List of natural history museums in the United States
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
, America's first natural history museumThere are
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1812.[1]
Alabama
- Alabama Museum of Natural History, Tuscaloosa
- Anniston Museum of Natural History, Anniston
- Auburn University Museum of Natural History, Auburn
- Cook's Natural Science Museum, Decatur
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island
- Mann Wildlife Learning Museum, Montgomery
- McWane Science Center, Birmingham
- Southern Environmental Center, Birmingham
- Weeks Bay Interpretive Center, Fairhope
Alaska
- Alaska Museum of Science and Nature, Anchorage
- Alaska State Centennial Museum, Juneau
- Pratt Museum, Homer[2]
- Southeast Alaska Discovery Center, Ketchikan
- University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks
Arizona
- Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum, Phoenix
- Arizona Museum of Natural History, Mesa
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson
- Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe
- International Wildlife Museum, Tucson
- Meteor Crater, Winslow
- Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff
- Petrified Forest National Park, Navajo County
- Tohono Chul Park, Tucson
- University of Arizona Mineral Museum, Tucson
Arkansas
- Arkansas Museum of Discovery, Little Rock
- Arkansas River Visitor Center, Russellville
- Turner Neal Museum of Natural History, Monticello
- White River National Wildlife Refuge, DeWitt
California
- Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center, Arcata
- Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis, Davis
- Bowers Museum, Santa Ana
- Buena Vista Museum of Natural History, Bakersfield
- California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
- California Mining and Mineral Museum, Mariposa
- Carolyn Parr Nature Center, Napa
- Chico Creek Nature Center, Chico
- CuriOdyssey, San Mateo
- Entomology Research Museum, University of California, Riverside, Riverside
- Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley
- Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society Museum, Fallbrook
- Fossil Discovery Center of Madera County, Chowchilla
- Gateway Science Museum, Chico
- Gaumer's Jewelry & Museum, Red Bluff
- Giant Forest Museum, Tulare County
- Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, Gridley
- Great Valley Museum of Natural History, Modesto
- Heritage of the Americas Museum, Rancho San Diego
- Hi-Desert Nature Museum, Yucca Valley
- Human Evolution Research Center, UC Berkeley
- Humboldt State University Natural History Museum, Arcata
- Humboldt State University Wildlife Museum, Arcata
- Imperial Valley College Desert Museum, Ocotillo
- John D. Cooper Archaeological and Paleontological Center, Orange County
- Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside & San Bernardino Counties
- Junior Museum & Zoo, Palo Alto
- Jurupa Mountains Discovery Center, Jurupa Valley
- Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County
- Lassen Volcanic National Park, Redding
- Lindsay Wildlife Experience, Walnut Creek
- Loomis Museum, Shingletown
- Maidu Museum & Historic Site, Roseville
- Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest
- Mono Basin National Scenic Area Visitor Center, Lee Vining
- Morro Bay State Park Museum of Natural History, Morro Bay
- Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey
- Museum of Riverside, Riverside
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley
- Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, Davis
- Napa Valley Museum, Yountville
- Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles
- Oakland Museum of California, Oakland
- Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Pacific Grove
- Page Museum - La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles
- Petaluma Wildlife & Natural Science Museum, Petaluma
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley
- Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County
- Point Vicente Interpretive Center, Rancho Palos Verdes
- Randall Museum, Corona Heights Park, San Francisco
- Ralph B. Clark Regional Park, Buena Park
- Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, Claremont
- San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands
- San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego
- San Gabriel River Discovery Center, South El Monte
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center, Santa Barbara
- Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, Santa Cruz
- Seymour Marine Discovery Center, Santa Cruz
- Sierra College Natural History Museum, Rocklin
- Tehama County Museum, Tehama
- Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding
- Western Science Center, Hemet
- University of California Museum of Paleontology, UC Berkeley
- University and Jepson Herbaria, UC Berkeley
- Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Camarillo
- World Museum of Natural History, La Sierra University, Riverside
Colorado
- Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver
- Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, Woodland Park
- May Natural History Museum, Colorado Springs
- Morrison Natural History Museum, Morrison
- Museum of Western Colorado's Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita
- University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder
- The Wildlife Experience, Parker
Connecticut
- Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich
- Connecticut Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary, Fairfield
- Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, Storrs
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, Mystic
- Dinosaur Place at Nature's Art Village, Montville
- Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum, Rocky Hill
- Earthplace, Westport
- Northwest Park Nature Center, Windsor
- Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University, New Haven
- Peoples State Forest Nature Museum, Barkhamsted
- Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford
- White Memorial Conservation Center, Litchfield
- Wesleyan Joe Webb Peoples Museum of Natural History, at Wesleyan University, Middletown
Delaware
- Delaware Center for Horticulture, Greenville
- Delaware Mineralogical Society, Wilmington
- Delaware Museum of Nature and Science, Wilmington
- Iron Hill Museum & Science Center, Newark
- University of Delaware Mineralogical Museum, Newark
District of Columbia
- National Geographic Museum at Explorers Hall, Washington, D.C.
