Lists of museums
This is a list of museums, sorted by country, topic and size, respectively.
The total number of museums in the world is disputed. UNESCO claims that there are 95,000 museums today. The International Council of Museums has 57,208 members in 137 countries and territories, as of 2023.
By country
This is a list of museums by country, defined by any country that is a UN observer or member state.- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- List of museums in the [Central African Republic|Central African Republic]
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- List of museums in the [Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo]
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- List of museums in the [Federated States of Micronesia|Federated States of Micronesia]
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Georgia (country)|Georgia]
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- List of museums and [cultural institutions in Indonesia|Indonesia]
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Northern Ireland
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Samoa
- San Marino
- List of museums in [São Tomé and Príncipe|São Tomé and Príncipe]
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- List of museums in [the United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates]
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
By topic
This is a list of museums by the topic that concerns the museum. Museum types that have overlap in one or more categories are listed under the most relevant category.Art
Design
Electronics
- Computer museums
- * List of [video game museums|Video game museums]
Food
- List of [food and beverage museums|Food and beverage museums]
- * Chocolate museums
- * Wine museums
History and culture
- Historical museums
- * Agricultural museums
- * Archaeological museums
- ** Numismatic museums
- ** Greek and Roman antiquities
- * Biographical museums
- * Ethnographic museums
- * Horological museum
- * Military and war museums
- ** Jail and prison museums
- * List of [natural history museums|Natural history museums]
- ** Medical museums
- * List of open-air and [living history museums|Open-air and living history museums]
- * Postal museums
- * Sex museums
- * Textile museums
- ** Fashion museums
- * Torture museums
- * Toy museums
- * Transport museums
- ** Automobile museums
- ** Aviation museums
- ** Maritime museums
- ** Railway museums