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Below is the list of science museums all over the world. See Science museum for definitions.
Europe
Austria
Belgium
- EcoHuis Antwerp, Antwerp
- Euro Space Center, Wallonia, Belgium
- Hidrodoe, Herentals
- PASS -Parc d'Aventures Scientifiques, Frameries
- Polaris Climate Change Observatory - Brussels, Brussels
- Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels
- Technopolis (Belgium), Mechelen, Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
- Danfoss Universe, Nordborg
- Experimentarium, Copenhagen
- Steno Museum, Aarhus
- Danish Technical Museum (Danmarks Tekniske Museum), Elsinore
- Xploorit, Kolding
Estonia
Finland
- Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi
- G.A. Serlachius Museum, Mänttä
- Heureka, Vantaa, Finland
- Science Centre Tietomaa, Oulu
France
- Agropolis, Montpellier
- Cap Sciences, Bordeaux
- Cité de l'espace, Toulouse
- Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Paris, France
- Cité des télécoms, also known as Radome - Musée des Télécoms, Pleumeur-Bodou
- CCSTI de Grenoble, Grenoble
- Espace des Sciences, Rennes
- Exploradome, Paris
- Forum Départemental des Sciences, Villeneuve
- La Rotonde, Saint-Étienne
- Micropolis (La Cité des Insectes), Millau
- Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France
- Palais de la Découverte, Paris, France
- Palais de l'Univers, Cappelle la Grande
- Vaisseau, Strasbourg
- Visiatome, Marcoule
- Vulcania, Saint-Ours-les-Roches, Auvergne
Germany
- Adam-Ries Museum, Annaberg
- Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité, Berlin
- DASA - German Occupational Safety and Health Exhibition, Dortmund
- Deutsches Museum, Munich
- Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden
- EXPLORAmuseum+Wissenschaft+Technik, Frankfurt
- ExploHeidelberg, Heidelberg
- German Chemistry Museum (Deutsches Chemie-museum) Merseburg
- German Museum of Technology (Berlin)
- Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum, Paderborn
- Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum, Feucht, Bavaria
- Landesmuseum für Technik und Arbeit, Mannheim
- Liebig-Museum, Gießen
- Mathematikum, Gießen
- Museum 3. Dimension, Dinkelsbühl
- ODYSSEUM Koln (Cologne Science Center), Cologne
- Otto-Lilienthal-Museum, Anklam
- Phanomenta, Bremerhaven [1]
- Phanomenta, Flensburg
- Phanomenta, Lüdenscheid
- Phanomenta, Peenemünde
- Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg
- Rheinisches Industriemuseum, Oberhausen, Ratingen, Solingen, Bergisch Gladbach, Engelskirchen, Euskirchen
- Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum
- Technikmuseum Speyer
- Spectrum - German Museum of Technology (Berlin), Berlin
- Technik Museum Magdeburg, Magdeburg
- Turm der Sinne (Tower of Senses), Nuernberg
- Völklinger Hütte (Völklingen Ironworks), Völklingen
- X-World Science Center, Rust
- Universum Science Center, Bremen
Greece
Hungary
- Palace of Miracles, Budapest
- Hungarian Chemistry Museum, Várpalota, Thury Castle
Ireland
- Birr Castle: Ireland's Historic Science Centre, Birr
- Exploration Station, Dublin (under construction near Heuston Station, planned opening in 2009)
- National Science Museum, Maynooth
- Science Gallery, Dublin
Monaco
Italy
- Citta della Scienza, Naples
- Enrico Fermi Center, Rome
- Immaginario Scientifico, Trieste
- Institute and Museum of the History of Science (Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza), Florence, Italy.
