motor Museum, Birdwood, operated by the government of South Australia * National Gallery of Victoria, operated by the government of Victoria

==Austria== * Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna * Natural History Museum, Vienna * Museum of Military History, Vienna * Österreichische Galerie Belvedere

==Azerbaijan== * National Art Museum of Azerbaijan * National Museum of History of Azerbaijan

==Bahamas== * National Art Gallery of The Bahamas

==Bahrain== * Bahrain National Museum

==Bangladesh== * Bangladesh National Museum * National Art Gallery (Bangladesh) * National Museum of Science and Technology (Bangladesh) * Bangladesh Military Museum

==Barbados== *Barbados Museum and Historical Society

==Belarus== * Belarusian National Arts Museum * Belarusian National History Museum

==Belgium== The Federal Public Service for Science Policy Programming in Belgium operates several museum associations: * Royal Museums of Art and History * Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

==Belize== *Museum of Belize

==Bhutan== *National Museum of Bhutan

==Bolivia== *National Museum of Archaeology *National Museum of Art

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

==Botswana== *Botswana National Museum

==Brazil== * National Historical Museum, Brazil (''Museu Histórico Nacional'') * National Museum of Brazil (''Museu Nacional'') * National Museum of Fine Arts (''Museu Nacional de Belas Artes'') * National Museum of the Republic (''Museu Nacional da República'')

==Brunei== The government of Brunei operates several museums including: * Brunei Museum * Brunei Darussalam Maritime Museum * Malay Technology Museum * Royal Regalia Museum

==Bulgaria== * National Archaeological Museum * National Historical Museum * National Art Gallery * National Gallery for Foreign Art * National Museum of Natural History * Earth and Man National Museum * National Museum of Military History * National Transport Museum

==Burkina Faso== * National Museum of Music

==Burundi== *National Museum of Gitega

==Cambodia== * National Museum of Cambodia * Angkor National Museum

==Canada== The following are national museums of Canada, established by the federal government of Canada and operated through an autonomous Crown corporation: * Canada Agriculture and Food Museum * Canada Aviation and Space Museum * Canada Science and Technology Museum * Canadian Museum for Human Rights * Canadian Museum of History * Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 * Canadian Museum of Nature * Canadian War Museum * National Gallery of Canada * Virtual Museum of New France

Former national museums that were later shut down includes: * Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography * Canadian Postal Museum

In addition to institutions established or operated by the Government of Canada, several provinces and territories have established their own provincial and territorial museums.

==Central African Republic== *Boganda National Museum

==Chad== * Chad National Museum (''Musee National N'Djamena'')

==Chile== * National Air and Space Museum (Santiago) * National History Museum<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mhn.gob.cl/sitio/|title=Inicio - Museo Histórico Nacional|website=mhn.gob.cl|access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> * National Museum of Fine Arts (Santiago) * National Museum of Natural History (Santiago)

==China== * National Museum of China * Palace Museum * Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution * National Art Museum of China

==Colombia== * National Museum of Colombia

==Comoros== * National Museum of Comoros

==Congo, Democratic Republic of the== *National Museum of the Democratic Republic of the Congo *National Museum of Lubumbashi

==Costa Rica== * National Museum of Costa Rica

==Croatia== *Croatian History Museum

==Cuba== *Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana *Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cubana

==Cyprus== * Cyprus Museum

==Czech Republic== * National Gallery Prague * National Museum, Prague *Prague Postal Museum

==Denmark== * {{ill|Det Grønne Museum|da}} * Hirschsprung Collection * National Gallery of Denmark * National Museum of Denmark * Natural History Museum of Denmark * Ordrupgaard

==Djibouti== * Djibouti Museum

==Dominica== *The Dominica Museum

==Dominican Republic== *Museum of the Dominican Man *Memorial Museum of Dominican Resistance *Museo del Ámbar Dominicano *Trampoline Children's Museum *Amber World Museum *Alcázar de Colón *Fortaleza San Luis *Columbus Lighthouse *Fortaleza San Felipe *Museo Bellapart *Museo de las Casas Reales

==Ecuador== *National Museum of Ecuador *Museum of Anthropology and Contemporary Art *Pumapungo Museum *{{ill|Alfaro City Civic Centre|es|Centro Cívico Ciudad Alfaro}}