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Florida
- Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum, Sanibel
- Bishop Museum of Science and Nature, Bradenton
- Butterfly World, Coconut Creek
- Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium, Fort Myers
- Crane Point Museum, Nature Center and Historic Site, Marathon
- Elsa Kimbell Environmental Education and Research Center, Hobe Sound
- Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center, Naples
- Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables
- Key West
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville
- Huguenot Memorial Park Nature Center, Jacksonville
- Fred Dana Marsh Museum, Ormond Beach
- Harbor Branch Ocean Discovery Center, Fort Pierce
- Historic Spanish Point, Osprey
- Jacksonville University Life Sciences Museum, Jacksonville
- Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach
- Marine Science Center, Ponce Inlet
- Mulberry Phosphate Museum, Mulberry
- Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach
- Museum of Dinosaurs and Ancient Cultures, Cocoa Beach
- Museum of Science and History, Jacksonville
- The Palm Beach Museum of Natural History, Wellington
- Polk's Nature Discovery Center, Lakeland
- Sandoway Discovery Center, Delray Beach
- Silver River Museum, Silver Springs
- SKELETONS: A Museum of Osteology, Orlando
- Tallahassee Museum, Tallahassee
- Terramar Visitor Center, Fort Lauderdale
- Tree Hill Nature Center, Jacksonville
- Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center, St. Petersburg
Georgia
- Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center, Mansfield
- Dauset Trails Nature Center, Jackson
- Elachee Nature Science Center, Gainesville
- Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta
- Georgia Museum of Natural History, Athens
- Georgia Southern University Museum, Statesboro
- Go Fish Education Center, Perry
- Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon
- Sapelo Island Visitors Center, Sapelo Island
- Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum & Nature Center, Savannah
- Tellus Science Museum, Cartersville
- Jekyll Island
- West Georgia Museum, Tallapoosa
- William P. Wall Museum of Natural History, Milledgeville
Hawai'i
- Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu
- Hawaii Nature Center, Maui
- Kauaʻi Museum, Lihue
- Kōke'e Museum, Kauai
- Lucoral Museum, Honolulu
- Lyman House Memorial Museum, Hilo
- Mokupāpapa Discovery Center, Hilo
- Nani Mau Gardens, Hilo
Idaho
- Boise State University Vertebrate Museum, Boise
- Canyon Crossroads Transportation Museum, Melba
- Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Hagerman
- Herrett Center for Arts and Science, Twin Falls
- Idaho Heritage Museum, Twin Falls
- Idaho Museum of Natural History, Pocatello
- MK Nature Center, Boise
- Museum of Idaho, Idaho Falls
- Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History, Caldwell
Illinois
- Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford
- Elgin Public Museum, Elgin
- Evelyn Pease Tyner Interpretive Center, Glenview
- Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
- Fryxell Geology Museum, Rock Island
- The Grove National Historic Landmark, Glenview
- Henry N. Barkhausen Cache River Wetlands Center, Cypress
- Jarrett Prairie Center, Byron
- Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum, Benedictine University, Lisle
- Illinois State Museum, Springfield
- Midwest Museum of Natural History, Sycamore
- Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago
- Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria
- Prairie Grass Nature Museum, Round Lake
- Trailside Museum of Natural History, River Forest
- Western Illinois University Museum of Geology, Macomb
Indiana
- Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville
- Falls of the Ohio State Park Interpretive Center, Clarksville
- Hayes Arboretum, Richmond
- The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis
- Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis
- Joseph Moore Museum, Richmond
- Minnetrista, Muncie
- Sumner B. Sheets Museum of Wildlife and Marine Exhibits, Huntington
Iowa
- Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, Sioux City
- Fossil & Prairie Center, Rockford
- Prairie Learning Center, Prairie City
- Putnam Museum, Davenport
- Sanford Museum & Planetarium, Cherokee
- University of Iowa Museum of Natural History, Iowa City
- University of Northern Iowa Museum, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls
- Voas Nature Area & Museum, Minburn
Kansas
- Fick Fossil Museum, Oakley
- Flint Hills Discovery Center, Manhattan
- Great Plains Nature Center, Wichita
- Johnston Geology Museum, Emporia
- Kansas State University Insect Zoo, Manhattan
- Keystone Gallery, Oakley
- Museum at Prairiefire, Overland Park
- Museum of World Treasures, Wichita
- Pratt Education Center, Pratt
- Schmidt Museum of Natural History, Emporia
- Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays
- University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence
Kentucky
- American Cave Museum, Horse Cave
- American Saddlebred Museum, Lexington
- Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum, Marion