Many of Galileo Galilei's original instruments are housed in this museum. - Museo del Balì, Saltara
Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci" , Milan, Italy- Museo di Fisica di Sardegna (Physics Museum of Sardinia), University of Cagliari
- Museo Gianni Caproni, Trento
- Post Science Center (Perugia Officina per la Scienza e la Tecnologia ), Perugia
Latvia
Netherlands
- Museon, The Hague, Netherlands
- NEMO (museum), Amsterdam, Netherlands [2]
- Techniek Museum Delft (Delft Technical Museum) official site, Description in English Delft
- Teylers Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands
- Boerhaave Museum in Leiden, Netherlands
Norway
- Jærmuseet
- Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, Oslo, Norway
- Nordnorsk vitensenter (Northern Norwegian Science center), Tromsø
- Trondheim Science Museum, Trondheim
- Vitensenteret Innlandet (Science Center Innlandet), Gjoevik
Poland
Portugal
- "Casa da Luz" Electricity Museum, Funchal, Madeira Island
- Centro Ciência Viva da Amadora (Interactive Science Center of Amadora), Amadora
- Centro Ciência Viva da Floresta (Science Center of Forest Life), Proença-a-nova
- Centro Ciência Viva de Tavira, Tavira
- Centro Ciência Viva de Vila do Conde ("Ciência Viva" Science Centre), Vila do Conde
- Centro Ciência Viva do Alviela, Alcanena
- Centro Ciência Viva de Estremoz, Estremoz
- Centro Ciencia Viva do Algarve, Faro
- Centro Ciência Viva de Bragança, Bragança
- Centro Ciência Viva de Sintra, Sintra
- Centro Ciência Viva do Porto Moniz, Porto Moniz
- Centro Ciência Viva de Constância
- Exploratorio - Centro Ciência Viva
- Pavilion of Knowledge - Ciência Viva (Pavilhão do Conhecimento), Lisbon, Portugal
- Planetário Calouste Gulbenkian - Centro Ciência Viva, Lisbon
- Science Museum of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra
- Visionarium (Portugal), Santa Maria da Feira
Serbia
Slovenia
- Technical Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana
- Ustanova Hisa Eksperimentov - The House of Experiments, Ljubljana
Spain
- Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia
- CosmoCaixa Barcelona, Barcelona
- CosmoCaixa Madrid, Madrid
- Kutxaespacio de la Ciencia, Donostia-San Sebastian
- Museu Agbar, Cornellà de Llobregat
- Museo Elder, Las Palmas
- Museos Científicos Coruñeses (=mc2), A Coruña
- Museo de la Ciencia y El Cosmos, La Laguna, Tenerife
- Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica de Catalunya, Terrassa
- Museo de la Ciencia y el Agua, Murcia
- Museo de las Ciencias de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain
- Museo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Madrid
- Paleontological Park Dinopolis, Teruel
- Parque de las Ciencias, Granada
Sweden
- Framtidsmuseet (Future Museum), Borlänge
- Malmö Museums - Technology & Maritime House, Malmö
- Molekylverkstan, Stenungsund
- Museum of Ethnography [3], Stockholm
- National Museum of Science and Technology (Tekniska Museet), Stockholm
- Nobel Museum, Stockholm
- Stockholm Observatory, Stockholm
- Technichus, Harnosand
- Teknikens Hus, Luleå
- Tom Tits Experiment, Sodertalje
- Universeum, Gothenburg
Switzerland
- Alimentarium, Vevey
- Microcosm (CERN), Meyrin
- Museum für Kommunikation, Bern
- Technorama, The Swiss Science Center, Winterthur, Switzerland
Turkey
- Bilim Merkezi, Istanbul
- Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul
- Silahtarağa Power Station Energy Museum, Istanbul
- State Meteorological Service's Museum, Ankara
United Kingdom
- Army Medical Services Museum, Mytchett, Surrey
- Anaesthesia Heritage Centre, London
- At-Bristol, Bristol, England
- Benjamin Franklin House, London
- Bletchley Park, Bletchley, England
- British Dental Association Museum, London
- British Optical Association Museum, London
- British Red Cross Museum, London
- Brooklands Museum Discovery Zone, Weybridge
- Building Exploratory, London
- Catalyst, Cheshire, England
- Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- Centre of the Cell, Queen Mary, University of London, London
- Discovery, Weymouth, England
- The Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Enginuity, Shropshire, England
- Fleming Museum, London
- Florence Nightingale Museum, London
- Foredown Tower Countryside Centre, Portslade
- Glenside Museum, Bristol
- Green's Windmill and Science Centre, Sneinton
- Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath
- Hunterian Museum at Royal College of Surgeons, London
- Inspire Discovery Centre, Norwich, England
- INTECH, Winchester
- Jodrell Bank Visitor Centre, Macclesfield
- Look Out Discovery Centre, Bracknell Forest, Bracknell
- Magna Science Adventure, Rotherham
- Making It! Discovery Centre, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
- Michael Faraday Museum, London
- Museum of Bath at Work, Bath
- Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, Manchester, England
- Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
- National Conservation Centre, Liverpool
- National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England
- National Space Centre, Leicester, England