==Egypt== *Grand Egyptian Museum *National Museum of Egyptian Civilization *Egyptian Museum *Luxor Museum *Alexandria National Museum *Aswan Museum *Nubian Museum *Sharm El Sheikh Museum *Hurghada Museum *Imhotep Museum *Museum of Islamic Art *Coptic Museum *Egyptian National Military Museum

==Eritrea== * National Museum of Eritrea

==Estonia== * Art Museum of Estonia * Estonian National Museum * Estonian History Museum

==Ethiopia== * National Museum of Ethiopia

==Fiji== *Fiji Museum

==Finland== * Ateneum * Finnish Museum of Natural History * Kiasma * National Museum of Finland * Sinebrychoff Art Museum

==France== * Musée du Louvre ** Musée Delacroix ** Louvre-Lens * Musée d'Orsay ** Musée de l'Orangerie * Centre Georges Pompidou (''Musée National d'Art Moderne'') ** Centre Pompidou-Metz * Musée de l'Armée * National Archaeological Museum, France * National Museum of Prehistory * Musée de Cluny - National Museum of the Middle-Ages (''Musée National du Moyen-Age'') * Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (''MuCEM'') * Musée national de la Renaissance * Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac * Musée national des Monuments Français * Musée Guimet * Musée national de Céramique * Musée national Adrien-Dubouché * Musée Picasso * Musée Rodin * Musée Gustave Moreau * Musée Camille Claudel * Musée Magnin * Musée de la Musique * Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration * Muséum national d'histoire naturelle * Museum of Air and Space (''Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace'') * Museum of Natural History ({{lang|fr|Muséum national d'histoire naturelle}}) * Museum of Science and Industry (''Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie'') * National Navy Museum (''Musée national de la Marine'') ** Musée national de la Marine, Rochefort * National Railway Museum (''Musée Français du Chemin de Fer'') * Musée National de l'Automobile

==Gambia== * Gambia National Museum

==Georgia== * Georgian National Museum. Branches: **Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi **Samtskhe-Javakheti History Museum, Akhaltsikhe **Open Air Museum of Ethnography, Tbilisi **Art Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi **Museum of the Soviet Occupation, Tbilisi **Dmanisi Museum-Reserve of History and Archaeology, Dmanisi **Vani Museum-Reserve of Archaeology, Vani **Museum of History of Tbilisi, Tbilisi **Museum of History and Ethnography of Svaneti, Mestia **Institute of Palaeobiology, Tbilisi<ref name="KavehFarrokh2014">{{cite web |title=The Last Iranian Tiger in Georgia |author=Manuvera |publisher=kavehfarrokh.com |url=http://kavehfarrokh.com/heritage/the-last-iranian-tiger-in-georgia/ |date=2014-09-09 |access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref><ref name="KavehFarrokh2015">{{cite web |title=Turan Tiger Hunted in Central Asia in the 1930s |author=Farrokh, K. |publisher=kavehfarrokh.com |url=http://kavehfarrokh.com/iran-and-central-asia/turan-tiger-hunted-in-central-asia-in-the-1930s/ |date=2015-03-21 |access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref> **Sighnaghi Museum, Sighnaghi **Bolnisi Museum, Bolnisi<ref>{{cite web |title=Bolnisi Museum is open! |url=https://museum.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=105&info_id=15822 |website=National Museum Website |access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref> *Art Palace of Georgia - Museum of Cultural History

==Germany== * Bavarian National Museum * German Historical Museum (National Historical Museum) * German Museum of Technology (''Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin'') * German National Museum (''Germanisches Nationalmuseum'') * Glyptothek * The Max Planck Institutes * Modern Art Museum (''Pinakothek der Moderne'') * National Gallery * Deutsches Museum * New Pinakothek (''Neue Pinakothek'') * Old Pinakothek (''Alte Pinakothek'')

==Ghana== * National Museum of Ghana

==Greece== * Athens War Museum *National Archaeological Museum, Athens * National Gallery *National Historical Museum, Athens * State Museum of Contemporary Arts

==Grenada== *Grenada National Museum

==Guatemala== * Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología * Guatemalan National History Museum * Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida"

==Guinea== *Sandervalia National Museum

==Guinea-Bissau== *National Ethnographic Museum

==Guyana== * National Museum of Guyana

==Haiti== * National Museum of Haiti

==Holy See (Vatican City)== * Vatican Museums * Vatican Library * Vatican Secret Archives * Saint Peter's Basilica * Apostolic Palace * Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran * Sistine Chapel

