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Below is a list of science museums all over the world. See Science museum for definitions.

== Europe ==

=== Austria ===
Ars Electronica Center, Linz
Haus der Musik (House of Music), Vienna
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Natural History Museum), Vienna
Technisches Museum Wien (Vienna Technical Museum), Vienna

=== Belgium ===
Euro Space Center, Libin
Hidrodoe, Herentals
Pass, Frameries
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels
Technopolis, Mechelen

=== Bulgaria ===
National Polytechnical Museum, Sofia

=== Croatia ===
Nikola Tesla Memorial Center, Smiljan
Split Science Museum and Zoo, Split
Technical Museum, Zagreb

=== Czech Republic ===
National Technical Museum, Prague
Techmania Science Center, Plzeň

=== Denmark ===
Kroppedal, Copenhagen
Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen
Science Museums, Aarhus
Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen

=== Estonia ===
AHHAA, Tartu

=== Finland ===
Arktikum, Rovaniemi
Heureka, Vantaa
Tietomaa, Oulu

=== France ===
Ampère Museum, Lyon
Cité de l'espace, Toulouse
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Paris
Micropolis (La Cité des Insectes), Millau
Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris
Palais de la Découverte, Paris
Vulcania, Saint-Ours-les-Roches
Exploradôme, Vitry-sur-Seine

=== Germany ===
Deutsches Museum, Munich
experimenta, Heilbronn
German Hygiene Museum, Dresden
German Museum of Technology (Berlin)
Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum, Feucht, Bavaria
Mathematikum, Gießen
Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Dresden
Museum für Kommunikation, Frankfurt
Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt
Otto-Lilienthal-Museum, Anklam
Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg
Rheinisches Industriemuseum, Oberhausen, Ratingen, Solingen, Bergisch Gladbach, Engelskirchen, Euskirchen
Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum
Technikmuseum Speyer
TECHNOSEUM, Mannheim
Spectrum – German Museum of Technology (Berlin), Berlin
Völklinger Hütte (Völklingen Ironworks), Völklingen
Universum Science Center, Bremen

=== Greece ===
OTE Museum of Telecommunications, Kifisia, Athens
Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum, Thessaloniki

=== Hungary ===
Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest

=== Monaco ===
Oceanographic Museum

=== Ireland (Republic) ===
Birr Castle, County Offaly (contains Ireland's Historic Science Centre)
Blackrock Castle, Cork (observatory)
National Science Museum at Maynooth
Science Gallery, Dublin

=== Italy ===
Città della Scienza, Naples
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, Milan
Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milan
Museo Galileo, Florence
University History Museum, University of Pavia, Pavia

=== Netherlands ===
Discovery Center Continium, Kerkrade
Museon, The Hague
Museum Boerhaave, Leiden
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden
Science Center NEMO, Amsterdam
Teyler's Museum, Haarlem

=== Norway ===
Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, Oslo
Trondheim Science Museum, Trondheim
The Science Factory, Sandnes

=== Poland ===
Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw
EC1 Science and Technology Center in Łódź, Łódź

=== Portugal ===
National Museum of Natural History and Science, Lisbon, Lisbon
Science Museum of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra
Visionarium, Santa Maria da Feira

=== Romania ===
Ştefan Procopiu Science and Technology Museum, Iaşi
"Prof.eng. Dimitrie Leonida" National Technical Museum, București

=== Russia ===
Russia has over 250 science and technology museums.
Some include:

Kunstkamera, Saint Petersburg
Polytechnical Museum, Moscow
Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow
Memorial Museum of Kazan School of Chemistry, Kazan

=== Serbia ===
Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade

=== Spain ===
Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia
CosmoCaixa Barcelona, Barcelona
Museum of Natural Sciences, Barcelona
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid
Parque de las Ciencias (Granada), Granada

=== Sweden ===
Universeum, Gothenburg
Teknikens Hus, Luleå
Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm
Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology, Stockholm

=== Switzerland ===
Microcosm, CERN, Meyrin
Technorama, Winterthur
Verkehrshaus der Schweiz (Swiss Museum of Transport), Lucerne

=== Turkey ===
Feza Gürsey Science Centre, Ankara 1993
ITU Science Center, Istanbul
Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam (İstanbul İslam Bilim ve Teknoloji Tarihi Müzesi), Istanbul
Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul
Silahtarağa Power Station Energy Museum, Istanbul

=== United Kingdom ===

==== England ====

==== Northern Ireland ====
Armagh Planetarium, Armagh

==== Scotland ====
Dundee Science Centre, Dundee
Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow
Mills Observatory, Dundee
Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh
Satrosphere Science Centre, Aberdeen
Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh

==== Wales ====
Techniquest, Cardiff Bay
Xplore! (formerly Techniquest Glyndŵr), Wrexham

=== Ukraine ===
New Energy, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

== Latin America ==

=== Argentina ===
Galileo Galilei planetarium, Parque Tres de Febrero, Palermo, Buenos Aires
Parque Astronòmico la Punta, Universidad de La Punta, Ciudad de La Punta, San Luis, Argentina

=== Brazil ===
Museum of Life, Rio de Janeiro
National Museum of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Museum of Science and Technology (PUCRS), Porto Alegre
Catavento Museum, São Paulo

=== Colombia ===
Parque Explora, Medellín
Maloka Museum, Bogotá

=== Mexico ===
Alfa Planetarium, Monterrey, Nuevo León
Museo Descubre, Aguascalientes
Museo Interactivo de Xalapa, Xalapa, Veracruz
Universum (UNAM), Mexico City
Museo Modelo de Ciencias e Industria, Toluca, State of Mexico
Palace of the Inquisition (Museum of Mexican Medicine), Mexico City
San Pedro y San Pablo College (Museum of Light), Mexico City

== North America ==

=== Canada ===
(listed by province)
For all categorized science museums in Canada, see: Science museums in Canada

==== Alberta ====
Telus Spark, Calgary
Telus World of Science, Edmonton

==== British Columbia ====
Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Vancouver
H. R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vancouver
Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria
Science World at Telus World of Science, Vancouver

==== Manitoba ====
Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg

==== New Brunswick ====
Science East, Fredericton

==== Nova Scotia ====
Discovery Centre, Halifax

==== Ontario ====
Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa
Ontario Science Centre, Toronto
Personal Computer Museum, Brantford
Science North and Dynamic Earth in Sudbury
Canada South Science City in Windsor

==== Saskatchewan ====
Saskatchewan Science Centre, Regina

==== Quebec ====
Cosmodome (Laval), Quebec
Montreal Biodome
Montreal Biosphere
Montreal Science Centre
Mont Mégantic Observatory, Notre-Dame-des-Bois

=== United States ===

== Asia and Oceania ==

=== Australia ===
Macleay Museum – Sydney University Museums, Sydney, New South Wales
Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, Victoria
MOD., UniSA, Adelaide, South Australia
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland
Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra, ACT
Scienceworks Museum, Melbourne
Scitech, Perth, Western Australia
South Australian Museum, Adelaide

=== Bangladesh ===
National Museum of Science and Technology