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 Republica)
National Historical Museum of Brazil (Museu Historico 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 (Musee national des beaux-arts du Quebec)
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
Musee du Louvre
Musee d'Orsay
Centre Georges Pompidou (Musee National d'Art Moderne)
Musee de Cluny - National Museum of the Middle-Ages (Musee National du Moyen-Age)
Museum of Air and Space (Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace)
Museum of Natural History (Museum national d'histoire naturelle)
Museum of Science and Industry (Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie)
Musee de l'Armee
National Navy Museum (Musee national de la Marine)
National Railway Museum (Musee Francais 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 Merida"
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 Antropologia (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
Kroller-Muller 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
Gdansk National Museum
Krakow National Museum
Poznan National Museum
Szczecin National Museum
Warsaw National Museum
Wroclaw 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 Civilizatiei Populare Traditionale)
ASTRA Museum of Transylvanian Civilisation (Muzeul Civilizatiei Transilvane)
Brukenthal National Museum
Emil Sigerus Museum of Saxon Ethnography and Folk Art (Muzeul de Etnografie si Arta Populara Saseasca ASTRA)
Franz Binder Museum of Universal Ethnography (Muzeul de Etnografie Universala ASTRA)
National Museum of Art of Romania
National History Museum of Romania
National Military Museum, Romania (Muzeul Militar National)
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 Sofia, Madrid
Museo Nacional del Teatro, Ciudad Real
Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigacion de Altamira, Cantabria
Museo Nacional Colegio de San Gregorio, Valladolid
Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, Badajoz
Museo Nacional de Arqueologia Subacuatica, Murcia
Museo Naval, Madrid
Museo Arqueologico Nacional, Madrid
Museo de America, Madrid
Museo del Traje, Madrid
Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Madrid
Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, Madrid
Museo Nacional de Reproducciones Artisticas, Madrid
Museo Nacional de Ceramica y de las Artes Suntuarias Gonzalez Marti, Valencia
Museo Nacional del Romanticismo, Madrid
Museo Nacional de Fotografia, Soria
Museo Sefardi, 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