List of national museums

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