Title: List of national museums Content: A national museum is a museum that is kept by a nation. The following is a list of national museums: ==Argentina== * Argentine National Museum of History ==Australia== *Australian National Aviation Museum *Australian National Maritime Museum *Australian Tennis Museum , Sydney *Australian War Memorial *Museum Victoria *National Alpine Museum *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 ==Azerbaijan== * National Art Museum of Azerbaijan * National Museum of History of Azerbaijan ==Bangladesh== * Bangladesh National Museum ==Belgium== * Royal Museums of Art and History ==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 Museum of the Republic (Museu Nacional da República) * 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 of Cambodia == Canada == * Canada Agriculture Museum * Canada Aviation Museum * Canada Science and Technology Museum * Canadian Museum for Human Rights - under development and first 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 == Catalonia == * National Art Museum of Catalonia (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya) ==Chad== * Chad National Museum (Musee National N'Djamena) ==Chile== *National Museum of Natural History (Santiago) *National Museum of Fine Arts (Santiago) *National History Museum (Santiago) *National Air and Space Museum (Santiago) ==China== * National Museum of China * National Art Museum of China * National Central Museum of Natural History (now Beijing 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 ==Egypt== * Egyptian Museum ==Eritrea== * National Museum of Eritrea ==Estonia== * Estonian National Museum * Art Museum of Estonia ==Finland== * National Museum of Finland ==France== * Musée du Louvre * Musée d'Orsay * Centre Georges Pompidou (Musée National d'Art Moderne) * Musée de Cluny - National Museum of the Middle-Ages (Musée National du Moyen-Age) * 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) ==Gibraltar== * Gibraltar Museum ==Ghana== * National Museum of Ghana ==Greece== * National Archaeological Museum of Athens * National Gallery (Athens) * State Museum of Contemporary Arts == Guatemala == * Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida" ==Guyana== * National Museum of Guyana ==Hungary== * Hungarian National Museum ==Iceland== * National Gallery of Iceland * National Museum of Iceland ==India== * National Museum, New Delhi * Indian Museum, Kolkata ==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 ==Israel== * Israel Museum ==Italy== * Bargello National Museum (Museo Nazionale del Bargello) * Galleria degli Uffizi * National Gallery of Ancient Art (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica) * National Museum of Magna Grecia (Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia) * 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 (KNM) * Kyushu National Museum * Nara National Museum (NNM) * National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT) * National Museum of Art, Osaka (NMAO) * National Museum of Ethnology, Japan * National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MOMAK) * National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT) * National Museum of Nature and Science * National Museum of Western Art (NMWA) * National Showa Memorial Museum * Tokyo National Museum (TNM) ==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 * Gyeongju 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 ==Kuwait== * Kuwait National Museum * Kuwait Science and Natural History Museum * Al-Hashemi-II Marine Museum in Kuwait City ==Latvia== * Latvian National Museum of Art ==Lebanon== * National Museum of Beirut ==Libya== * National Museum of Libya ==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) ==Mali== * National Museum of Mali ==Mexico== * Museo Nacional de Antropología (National Museum of Anthropology) * Museo Nacional de Historia (National Museum of History) ==Myanmar== * National Museum of Myanmar ==Namibia== * National Museum of Namibia ==Nepal== * National Museum of Nepal ==Netherlands== * Rijksmuseum Amsterdam * Rijksmuseum van Oudheden * National Museum of Ethnology * Rijksmuseum Twenthe * Van Gogh Museum * Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum * Paleis het Loo * Mauritshuis * Dordrechts Museum * Zuiderzeemuseum * Museum Boerhaave * Naturalis * Muiderslot * Kröller-Müller Museum * Loevestein * Museum Catharijneconvent * EYE Film Institute Netherlands * Museum Meermanno * Openluchtmuseum * Museum Mesdag * Huis Doorn ==New Zealand== * Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - commonly known as Te Papa or Our Place in English Translation ==Norway== *National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design ==Pakistan== * National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi * Lahore Museum of Pakistan, Lahore ==Peru== * National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru * Museum of the Nation ==Philippines== * National Museum of the Philippines * Museum of the Filipino People ==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) * National Azulejo Museum ==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 History Museum of Romania * National Military Museum, Romania (Muzeul Militar Naţional) ==Russia== * State Historical Museum * Russian Museum ==Saudi Arabia== * National Museum of Saudi Arabia ==Serbia== * National Museum of Serbia ==Singapore== * National Museum of Singapore ==Slovakia== * Slovak National Museum ==South Africa== * South African National Museum of Military History ==Spain== * Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid * Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid * Museo Nacional del Teatro, Ciudad Real * Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigación de Altamira, Cantabria * Museo Nacional Colegio de San Gregorio, Valladolid * Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, Badajoz * Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática, Murcia * Museo Naval, Madrid * Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid * Museo de América, Madrid * Museo del Traje, Madrid * Museo Nacional de Antropología, Madrid * Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, Madrid * Museo Nacional de Reproducciones Artísticas, Madrid * Museo Nacional de Cerámica y de las Artes Suntuarias González Martí, Valencia * Museo Nacional del Romanticismo, Madrid * Museo Nacional de Fotografía, Soria * Museo Sefardí, Toledo ==Sri Lanka== * National Museum of Colombo * National Museum Kandy * National Museum Maritime * National Museum Galle * National Museum Ratnapura ==Sweden== * Nationalmuseum ==Switzerland== * Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum) ==Syria== * National Museum of Damascus ==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 Maritime 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) ===Scotland=== * Museum of Scotland * National Museum of Costume * National Museum of Flight * National Museum of Rural Life * National War Museum of Scotland * Royal Museum ===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 ===Northern Ireland=== * Armagh County Museum * Ulster-American Folk Park * Ulster Folk and Transport Museum * Ulster Museum * W5 ==United States== * National Gallery of Art * Smithsonian Institution: ** American Art Museum ** Anacostia Community Museum ** Arts and Industries Building ** Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum ** Freer Gallery of Art ** Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ** 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 ** National Zoological Park ** Cold War Museum (planned) * Department of Defense: ** Air Force: *** National Museum of the United States Air Force *** Museum of Aviation *** Strategic Air and Space Museum *** Air Force Armament 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 *** Submarine Force Library and Museum *** 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 * Other: ** National Atomic Testing Museum ** National Civil Rights Museum ** National Civil War Museum ** National Electronics Museum ** National Museum of Nuclear Science & History ** National Museum of the Pacific War ** National World War One Museum ** National World War Two Museum Category:Lists of museums *