Directory of Museums

United Kingdom

London’s Museums and Heritage Sites

• The British Museum
• The National Gallery, London
• Tate Britain
• The Wallace Collection
• The Victoria and Albert Museum
• Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace
• Courtauld Gallery
• Tate Modern, London
• Science Museum, London
• National Portrait Gallery, London
• Natural History Museum
• Charles Dickens Museum
• Hampton Court Palace
• Sherlock Holmes Museum
• British Library
• Imperial War Museum
• Churchill War Rooms
• Florence Nightingale Museum
• Foundling Museum
• Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy
• Cutty Sark, Royal Museums Greenwich
• National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
• Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
• Queen’s House, Greenwich
• Royal Observatory, Greenwich
• Guildhall Art Gallery
• HMS Belfast
• Jewel Tower
• Jewish Museum London
• Bank of England Museum
• London Transport Museum
• Museum of London
• Museum of London Docklands
• National Army Museum, London
• Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
• Royal Air Force Museum London
• Shakespeare’s Globe
• Sir John Soane’s Museum
• St Paul’s Cathedral
• City of London Police Museum
• Household Cavalry Museum
• Museum of Freemasonry
• Tower Bridge, London
• Tower of London
• Wellcome Collection
• Westminster Abbey

Edinburgh

• National Museum of Scotland
• Scottish National Gallery

Glasgow

• Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Liverpool

• Walker Art Gallery

Manchester

• Manchester Art Gallery

Bath, Somerset

• Roman Baths (Bath)

France

Paris

• The Louvre
• Musée National du Moyen Age – Thermes De Cluny (National Museum of Medieval Art)
• Musée d’Orsay
• Musée Rodin
• Musée Carnavalet
• National Archaeological Museum, France
• Les Invalides
• Musée Marmottan Monet

Italy

Rome Museums and Historical Sites

• The Vatican Museums
• Capitoline Museums
• St. Peter’s Basilica
• National Roman Museum

Florence Museums

• Uffizi Gallery
• Accademy’s Gallery

Milan Museums

• Santa Maria delle Grazie
• Sforza Castle Museums

Bologna Museums

• • The Archaeological Civic Museum (MCA) of Bologna
  • Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita

Greece

Museums in Athens

• Acropolis Museum
• National Archaeological Museum
• Benaki Museum
• Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art
• Byzantine and Christian Museum
• Hellenic Motor Museum
• National Historical Museum, Athens
• Museum of the Ancient Agora
• Syntagma Metro Station Archaeological Collection
• Numismatic Museum of Athens
• Athens War Museum
• Jewish Museum of Greece
• Athens University Museum

Athens Historical Sites

• Acropolis of Athens
• Ancient Agora of Athens
• Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens
• Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Athens
• Roman Agora
• Temple of Poseidon at Sounion
• Temple of Hephaestus
• Roman Baths, Athens
• Aristotle’s Lyceum

Thessaloniki Museums

• Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
• Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki)
• Atatürk Museum
• War Museum of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki Historical Sites

• Roman
  • Triumphal Arch of Galerius
• Early Christian and Byzantine Monuments
  • Catacombs of St. John the Baptist
  • Church of Metamorphosis tou Sotiros
  • Church of the Acheiropoietos
• Ottoman
  • Bey Hamam
  • Bezesteni Market
  • White Tower of Thessaloniki
• Post-Byzantine
  • Trigonion Tower

Delphi Museums and Historical Sites

• Delphi Archaeological Museum

Delphi Historical Sites

• Athena Pronaia Sanctuary
• Archaeological Site of Delphi
• Temple of Apollo (Delphi)
• Athenian Treasury
• Stoa of the Athenians
• Theater at Delphi
• Tholos of Delphi
• Manumission Inscriptions at Delphi
• Delphic Maxims

Delos Museums and Historical Sites

• Archaeological Museum of Delos
• Temple of the Delians
• House of the Lake
• Delos – Photo Gallery

Santorini Museums

• Museum of Prehistoric Thera
• Archaeological Museum of Thera
• Maritime Museum, Santorini