==Hong Kong== * Hong Kong Museum of Art * Hong Kong Museum of History * Hong Kong Heritage Museum * Hong Kong Science Museum

==Hungary== * Hungarian National Museum * Hungarian National Gallery * Hungarian Natural History Museum * Museum of Ethnography (Budapest) * Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest) * Semmelweis Museum of Medical History

==Iceland== * National Gallery of Iceland * National Museum of Iceland

==Isle of Man== * Manx National Heritage (''Eiraght Ashoonagh Vannin'')

==India== National-level museums in India come directly under the administrative control of Ministry of Culture, Government of India.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/museum-reform-ministry-of-culture-starts-14-point-agenda-115122700440_1.html|title=Museum Reform: Ministry of Culture starts 14-point agenda|last=ANI|newspaper=Business Standard India |date=27 December 2015|via=Business Standard}}</ref>

* National Museum, New Delhi * Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya * Indian Museum * Government Museum, Mathura * National Gallery of Modern Art * Allahabad Museum * Government Museum, Chennai * Salar Jung Museum * Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum * Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh * City Palace, Jaipur * City Palace, Udaipur * National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum * Victoria Memorial * Jaisalmer War Museum * Hazarduari Palace * Sabarmati Ashram * Cavalry Tank Museum, Ahmednagar * National Rail Museum, New Delhi * Railway Museum, Mysore * Albert Hall Museum * Madame Tussauds Delhi * 23 science centers under the National Council of Science Museums * 44 site museums under the Archaeological Survey of India

==Indonesia== Museums listed below are operated by Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology and other ministries. * National Museum of Indonesia * Basoeki Abdullah Museum * Formulation of Proclamation Text Museum * Fort Vredeburg Museum * Museum of National Awakening * National Gallery of Indonesia * National Press Monument * Some government-operated museums in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah * Youth Pledge Museum

==Iran== *Abgineh Museum of Tehran (Glassware and Ceramics Museum of Iran) *Arg-é Bam *Carpet Museum of Iran *Golestan Palace *Iranian National Museum of Medical Sciences History *Malik National Museum of Iran *Naghsh-i Jahan Square *National Car Museum of Iran *National Museum of Iran *Niavaran Palace Complex *Pars Museum of Shiraz *Pearl Palace (Morvarid Palace)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|date=2017-05-07|title=Shams Palace Not Yet Under ICHHTO Ownership|url=https://financialtribune.com/articles/people-travel/63904/shams-palace-not-yet-under-ichhto-ownership|access-date=2021-04-07|website=Financial Tribune|language=En}}</ref> *Reza Abbasi Museum *Sadabad Palace

==Iraq== * National Museum of Iraq

==Ireland== * Irish Museum of Modern Art * National Gallery of Ireland * National Museum of Ireland. Branches: ** National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, Dublin ** National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History, Dublin ** National Museum of Ireland – Natural History, Dublin ** National Museum of Ireland – Country Life, Turlough, County Mayo

==Israel== * Israel Museum

==Italy== * Bargello National Museum (''Museo Nazionale del Bargello'') * Galleria degli Uffizi * National Archeological Museum of Naples (''Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli'') * National Archaeological Museum of Nuoro * National Etruscan Museum (''Museo Nazionale Etrusco'') * National Gallery of Ancient Art (''Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica'') * National Gallery of Modern Art (''Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna'') * National Museum of Capodimonte (''Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte'') * National Museum of Magna Grecia (''Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia'') * National Museum of Oriental Art * National Museum of Rome * Pinacoteca di Brera

==Jordan== *The Jordan Museum *Jordan Archaeological Museum *Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts

==Kazakhstan== *National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan *Central State Museum of Kazakhstan *Kazakh Museum of Folk Musical Instruments *A. Kasteyev State Museum of Arts *Nature Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

==Kenya== * National Museums of Kenya

==Kiribati== * Te Umanibong

==North Korea== * Korean Central History Museum * Korean Art Gallery

==Kosovo== * Kosovo Museum

==Kuwait== * Al-Hashemi-II Marine Museum * Kuwait National Museum * Kuwait Science and Natural History Museum

==Kyrgyzstan== * Kyrgyz State Historical Museum

==Laos== * Lao National Museum

==Latvia== * Latvian National Museum of Art * Latvian National Museum of History

==Lebanon== * National Museum of Beirut

==Liberia== * Liberian National Museum

==Libya== {{see also|List of museums in Libya}} *Red Castle Museum *Museum of Libya