- National Stone Centre, Matlock, Derbyshire, England
- Observatory Science Centre, Hailsham
- Old Operating Theatre, London
- Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, Porthcurno, Cornwall
- REME Museum of Technology, Arborfield
- Royal Institution: Faraday Museum, London, England
- Royal London Hospital Museum and Archives, London
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum, London
- Sanford Mill, Chelmsford
- Science Museum, London, England
- Science Oxford, Oxford, England
- Shildon Locomotion Museum, Shildon, England
- Snibston Discovery Park, Coalville, Leicestershire
- Thackray Museum, Leeds
- Thinktank, Birmingham, Birmingham
- Whipple Museum of the History of Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
- Whitby Wizard, Whitby, Yorkshire, England
- Woolsthorpe Manor, Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth
- Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
- Mills Observatory, Dundee, Scotland
- Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, Scotland, focuses especially on earth science
- Satrosphere Science Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland
- Sensation Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
- Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Center for Alternative Technology, Powys, Wales
- Techniquest, Cardiff Bay, Wales
- Techiquest@NEWI, Wrexham, Wales
- Armagh Planetarium, Armagh, Northern Ireland
- W5-whowhatwherewhenwhy, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Latin America
Argentina
- Exploratorio, Buenos Aires
- Museo Participativo de Ciencias, Buenos Aires
- PUERTOCIENCIA, Museo Interactivo de Ciencias, Entre Ríos
Brazil
- ESTAÇÃO CIÊNCIA, Sao Paulo
- Fundação Planetário da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
- Museu Exploratório de Ciências da UNICAMP, Campinas
- Museu da Vida (Museum of Life), Rio de Janeiro
- National Museum of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Chile
- Explora, Santiago
- Museo Interactivo Mirador – MIM, Santiago
Colombia
Mexico
- Alfa Planetarium, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
- Semilla, Museo-Centro de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Chihuahua
- Caracol, Museo de Ciencias de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California
- Centro de Ciencias de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Sinaloa
- Centro de Ciencias EXPLORA, Guanajuato
- Centro de Difusión de Ciencia y Tecnología, Azcapotzalco, Ciudad de Mexico
- Descubre, Museo Interactivo de Ciencia y Tecnología, Aguascalientes
- Museo de la Luz (Museum of Light), Ciudad de Mexico
- Museo El Rehilete, Pachuca, Hidalgo
- Museo Interactivo “La Avispa”, Chilpancingo, Guerrero
- Museo Interactivo de Xalapa - MIX, Xalapa, Veracruz
- Museo Tecnologico de la CFE (MUTEC), Ciudad de Mexico
- Papalote, Museo del Niño, Ciudad de Mexico
- Sol del Niño, Science and Technology Center, Baja California
- Trompo Magico, Zapopan, Jalisco
- Universum, Museo de las Ciencias, Ciudad de Mexico
- Zig Zag Centro Interactivo de Ciencias Zacatecas, Zacatecas
Panama
Trinidad & Tobago
- National Science Centre, D'Abadie
Uruguay
Venezuela
North America
Canada
(listed by province)
Alberta
- Oil Sands Discovery Centre, Fort McMurray
- Telus World of Science, Calgary, Alberta
- Telus World of Science, Edmonton, Alberta
British Columbia
- BIG Little Science Centre, Kamloops
- Centre of the Universe, Victoria
- The Exploration Place (Fraser Fort George Regional Museum), Prince George
- H. R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Okanagan Science Centre, Vernon
- Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria
- Science World at Telus World of Science, Vancouver
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Ontario
- Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario
- Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Ontario
- Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario
- Personal Computer Museum, Brantford
- Science City South, Windsor, Ontario
- Science North and Dynamic Earth in Sudbury, Ontario
Quebec
- Armand Frappier Museum, Laval, Quebec
- Cosmodome (Laval), Quebec
- Mont Mégantic Observatory, Notre-Dame des Bois
- Montréal Science Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon
United States
Main article: List of science museums in the United States
Asia and Oceania
Azerbaijan
- Museum of Azerbaijan Medicine, Baku
- Caspian Energy Centre, BP operated Sangachal Terminal, Salyan highway, Azerbaijan
Australia
- Discovery Science & Technology Centre, Bendigo, Victoria
- Fremantle Light and Sound Discovery Center, Fremantle, Western Australia
- Hands On Energy Discovery Centre, Hydro Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania
- Imaginarium Science Centre, Devonport, Tasmania
- Melbourne Museum, Melbourne
- Monash Science Centre, Clayton, Melbourne
- Newcastle Museum, Newcastle, New South Wales
- Physics Museum of the University of Queensland, Brisbane
- Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
- Queensland Museum, Brisbane
- Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra, Australia
- Scienceworks Museum, Melbourne, Australia
- Scitech, Perth
- South Australian Museum, Adelaide
- Wollongong Science Centre and Planetarium, Fairy Meadow, New South Wales
Bangladesh
- National Museum of Science & Technology, Agargaaon, Dhaka
China
- Beijing Museum of Natural History
- China Science and Technology Centre, Description in English Beijing
- Haier Science and Technology Gallery, Laoshan
- Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Pudong, Shanghai
- Sichuan Science and Technology Museum, Sichuan
- Tianjin Museum of Science and Technology, Tianjin
Hong Kong
- Fanling Environmental Resource Centre, Fanling
- Health Education Exhibition and Resources Centre, Kowloon Park
- Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, Mid-levels
- Hong Kong Science Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui
- Hong Kong Space Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui
India
- Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkota
- Goa Science Centre, Goa
- Kapilas Science Park, (scroll down the page) Kapilas
- National Science Centre, Delhi
- Nehru Museum of Science and Technology, Kharagpur
- Raman Science Center, Nagpur
- Regional Science Centre, Lucknow
- Regional Science Centre and Planetarium Calicut, Calicut
- Science Center, Dhenkanal
- Science City, Kolkata
- Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Bangalore
- Shrikrishna Science Centre, Patna
- National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), India
- Science Park,Jaipur, Rajasthan
Indonesia
Japan
- Gifu City Science Museum, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture
- Ehime Prefectural Science Museum, Niihama, Ehime Prefecture
- Hiroshima Children's Museum, Hiroshima
- Miraikan, Tokyo
- Nagoya City Science Museum, Nagoya
- National Science Museum of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
- National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan
- Science Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- Osaka Science Museum, Osaka, Japan
- Science Museum of Map and Survey, Tsukuba City
- Science Square Tsukuba, Tsukuba City
- Tsukuba Expo Center, Tsukuba City
Macau
Malaysia
- Pusat Sains Negara (National Science Centre), Kuala Lumpur
- Petrosains Discovery Centre, Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur City Centre
New Zealand
- Exscite, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Museum of Transport and Technology, Western Springs, Auckland
- Science Alive! - The New Zealand Science Centre, Christchurch
- Te Manawa: Museum, Gallery, Science Centre, Palmerston North
Pakistan
Philippines
- Philippine Science Centrum, Marikina City, Metro Manila
- Bicol Science Centrum, Naga City, Camarines Sur
- Iloilo Science Centrum, Iloilo City, Iloilo
- SM Science Discovery Center, Pasay City, Metro Manila
Russia
- Mineralogical Museum, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg
- Dmitry Mendeleev Museum & Archives, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg
- Museum of Military Medicine, Saint Petersburg
- Kunstkamera, Saint Petersburg
- Polytechnical Museum, Moscow
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
- National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan, Taichung
- National Science and Technology Museum, Kaohsiung
- National Taiwan Science Education Center, Taipei
Thailand
Turkey
- Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul
- Silahtarağa Power Station Energy Museum, Istanbul
Middle East
Brunei
Egypt
Israel
- Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem
- Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space, Haifa
- Clore Garden of Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Africa
Mauritius
- Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre, Bell Village
South Africa
- Giyani Science Centre, Giyani
- MTN Sciencentre, Cape Town
- Old Mutual-MTN ScienCentre, Umhlanga Rocks
- Olwazini Discovery Centre, Pietermaritzburg
- Sci-Bono, Johannesburg
- Sci-Enza, University of Pretoria, Pretoria
- Unizul Science Centre, University of Zululand, Richards Bay
- Visitor Center at Lethabo Power Station, Lethabo, Deneysville
- Visitor Center at Koeberg Power Station, Koeberg, Melkbosstrand
See also
- Association of Science-Technology Centers
- Asia Pacific Network of Science and Technology Centres
- SAASTEC - Southern African Association of Science & Technology Centers
- Australasian Science and Technology Exhibitors Network
- Canadian Association of Science Centres
- ECSITE - European Collaborative for Science, Industry and Technology Exhibitions
- ECSITE-UK - British branch of ECSITE
- BIG - British Interactive Group, for individuals working in the sector
- Irish Science Centres Association Network (iSCAN)
- NCSM - National Council of Science Museums in India
- AMMCCyT (Mexican Association of Science and Technology Museums and Centers)
- Nordisk Science Center Forbund (Nordic Science Center Association)
- REDPOP - Interactive Science Centres in South America
References
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