This list of museums is defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

For individual topics, see list of science museums, list of natural history museums, list of transport museums, and articles on art galleries, print rooms, national museums and art museums in general.

According to the Museums of the World, there are about 55,000 museums in 202 countries.^[1]

Afghanistan

Åland

• Åland Maritime Museum
• Åland Museum
• Kastelholm Castle
• Pommern (ship)

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Aruba

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

• Bahrain National Museum
• Beit Al Quran

Bangladesh

Barbados

• Barbados Museum & Historical Society

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

• Ambergris Museum
• Belmopan Museum
• Bliss Institute
• Image Factory Art Foundation and Gallery
• Maritime Museum (Belize)
• Museum of Belize

Benin

Bermuda

• Bermuda Maritime Museum
• Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei

• Brunei Museum
• Malay Technology Museum

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

• Cambodian Cultural Village
• Cambodian Landmine Museum
• Choeung Ek
• National Museum of Cambodia
• Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
• Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum

Cameroon

Canada

Canary Islands

Cape Verde

• Cape Verde Kite Museum
• Museu da Tabanka

Cayman Islands

• Bodden Town Mission House, Grand Cayman
• Cayman Islands National Museum
• Old Savannah School House

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Comoros

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Curaçao

Cyprus

Northern Cyprus

• Kyrenia Castle
• Kyrenia ship

Czech Republic

List of museums in the Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominica

• The Dominica Museum

Dominican Republic

Fortaleza San Luis, Dominican Republic

• Alcázar de Colón
• Columbus Lighthouse
• Fortaleza San Felipe
• Fortaleza San Luis
• Museo Bellapart
• Museo de las Casas Reales

Ecuador

Egypt

List of museums in Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Eswatini (Swaziland)

• Ezulwini Handicrafts Centre
• Indingilizi Gallery

Ethiopia

Falkland Islands

• Falkland Islands Museum

Faroe Islands

Fiji

• Fiji Museum

Finland

France

List of museums in France

French Polynesia

• Paul Gauguin Cultural Center
• Paul Gauguin Museum (Tahiti)
• Musée de Tahiti et des Îles
• Robert Wan Pearl Museum

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

List of museums in Germany

Ghana

Gibraltar

• Gibraltar Museum

Greece

List of museums in Greece

Greenland

• Greenland National Museum
• Nuuk Art Museum
• Qaqortoq Museum
• Sisimiut Museum
• Upernavik Museum

Guadeloupe

Fort Napoléon des Saintes, Guadeloupe

• Fort Napoléon des Saintes

Guam

National Museum of the Dulce Nombre de Maria, Guam

• National Museum of the Dulce Nombre de Maria
• Pacific War Museum
• War in the Pacific National Historical Park

Guatemala

Guernsey

Sausmarez Manor, Guernsey

• Artparks Sculpture Park
• Castle Cornet
• Fort Grey
• Fort Hommet 10.5 cm Coastal Defence Gun Casement Bunker
• Sausmarez Manor

Guinea

• Sandervalia National Museum
• Kissidougou Ethnology Museum

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

List of museums in Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

• Kurdish Textile Museum
• Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum
• Mosul Museum
• National Museum of Iraq
• Tikrit Museum

Ireland

List of museums in the Republic of Ireland

Isle of Man

• Jurby Transport Museum
• Leece Museum
• Manx Aviation and Military Museum
• Old House of Keys
• Port Erin Railway Museum

Israel

Italy

List of museums in Italy

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

List of museums in Japan

Jersey

Jordan

• Aqaba Archaeological Museum
• The Children's Museum Jordan
• Jordan Archaeological Museum
• Prophet Mohammad Museum

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kiribati

• Te Umanibong

North Korea

Party Founding Museum, North Korea

South Korea

Kuwait National Museum

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

• Burana Tower
• Manas Ordo

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

List of museums in Lebanon

Lesotho

• Morija Museum & Archives

Liberia

• Liberian National Museum

Libya

List of museums in Libya

Liechtenstein

• Liechtenstein National Museum
• Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macau

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

List of museums in Malaysia

Maldives

• National museum (Maldives)

Mali

Malta

• Malta Postal Museum
• National Museum of Archaeology
• National Museum of Fine Arts
• Palazzo Falson
• Saint James Cavalier
• Wignacourt Museum

Mauritania

Mauritius

List of museums in Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova

National History Museum of Moldova

Monaco

• Monaco Top Cars Collection
• Monaco Naval Museum
• Musée National de Monaco
• Museum of Old Monaco
• Museum of the Chapel of Visitation
• Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology
• Museum of Stamps and Coins
• Napoleon Museum (Monaco)
• New National Museum of Monaco
• Oceanographic Museum

Mongolia

List of museums in Mongolia

Montenegro

• King Nikola's Palace
• National Museum of Montenegro
• Museum of Local History in Ulcinj

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

List of museums in Namibia

Nepal

Netherlands

New Caledonia

New Zealand

List of museums in New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

North Macedonia

National Gallery of Macedonia

Norway

List of museums in Norway

Oman

Palau

Palestinian territories

• Badd Giacaman Museum
• Baituna al-Talhami Museum
• Gaza Museum of Archaeology

Pakistan

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

List of museums in Paraguay

Peru

The Philippines

Pitcairn Islands

• Pitcairn Island Museum

Poland

List of registered museums in Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Qatar

• Qatar Museums
• Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
• National Museum of Qatar
• Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum
• The Al Thani Collection

Romania

Russia

List of museums in Russia

Rwanda

• Kandt House Museum of Natural History
• Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre
• National Museum of Rwanda
• Rwesero Art Museum

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

People's Liberation Army Museum, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

• People's Liberation Army Museum

Saint Helena

• Longwood House
• Museum of Saint Helena

San Marino

• Sammarinese Museum of Ancient Arms

São Tomé and Príncipe

• São Sebastião Museum

Saudi Arabia

Nasseef House, Saudi Arabia

• Hejaz Railway Museum
• Humane Heritage Museum
• Jeddah Regional Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography
• Mada'in Saleh
• Masmak fort
• Nasseef House
• National Museum of Saudi Arabia
• Royal Saudi Air Force Museum
• Shadda Palace

Senegal

Serbia

The Gallery of Fine Arts – Gift Collection of Rajko Mamuzić, Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

List of museums in Slovenia

Somalia

South Africa

List of museums in South Africa

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

• South Georgia Museum

South Sudan

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Sweden

List of museums in Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

List of museums in Taiwan

Tajikistan

• Gurminj Museum of Musical Instruments
• Historical Museum of Sughd
• Tajikistan National Museum

Tanzania

Thailand

List of museums in Thailand

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

List of museums in Turkey

Turkmenistan

• Ashgabat National Museum of History
• The main museum of Turkmenistan
• Turkmen Carpet Museum
• Turkmen Museum of Fine Arts

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

List of museums in the United States

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

• Amir Timur Museum
• Bukhara State Architectural Art Museum-Preserve
• Nukus Museum of Art
• Ulugh Beg Observatory
• State Museum of History of Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

• National Museum of Vanuatu
• Vanuatu Cultural Centre

Venezuela

Vietnam

List of museums in Vietnam

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

See also

• List of buildings and structures
• Lists of tourist attractions
• Virtual Library museums pages

References

External links

• Museums at Curlie