== Liechtenstein ==

* Liechtenstein National Museum

==Lithuania== {{see also|List of museums in Lithuania}} * National Museum of Lithuania * Lithuanian National Museum of Art * Vytautas the Great War Museum

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

== Macau == * Museum of Macau

== Malawi == * Chichiri Museum

==Malaysia== * Muzium Negara * National Art Gallery (Malaysia)

==Maldives== * National Museum

==Mali== * National Museum of Mali

==Malta== * National Museum of Archaeology * National Museum of Ethnography * National Museum of Fine Arts * National Museum of Natural History * National War Museum

==Marshall Islands== *Alele Museum & Public Library

==Mauritania== * National Museum of Mauritania

==Mexico== * Museo Nacional de Antropología (''National Museum of Anthropology'') * Museo Nacional de Historia (''National Museum of History'') * Museo Nacional de Arte (''National Museum of Art'') * Museo Nacional de las Culturas (''National Museum of Cultures'') * Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones (''National Museum of the Interventions'') * Museo Nacional del Virreinato (''National Museum of the Viceroyalty'')

==Moldova== * National Museum of History of Moldova * National Museum of Fine Arts, Chișinău

==Monaco== *New National Museum of Monaco

==Mongolia== *National Museum of Mongolia *Mongolian Natural History Museum *Chinggis Khaan National Museum

==Montenegro== *National Museum of Montenegro

==Morocco== *Rabat Archaeological Museum

==Myanmar== * National Museum Nay Pyi Taw * National Museum of Myanmar

==Namibia== * National Museum of Namibia ** Alte Feste ** Owela Museum * Independence Memorial Museum

==Nauru== *Nauru Museum

==Nepal== * National Museum of Nepal

==Netherlands== * Dordrechts Museum * EYE Film Institute Netherlands * Huis Doorn * Kröller-Müller Museum * Loevestein * Mauritshuis * Muiderslot * Museum Boerhaave * Museum Catharijneconvent * Museum Meermanno * Museum Mesdag * National Museum of Ethnology * Naturalis * Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum * Paleis het Loo * Rijksmuseum Amsterdam * Rijksmuseum Twenthe * Rijksmuseum van Oudheden * Openluchtmuseum * Van Gogh Museum * Zuiderzeemuseum

==New Zealand== * Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - commonly known as ''Te Papa'' or ''Our Place'' in English translation

==Niger== * Musée National Boubou Hama, formerly National Museum of Niger

==Nigeria== *Nigerian National Museum *Benin City National Museum *Ife National Museum *Esiẹ Museum

==North Macedonia== *Museum of the Republic of North Macedonia *National Gallery * Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Skopje) * Museum of Contemporary Art (Skopje)

==Norway== * National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design

==Oman== * National Museum

==Pakistan== * National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi * Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad * National Art Gallery, Islamabad * Lok Virsa Museum, Islamabad

==Palau== * Belau National Museum

==Panama== * Museum of History of Panama

==Papua New Guinea== * Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery

==Paraguay== *Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Asunción

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

==Philippines== The National Museum of the Philippines (NMP), a government organization, operates several national museums, including:

The National Museum Complex in Manila which consists of the central museums of the NMP namely the: *National Museum of Anthropology *National Museum of Fine Arts *National Museum of Natural History

The NMP also operates the following satellite museums: *National Museum Dumaguete *National Museum Western Visayas *National Museum Cordillera *National Museum Ilocos *National Museum Cagayan Valley *National Museum Bicol *National Museum Eastern-Northern Mindanao *National Museum Western-Southern Mindanao *National Museum Batanes *National Museum Marinduque-Romblon *National Museum Bohol *National Museum Sulu *National Museum Kabayan *National Museum Tabon Caves Site Museum *National Museum Angono-Binangonan

==Poland== {{main|National Museum of Poland}} * National Museum, Kraków * National Museum, Gdańsk * National Maritime Museum, Gdańsk * National Museum, Lublin * National Museum, Poznań * National Museum, Szczecin * National Museum, Warsaw * National Museum, Wrocław

