National museum

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A national museum is a museum maintained by a nation.

Contents 1 List of national museums 2 Australia 3 Argentina 4 Bangladesh 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 Brazil 7 Bulgaria 8 Burkina Faso 9 Cambodia 10 Canada 11 Chad 12 Chile 13 China 14 Colombia 15 Costa Rica 16 Czech Republic 17 Denmark 18 Eritrea 19 Estonia 20 Finland 21 France 22 Germany 23 Gambia 24 Ghana 25 Greece 26 Guyana 27 Hungary 28 Iceland 29 India 30 Indonesia 31 Iran 32 Iraq 33 Ireland 34 Italy 35 Japan 36 Kenya 37 Korea 38 Latvia 39 Lebanon 40 Luxembourg 41 Malaysia 42 Maldives 43 Mali 44 Mexico 45 Namibia 46 Nepal 47 New Zealand 48 Pakistan 49 Peru 50 Philippines 51 Poland 52 Portugal 53 Qatar 54 Romania 55 Russia 56 Serbia 57 Singapore 58 Slovakia 59 South Africa 60 South Korea 61 Sweden 62 Switzerland 63 Taiwan 64 Tajikistan 65 Thailand 66 Trinidad and Tobago 67 United Kingdom 67.1 England 67.2 Scotland 67.3 Wales 68 United States 69 See also

[edit] List of national museums

[edit] Australia

• Australian National Aviation Museum
• Australian National Maritime Museum
• Australian Tennis Museum, Sydney
• Australian War Memorial
• Museum Victoria
• National Alpine Museum
• National Dinosaur Museum, Nicholls
• National Gallery of Australia
• National Gallery of Victoria
• National Motor Museum Australia
• National Motorcycle Museum of Australia
• National Museum of Australia
• National Museum of Australian Pottery
• National Railway Museum
• National Vietnam Veterans Museum, Phillip Island
• Questacon - National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra

[edit] Argentina

• Argentine National Museum of History

[edit] Bangladesh

• Bangladesh National Museum

[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

[edit] Brazil

• National Museum of Brazil (Museu Nacional)
• National Historical Museum of Brazil (Museu Histórico Nacional)

[edit] 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

[edit] Burkina Faso

• National Museum of Music

[edit] Cambodia

• National Museum, Phnom Penh

[edit] 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

[edit] Chad

• Chad National Museum (Musee National N'Djamena)

[edit] Chile

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

[edit] China

• Museum of the Chinese Revolution
• National Museum of China
• National Museum of Chinese History

[edit] Colombia

• Colombian National Museum

[edit] Costa Rica

• National Museum of Costa Rica

[edit] Czech Republic

• Czech National Museum

[edit] Denmark

• National Museum of Denmark

[edit] Eritrea

• National Museum of Eritrea

[edit] Estonia

• Estonian National Museum
• Art Museum of Estonia

[edit] Finland

• National Museum of Finland

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Gambia

• National Museum (Gambia)

[edit] Ghana

• National Museum of Ghana

[edit] Greece

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

[edit] Guyana

• National Museum of Guyana

[edit] Hungary

• Hungarian National Museum

[edit] Iceland

• National Gallery of Iceland
• National Museum of Iceland

[edit] India

• National Museum, New Delhi

[edit] Indonesia

• National Museum of Indonesia (Museum Nasional or Museum Gajah)

[edit] Iran

• National Museum of Iran

[edit] Iraq

• National Museum of Iraq

[edit] Ireland

• National Museum of Ireland

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Kenya

• National Museums of Kenya

[edit] 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

[edit] Latvia

• Latvian National Museum of Art

[edit] Lebanon

• National Museum of Beirut

[edit] 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

[edit] Malaysia

• Muzium Negara

[edit] Maldives

• National museum (Maldives)
• National Museum of Maldives

[edit] Mali

• National Museum of Mali

[edit] Mexico

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

[edit] Namibia

• National Museum of Namibia

[edit] Nepal

• National Museum of Nepal

[edit] New Zealand

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

[edit] Pakistan

• National Museum of Pakistan

[edit] Peru

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

[edit] Philippines

• National Museum of the Philippines

[edit] Poland

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

[edit] Portugal

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

[edit] Qatar

• Qatar National Museum

[edit] 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

[edit] Russia

• State Historical Museum
• Russian Museum

[edit] Serbia

• National Museum of Serbia

[edit] Singapore

• National Museum of Singapore

[edit] Slovakia

• Slovak National Museum

[edit] South Africa

• South African National Museum of Military History

[edit] South Korea

• Gyeongju National Museum

[edit] Sweden

• Nationalmuseum

[edit] Switzerland

• Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum)

[edit] Taiwan

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

[edit] Tajikistan

• Tajikistan National Museum

[edit] Thailand

• National Museum (Thailand)

[edit] Trinidad and Tobago

• National Museum and Art Gallery, Trinidad

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Scotland

• 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• National archive
• National gallery
• National library