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

Lists of museums