Thera Historical Site

• Akrotiri Archaeological Site

Olympia Museums and Historical Sites

• Archaeological Museum of Olympia
• Museum of the History of the Olympic Games of Antiquity
• Olympia Archaeological Site

Corinth Museums and Historical Site

• Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth

Mycenae Museum and Historical Site

• Archaeological Museum of Mycenae
• Ancient Mycenae

Epidaurus Museum & Historic Site

• Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus

Heraklion, Crete Museum & Historic Site

• Archaeological Musem of Heraklion

Meteora Historic Site

• Meteora Monasteries

Milos Museum & Historic Site

• Milos Historical Sites
• Milos Museum

Mystras Historic Site

• Fortified Medieval Mystras

Pella Museum & Historic Site

• Archaeological Museum of Pella

Germany

Berlin Museums

• The Pergamon Museum
• Neues Museum
• Altes Museum
• Alte Nationalgalerie – National Gallery (Berlin)
• Bode Museum
• Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
• Spy Museum Berlin
• Jewish Museum, Berlin
• Deutsches Historisches Museum – German Historical Museum
• DDR Museum
• German Resistance Memorial Center

Munich Museums

• Art Galleries
  • Alte Pinakothek
  • Neue Pinakothek
  • Pinakothek der Moderne
  • Lenbachhaus
  • Museum Brandhorst
• Greek and Roman Art
  • Glyptothek
  • Staatliche Antikensammlungen
• Egyptian Art
  • Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst
• Kunsthalle Munich
• Deutsches Museum – German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology

Hamburg Museums

• Kunsthalle Hamburg
• Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg
• Miniatur Wunderland

Frankfurt Museums

• Städel Museum

Dresden Museums

• Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

Nuremberg Museums

• Germanisches Nationalmuseum

Cologne Museums

• Wallraf–Richartz Museum

Karlsruhe Museums

• Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

Vienna

• Kunsthistorisches Museum
• Österreichische Galerie Belvedere

Ireland

• Dublin
  • National Gallery of Ireland

Netherlands

• Amsterdam
  • Rijksmuseum
• The Hague
  • Mauritshuis

Spain

• Madrid
  • Prado Museum, Museo del Prado
  • Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
  • Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

Belgium

• Brussels
  • Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Serbia

• Belgrade
  • National Museum of Serbia

Poland

• Warsaw
  • National Museum, Warsaw

Switzerland

• Zürich
  • Kunsthaus Zürich

Czech

• Prague
  • National Gallery in Prague
  • National Museum in Prague
  • City of Prague Museum
  • Jewish Museum in Prague
  • Museum of Communism, Czech Republic

Norway

• Oslo
  • National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design

Sweden Museums

• Stockholm Museums
  • Nationalmuseum

The United States of America

New York

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art or MET
• Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
• Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum
• Neue Galerie New York
• The Cloisters
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
• American Museum of Natural History
• Museum of the City of New York
• New-York Historical Society
• Frick Collection
• Met Breuer
• Rubin Museum of Art
• Jewish Museum
• Whitney Museum of American Art
• Brooklyn Museum

Boston

• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
• Harvard Art Museums

Washington, D.C.

• National Gallery of Art
• National Museum of American History
• National Air and Space Museum
• National Museum of African American History and Culture
• National Museum of Natural History
• National Portrait Gallery
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• The Phillips Collection
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
• International Spy Museum

Los Angeles

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
• Getty Museum

San Francisco

• De Young Museum
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• Legion of Honor Museum

Chicago

• Art Institute of Chicago

Cleveland

• Cleveland Museum of Art
• USS COD
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Great Lakes Science Center

Philadelphia

• The Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Penn Museum
• The Barnes Foundation
• Museum of the American Revolution
• Rodin Museum

