List of national museums

Summary

A national museum can be a museum maintained and funded by a national government.[1] In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, while other museums are run by regional or local governments.[2] In the United States, most national museums are privately funded and operated, but have been designated by Congress as national institutions that are important to the country. In other countries a much greater number of museums are run by the central government.[3]

The following is an incomplete list of national museums:

Afghanistan edit

Albania edit

The Albanian government operates several national museums, including:

Algeria edit

Angola edit

Argentina edit

The Argentinian Ministry of Culture operates several national museums, including:

Armenia edit

Australia edit

The Australian Government operates several national museums through its various departments, including:

In addition, a number of states in Australia also operate "national museums". These include:

Austria edit

Azerbaijan edit

Bahamas edit

Bahrain edit

Bangladesh edit

Barbados edit

Belarus edit

Belgium edit

The Federal Public Service for Science Policy Programming in Belgium operates several museum associations:

Belize edit

Bhutan edit

Bolivia edit

Bosnia and Herzegovina edit

Botswana edit

Brazil edit

Brunei edit

The government of Brunei operates several museums including:

Bulgaria edit

Burkina Faso edit

Burundi edit

Cambodia edit

Canada edit

The following are national museums of Canada, established by the federal government of Canada and operated through an autonomous Crown corporation:

Former national museums that were later shut down includes:

In addition to institutions established or operated by the Government of Canada, several provinces and territories have established their own provincial and territorial museums.

Central African Republic edit

Chad edit

Chile edit

China edit

Colombia edit

Comoros edit

Congo, Democratic Republic of the edit

Costa Rica edit

Croatia edit

Cuba edit

Cyprus edit

Czech Republic edit

Denmark edit

Djibouti edit

Dominica edit


Dominican Republic edit

Egypt edit

Eritrea edit

Estonia edit

Ethiopia edit

Fiji edit

Finland edit

France edit

Gambia edit

Georgia edit

Germany edit

Ghana edit

Greece edit

Grenada edit

Guatemala edit

Guinea edit

Guinea-Bissau edit

Guyana edit

Haiti edit

Holy See (Vatican City) edit

Hong Kong edit

Hungary edit

Iceland edit

Isle of Man edit

India edit

National-level museums in India come directly under the administrative control of Ministry of Culture, Government of India.[5]

Indonesia edit

Museums listed below are operated by Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology and other ministries.

Iran edit

Iraq edit

Ireland edit

Israel edit

Italy edit

Japan edit

Jordan edit

Kazakhstan edit

Kenya edit

Kiribati edit

North Korea edit

South Korea edit

Kosovo edit

Kuwait edit

Kyrgyzstan edit

Laos edit

Latvia edit

Lebanon edit

Liberia edit

Libya edit

Liechtenstein edit

Lithuania edit

Luxembourg edit

Macau edit

Malawi edit

Malaysia edit

Maldives edit

Mali edit

Malta edit

Marshall Islands edit

Mauritania edit

Mexico edit

Moldova edit

Monaco edit

Mongolia edit

Montenegro edit

Morocco edit

Myanmar edit

Namibia edit

Nauru edit

Nepal edit

Netherlands edit

New Zealand edit

Niger edit

Nigeria edit

North Macedonia edit

Norway edit

Oman edit

Pakistan edit

Palau edit

Panama edit

Papua New Guinea edit

Paraguay edit

Peru edit

Philippines edit

The National Museum of the Philippines (NMP), a government organization, operates several national museums, including:

The National Museum Complex in Manila which consists of the central museums of the NMP namely the:

The NMP also operates the following satellite museums:

Poland edit

Portugal edit

Qatar edit

Romania edit

Russia edit

Rwanda edit

Saint Kitts and Nevis edit

Samoa edit

Saudi Arabia edit

Senegal edit

Serbia edit

Sierra Leone edit

Singapore edit

Slovakia edit

Slovenia edit

Solomon Islands edit

Somalia edit

South Africa edit

South Sudan edit

Spain edit

Catalonia [6] edit

Sri Lanka edit

Sudan edit

Suriname edit

Sweden edit

Switzerland edit

Syria edit

Taiwan edit

Tajikistan edit

Tanzania edit

Thailand edit

Togo edit

Tonga edit

Trinidad and Tobago edit

Tunisia edit

Turkey edit

Turkmenistan edit

Turks and Caicos edit

Uganda edit

Ukraine edit

United Arab Emirates edit

United Kingdom edit

England edit

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Northern Ireland edit

Scotland edit

Wales edit

United States edit

Uruguay edit

Uzbekistan edit

Vanuatu edit

Venezuela edit

Vietnam edit

Yemen edit

Zambia edit

Zimbabwe edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Types Of Museums". Britannica. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ^ Culture, Media and Sport - Sixth Report (Report). The Culture, Media and Sport Committee. 2007.
  3. ^ Grosvenor, Bendor (25 November 2019). "Could national museums in the UK do more to be truly national?". Apollo. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Inicio - Museo Histórico Nacional". mhn.gob.cl. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  5. ^ ANI (27 December 2015). "Museum Reform: Ministry of Culture starts 14-point agenda". Business Standard India – via Business Standard.
  6. ^ "National Museums" (in Catalan). Government of Catalonia. Department of Culture.
  7. ^ "Home | National Museum of American History". americanhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-28.

Further reading edit

  • Silverman, Raymond; Abungu, George; Probst, Peter (2021). National museums in Africa. Identity, history and politics. Milton: Routledge. p. 284. ISBN 978-1-000-42864-3. OCLC 1259323561.