==Portugal== * Air Museum, part of the Portuguese Air Force * Grão Vasco National Museum * Porto Military Museum, part of the Portuguese Army * National Archaeology Museum * National Azulejo Museum * National Coach Museum * National Museum of Ancient Art * National Museum of Contemporary Art of Chiado * National Museum of Costume and Fashion * National Museum of Ethnology, it includes the Popular Art Museum * National Museum of Natural History and Science, part of the University of Lisbon * National Museum Machado de Castro * National Museum Soares dos Reis * National Music Museum * National Railway Museum * National Theatre and Dance Museum * Navy Museum, part of the Portuguese Navy

==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 History Museum of Romania * National Military Museum, Romania (''Muzeul Militar Naţional'') * National Museum of Art of Romania

==Russia== * Hermitage Museum * State Historical Museum * Russian Museum * Tretyakov Gallery * Pushkin Museum * Moscow Kremlin Museums * State Museum of Oriental Art * Central Armed Forces Museum * Museum of Political History of Russia * Shchusev Museum of Architecture * Vernadsky State Geological Museum

==Rwanda== * Ethnographic Museum

==Saint Kitts and Nevis== * National Museum of Saint Kitts

==Samoa== *Falemata'aga - Museum of Samoa

==Saudi Arabia== * National Museum of Saudi Arabia

==Senegal== * Museum of Black Civilisations * Historical Museum of Senegal in Gorée

==Serbia== * National Museum of Serbia * Historical Museum of Serbia

==Sierra Leone== * Sierra Leone National Museum

==Singapore== * National Museum of Singapore *National Gallery Singapore

==Slovakia== * Slovak National Museum *Slovak National History Museum * Slovak National Gallery

==Slovenia== * National Museum of Slovenia * National Gallery of Slovenia

==Solomon Islands== * Solomon Islands National Museum

==Somalia== * National Museum of Somalia

==South Africa== * South African National Museum of Military History * Iziko South African Museum * Ditsong Museums of South Africa **includes Ditsong National Museum of Natural History and Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History * National Museum, Bloemfontein * National Afrikaans Literary Museum and Research Centre

==South Sudan== * South Sudan National Museum

==Spain== * National Archaeological Museum, Madrid * Cervantes' House Museum, Valladolid * Museum of the Royal Mint, Madrid * Museum Cerralbo, Madrid * Aeronautical and Astronautical Museum, Madrid * Museum of the Americas, Madrid * Museum of the Army, Toledo * Catalonia Railway Museum, Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona) * Railway Museum, Madrid * El Greco Museum, Toledo * National Museum of Romanticism, Madrid * Museum of Garment - Ethnologic Heritage Research Center, Madrid * Geomineral Museum, Madrid * Lázaro Galdiano Museum, Madrid * Queen Sofía Art Center National Museum, Madrid * National Museum of Anthropology, Madrid * National Museum of Subaquatic Archaeology, Cartagena (Murcia) * National Museum of Roman Art, Mérida (Badajoz) * National Museum of Decorative Arts, Madrid * González Martí National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts, Valencia * National Museum of Science and Technology, La Coruña and Alcobendas (Madrid) * National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid * National Museum of Sculpture, Valladolid * Prado National Museum, Madrid * National Museum of Theatre, Almagro (Ciudad Real) * Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid * National Museum and Research Center of Altamira, Santillana del Mar (Cantabria) * Naval Museum, Madrid * Sephardic Museum, Toledo * Sorolla Museum, Madrid * Royal Botanical Garden, Madrid

=== Catalonia === Source:<ref>{{cite news |title=National Museums |url=https://cultura.gencat.cat/ca/temes/museus/museus-de-catalunya/museus_nacionals/ |agency=Department of Culture |publisher=Government of Catalonia |language=ca}}</ref> * National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC), Barcelona * National Museum of Science and Industry of Catalonia (mNACTEC), Terrassa * Archaeological Museum of Catalonia (MAC), Barcelona, Empúries, Girona, Olèrdola and Ullastret

==Sri Lanka== * National Museum of Colombo * National Museum Galle * National Museum Kandy * National Museum Maritime * National Museum Ratnapura

==Sudan== * National Museum of Sudan

== Suriname == * Surinaams Museum

==Sweden== * Nationalmuseum

==Switzerland== * Swiss National Museum (''Landesmuseum'')

==Syria== * National Museum of Damascus * National Museum of Aleppo

==Taiwan== * Chunghwa Postal Museum * National Museum of History * National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium * National Museum of Marine Science and Technology * National Museum of Natural Science * National Museum of Prehistory * National Museum of Taiwan History * National Museum of Taiwan Literature * National Palace Museum * National Radio Museum * National Science and Technology Museum * National Taiwan Museum * National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts * Republic of China Air Force Museum * Republic of China Armed Forces Museum * Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum

==Tajikistan== * National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan * Tajikistan National Museum

==Tanzania== * National Museum of Tanzania

==Thailand== {{main|National museums of Thailand}}

==Togo== *Togo National Museum

==Tonga== *Tonga National Museum

==Trinidad and Tobago== * National Museum and Art Gallery

==Tunisia== * Bardo National Museum * Carthage National Museum

==Turkey== * Museum of Anatolian Civilizations * Republic Museum * State Art and Sculpture Museum * Ethnography Museum of Ankara * War of Independence Museum * Istanbul Archaeology Museums * Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum * Istanbul Aviation Museum * Istanbul Naval Museum * Istanbul Military Museum

==Turkmenistan== * Ashgabat National Museum of History * The State Museum of the State Cultural Center of Turkmenistan * Turkmen Museum of Fine Arts

==Turks and Caicos== * Turks and Caicos National Museum

==Uganda== * Uganda Museum

==Ukraine== * Aivazovsky National Art Gallery * Lviv National Art Gallery * Lviv National Museum * Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II * National Art Museum of Ukraine * National Museum of the History of Ukraine * National Museum-Preserve "Battle for Kyiv 1943" * Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum

==United Arab Emirates== * Al Ain National Museum * National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah * Dubai Museum * Etihad Museum * Emirates National Auto Museum

==United Kingdom== {{main|National Museums of the United Kingdom}}

===England=== Sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport * British Museum * Victoria & Albert Museum ** Victoria and Albert Museum in London ** V&A Museum of Childhood in London ** Also see 'Scotland' below * Horniman Museum and Gardens * Imperial War Museum ** Imperial War Museum London ** Imperial War Museum Duxford ** HMS Belfast (C35) ** Churchill War Rooms ** Imperial War Museum North * National Museums Liverpool ** World Museum ** Walker Art Gallery ** Merseyside Maritime Museum ** The Piermaster's House ** International Slavery Museum ** Lady Lever Art Gallery ** Sudley House ** Museum of Liverpool ** National Conservation Centre * Royal Armouries ** Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds ** Tower of London in London ** Fort Nelson in Portsmouth * Science Museum Group ** The Science Museum in South Kensington, London ** The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester ** The National Railway Museum in York ** The National Railway Museum Shildon in County Durham ("Locomotion") ** The National Science and Media Museum (formerly the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television) in Bradford, and ** The Science Museum at Wroughton in Swindon, Wiltshire. * Sir John Soane's Museum * Tate * The Box, Plymouth in Plymouth, Devon * Wallace Collection * Natural History Museum, London ** Natural History Museum at Tring, Tring * Geffrye Museum *National Coal Mining Museum for England, Wakefield * National Gallery * National Portrait Gallery * Royal Museums Greenwich

Sponsored by Ministry of Defence * National Army Museum * National Museum of the Royal Navy * Royal Air Force Museum

Sponsored by the Home Office * Border Force National Museum

===Northern Ireland=== * Armagh County Museum * Ulster-American Folk Park * Ulster Folk and Transport Museum * Ulster Museum

===Scotland=== * National Museums Scotland * National Museum of Costume * National Museum of Flight * National Museum of Rural Life * National War Museum of Scotland * Museum of Scotland * Royal Museum * V&A Dundee

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

==United States==

==Uruguay== * National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay) * National Museum of Natural History, Uruguay

==Uzbekistan== * State Museum of History of Uzbekistan * Art Gallery of Uzbekistan * Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan * State Museum of Nature of Uzbekistan * State Museum of History of Culture of Uzbekistan * Nukus Museum of Art

==Vanuatu== * National Museum of Vanuatu

==Venezuela== * National Art Gallery (Caracas)

==Vietnam== * Vietnam National Museum of History * Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts * Vietnam Military History Museum * Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History

==Yemen== * National Museum of Yemen

==Zambia== * Lusaka National Museum

==Zimbabwe== * National Gallery of Zimbabwe * Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe * Zimbabwe Museum of Human Sciences

==References== {{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==

* {{Cite book|last1=Silverman|first1=Raymond|title=National museums in Africa. Identity, history and politics.|last2=Abungu|first2=George|last3=Probst|first3=Peter|date=2021|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-000-42864-3|location=Milton|pages=284|oclc=1259323561}}

* national museums