Wilmington

• Delaware Art Museum

Houston

• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Honolulu

• Honolulu Museum of Art

Columbus

• Columbus Museum of Art

New Haven

• Yale University Art Gallery

Baltimore

• Walters Art Museum

• Massachusetts Museums

  • Clark Art Institute

• Buffalo, New York Museums

  • Albright–Knox Art Gallery

• Fort Worth, Texas Museums

  • Kimbell Art Museum

• Detroit Museums

  • Detroit Institute of Arts

• St. Louis Museums

  • Saint Louis Art Museum

• Indianapolis Museums

  • Indianapolis Museum of Art

• Denver Museums

  • Denver Art Museum

• Dallas Museums

  • Dallas Museum of Art

• Cincinnati Museums

  • Cincinnati Art Museum

• Phoenix, Arizona Museums

• • Phoenix Art Museum

Russia

Moscow

• Pushkin Museum
• Tretyakov Gallery

Saint Petersburg

• Hermitage Museum
• State Russian Museum

Australasia

Australia

Sydney

• Art Gallery of New South Wales
• Australian Museum
• Australian National Maritime Museum
• Museum of Sydney
• Powerhouse Museum
• Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
• Nicholson Museum
• Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum
• Museum of Fire

Melbourne

• National Gallery of Victoria
• Melbourne Museum
• Shrine of Remembrance
• Hellenic Museum, Melbourne
• State Library of Victoria
• National Sports Museum
• Old Treasury Building, Melbourne
• Old Melbourne Gaol
• Chinese Museum, Melbourne
• Jewish Museum of Australia

Canberra

• National Museum of Australia
• National Gallery of Australia
• Australian War Memorial
• National Portrait Gallery

Brisbane

• Queensland Art Gallery
• Queensland Museum & Science Centre
• MacArthur Museum Brisbane
• RD Milns Antiquities Museum
• Queensland Maritime Museum
• Commissariat Store, Brisbane
• Queensland Police Museum

Perth

• Art Gallery of Western Australia
• WA Shipwrecks Museum
• Perth Mint
• WA Maritime Museum
• Fremantle Prison

Adelaide

• Art Gallery of South Australia
• South Australian Museum
• Migration Museum, Adelaide

Hobart

• Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
• Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Darwin

• Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
• Darwin Military Museum
• Australian Aviation Heritage Centre

New Zealand:

Auckland

• New Zealand Maritime Museum
• Auckland War Memorial Museum

Wellington

• Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Christchurch

• Canterbury Museum, Christchurch

Asia

Japan

• Tokyo
  • Tokyo National Museum
  • National Museum of Western Art
  • National Museum of Nature and Science
• Nagoya
  • Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art
  • Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology

China

• Beijing Museums
  • The National Museum of China
• Shanghai Museums
  • Shanghai Museum
  • Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
• Nanjing Museums
  • Nanjing Museum

Singapore

• Asian Civilisations Museum
• National Museum of Singapore
• National Gallery Singapore
• Changi Museum
• Old Ford Motor Factory
• Peranakan Museum
• ArtScience Museum
• Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum
• Singapore Philatelic Museum
• Chinatown Heritage Centre
• The Battle Box

India

• New Delhi
  • National Museum, New Delhi

South Korea

• Seoul
  • National Museum of Korea

Africa

Egypt

• Egyptian Museum

South Africa

• Cape Town
  • Iziko South African National Gallery

Ethiopia

• Addis Ababa
  • National Museum of Ethiopia

Middle East

Turkey

• Istanbul Museums
  • İstanbul Archaeology Museums
  • Topkapı Palace

Iran

• Tehran Museums
  • Reza Abbasi Museum

United Arab Emirates Museums

• Dubai Museums
  • Dubai Museum
  • Saeed Al Maktoum House
• Sharjah Museums
  • Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization

Egyptian Museums

• • Cairo Museums
    • Egyptian Museum

Americas

Canadian Museums

Ottawa

• National Gallery of Canada

Toronto

• Art Gallery of Ontario
• Royal Ontario Museum

Montreal

• Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Vancouver

• Vancouver Art Gallery

Mexico

• Mexico City
  • Museo Soumaya

Colombia

• Bogotá
  • Botero Museum

Brazil

• Rio de Janeiro
  • Museu Nacional de Belas Artes
• São Paulo
  • São Paulo Museum of Art

Chile

• Santiago

Argentina

• Buenos Aires

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“Museums are managers of consciousness. They give us an interpretation of history, of how to view the world and locate ourselves in it.”
– Hans Haacke

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