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title: "List of natural history museums"
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=== Spain ===
Cau del Cargol Conquilles del Món (Shells of the World Museum, malacology), Catalonia
Institut Paleontològic Dr. M. Crusafont, Sabadell
Museo de Ciencias de Arnedo (Museum of Science Arnedo), Arnedo
Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Álava
Museu de Ciències Naturals, Barcelona
Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Guadalcazar) and Mocha Tower, Córdoba
Museo Geominero, Madrid
Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales (Municipal Museum of Natural Science), Valencia
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid
Museo Paleontologico de la Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza
Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Costix, Mallorca
Museu de Granollers Ciències Naturals, Granollers
Museu de les Papallones de Catalunya, Lleida
Museu Geològic del Seminari de Barcelona, Barcelona
Museu Montsia, Amposta
Museu Valencià d'Història Natural – Fundación Entomológica Torres Sala, Valencia
Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra, Pamplona

=== Sweden ===
Biologiska Museet (Biological Museum), Djurgården, Stockholm
Gotland Museum (Gotlands museum), Visby
Geological Museum Villa Heidelberg, Klimpfjäll
Göteborg Natural History Museum (Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum), Gothenburg
Malmö Museums – Natural History Museum, Malmö
Lund University Zoology Museum (Lunds Universitet Zoologiska museet), Lund
Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University (Evolutions Museet Uppsala Universitet), Uppsala
Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), Stockholm
Swedish Amber Museum, Höllviken

=== Switzerland ===
Musée cantonal de géologie (Cantonal Museum of Geology), Lausanne
Musée cantonal de zoologie (Cantonal Museum of Zoology), Lausanne
Musée d'histoire naturelle de Fribourg (Natural History Museum of Fribourg), Fribourg
Museo Cantonale di Storia Naturale, Lugano
Museo dei fossili di Meride / Museo dei fossili del Monte San Giorgio, Meride
Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève (Natural History Museum of Geneva), Geneva
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (Natural History Museum Basel)
Naturhistorisches Museum der Bürgergemeinde Bern (Natural History Museum of Bern), Bern
Natur-Museum Luzern, Lucerne
Naturhistorisches Museum der Universität Zürich (Natural History Museum of the University of Zurich), Zurich
Sauriermuseum Aathal (Aathal Dinosaur Museum), Aathal

=== Turkey ===
Istanbul Zoology Museum

=== Ukraine ===
National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
State Museum of Natural History, former Didushytskyi museum, Lviv
Zoological Museum of Kyiv University, Kyiv
Zoological Museum of Kharkiv University, Kharkiv
Zoological Museum of Lviv University, Lviv
Zoological Museum of Luhansk University, Luhansk
Zoological Museum of Taurida University, Simferopol
Scientific Museum of Nikitsky Botanical Garden, Yalta
Odessa Archeological Museum

=== United Kingdom ===

==== England ====
Bagshaw Museum, Batley
Booth Museum of Natural History, Brighton
Bournemouth Natural Science Society
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol
Buxton Museum & Art Gallery, Buxton
Camborne School of Mines Mineral Museum, Tremough, Cornwall
Cambridge University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge
Charnwood Museum, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford
Cole Museum of Zoology, Reading
Crab Museum, Margate
Dinosaur Isle, Isle of Wight
Dorman Museum, Linthorpe
Grant Museum of Zoology, London
Hancock Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne
Haslemere Educational Museum, Haslemere, Surrey
Horniman Museum, London
Ipswich Museum, Ipswich
Kendal Museum, Kendal
Lapworth Museum of Geology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston
Manchester Museum, Manchester
Museum of Lancashire, Lancashire
Natural History Museum, London
Natural History Museum at Tring, Tring
Norwich Castle, Norwich
Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford
Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex Park, Birchington, Kent
Rotunda Museum, Scarborough
Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
Tolson Museum, Huddersfield
University of Bristol Geology Museum, University of Bristol, Bristol
Weston Park Museum, Sheffield
Wollaton Hall Natural History Museum, Nottingham
World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool
Yorkshire Museum, York
Yorkshire Natural History Museum, Sheffield

==== Scotland ====
Bell Pettigrew Museum, University of St Andrews, St Andrews
Creetown Gem Rock Museum, Creetown, Galloway
D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum, University of Dundee, Dundee
Elgin Museum, Elgin, Moray
Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow
National Museums of Scotland, Royal Museum, Edinburgh
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
University of Aberdeen Zoology Museum, Aberdeen

==== Wales ====
National Museum Cardiff
Falconry Heritage Trust, Carmarthen

==== Northern Ireland ====
Ulster Museum, Belfast

== North America ==

=== Bermuda ===
Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, Hamilton

=== Canada ===

==== Alberta ====
Banff Park Museum, Banff
Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Heritage Museum, Warner
Glenbow Museum, Calgary
Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum, Wembley
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller
Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton
Torrington Gopher Hole Museum, Torrington
University of Alberta Museums, Edmonton
University of Calgary Zoology Museum, Calgary

==== British Columbia ====
Alpine Taxidermy & Wildlife Museum, Grand Forks
Beaty Biodiversity Museum, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Canadian Wildlife Museum, Vernon
Museum of Natural History, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo
Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre, Osoyoos
Pacific Museum of the Earth, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria

==== Manitoba ====
B.J. Hales Museum of Natural History, Brandon University, Brandon (closed)
Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, Morden
Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Irvin Goodon International Wildlife Museum, Boissevain
Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg
Robert B. Ferguson Museum of Mineralogy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Sam Waller Museum, The Pas
Whiteshell Natural History Museum, Whiteshell Provincial Park, Nutimik Lake

==== New Brunswick ====
Atlantic Salmon Museum, Doaktown
Cape Jourimain Nature Centre, Cape Jourimain
Grand Manan Museum, Grand Manan
Gaskin Museum of Marine Life,
Miramichi History Museum, Miramichi
Miramichi Salmon Conservation Centre,
New Brunswick Museum, Saint John
Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre, Saint Andrews Parish

==== Newfoundland ====
Newfoundland Insectarium, Reidville
Johnson Geo Centre, St. John's
Suncor Energy Fluvarium, St. John's
The Rooms, St. John's
Northwest Territories

Nature's North Wildlife Gallery, Yellowknife
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife

==== Nova Scotia ====
A.D. Pickett Entomology Museum, Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture, Truro
Fundy Geological Museum, Parrsboro
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, Halifax
Sea Turtle Centre, Halifax
Thomas McCulloch Museum, Dalhousie University, Halifax