- Big Bone Lick State Park, Big Bone
- Cumberland Inn Museum - Henkelmann Life Science Collection, Williamsburg
- Mammoth Cave Wildlife Museum, Cave City
Louisiana
- Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Ouachita Parish
- Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Charles
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Marrero
- Lafayette Science Museum, Lafayette
- Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge
- Louisiana Museum of Natural History, Baton Rouge
- Touchstone Wildlife and Art Museum, Haughton
- ULM Museum of Natural History, Monroe
Maine
- Bar Harbor Whale Museum, Bar Harbor
- George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History, Bar Harbor
- International Cryptozoology Museum, Portland
- Kenneth E. Stoddard Shell Museum, Boothbay
- L. C. Bates Museum, Hinckley
- Maine Art Glass Butterfly and Insect Museum, Lisbon Falls
- Maine Gem and Mineral Museum, Bethel
- Maine State Museum, Augusta
- Monhegan Museum, Monhegan
- Northern Maine Museum of Science, Presque Isle
- Nylander Museum, Caribou
- Project Puffin § Project Puffin Visitor Center, Rockland
- Wilson Museum, Castine
Maryland
- Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, Dorchester County
- Deep Creek Lake State Park Discovery Center, Garrett County
- Eden Mill Nature Center, Pylesville
- Irvine Nature Center, Owings Mills
- Maryland Science Center, Baltimore
- Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel
- Natural History Society of Maryland, Baltimore
Massachusetts
- Bartholomew's Cobble, Sheffield
- Beneski Museum of Natural History at Amherst College, Amherst
- Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield
- Blue Hills Trailside Museum, Norfolk County
- Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Brewster
- EcoTarium, Worcester
- Fisher Museum, Petersham
- Great Falls Discovery Center, Turners Falls
- Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge
- Marion Natural History Museum, Marion
- Nash Dinosaur Track Site and Rock Shop, South Hadley
- Nantucket
- North Adams Museum of History and Science, North Adams
- South Shore Natural Science Center, Norwell
- Springfield Science Museum, Springfield
Michigan
- A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Houghton
- Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan, Alpena
- Call of the Wild & Bavarian Falls Park, Gaylord
- Card Wildlife Education Center and Wildlife Museum, Big Rapids
- Carl T. Johnson Hunting and Fishing Center, Cadillac
- Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw, Houghton
- Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills
- Gerald E. Eddy Discovery Center, Jackson & Washtenaw Counties
- Gillette Sand Dune Visitor Center, Muskegon & Ottawa Counties
- Gitchee Gumee Museum, Grand Marais
- Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park, Mackinaw City
- Inland Seas Education Center, Suttons Bay
- Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo
- Kingman Museum, Battle Creek
- Lakeshore Museum Center, Muskegon
- Marshlands Museum and Nature Center, Wayne County
- Michigan State University Bug House, East Lansing
- Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing
- Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum, Grass Lake
- Museum of Cultural & Natural History, Mount Pleasant
- Ottawa Visitor Center, Watersmeet
- Spirit of the Woods Museum, Elk Rapids
- University of Michigan Museum of Natural History, Ann Arbor
Minnesota
- Bell Museum of Natural History, Saint Paul
- Duluth
- International Wolf Center, Ely
- Moose Lake State Park Agate and Geological Interpretive Center, Carlton County
- Wabasha
- North American Bear Center, Ely
- Raptor Ridge, Spicer
- Redwood Falls
- Science Museum of Minnesota, Saint Paul
- SMSU Museum of Natural History, Marshall
Mississippi
- Center for Marine Education and Research, Gulfport
- Clinton Community Nature Center, Clinton
- Grenada Lake Visitors Center Museum, Grenada
- Gulf Islands National Seashore Visitor Center, Ocean Springs
- Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University, Starkville
- Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson
- Mississippi Petrified Forest, Flora
- Museum of the Mississippi Delta, Greenwood
- Scranton Nature Center, Pascagoula
- Strawberry Plains Audubon Center, Holly Springs
- Tunica RiverPark, Tunica Resorts
Missouri
- Bollinger County Museum of Natural History, Marble Hill
- Bonebrake Center of Nature and History, Salem
- Branson Dinosaur Museum, Branson
- Ed Clark Museum of Missouri Geology, Rolla
- Enns Entomology Museum, Columbia
- Harry S. Truman Regional Visitor Center, Warsaw
- Saint Louis
- Joplin Museum Complex, Joplin
- Kansas City Museum, Kansas City
- Maramec Museum at Maramec Spring Park, St. James
- St. Louis
- Missouri State Museum, Jefferson City
- St. Louis
- Ozark Natural & Cultural Resource Center, Salem
- Saint Joseph
- Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, Chesterfield
- Missouri Institute of Natural Science, Springfield
- Stephens Museum, Fayette
- Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center, St. Charles
- Wonders of Wildlife Museum & Aquarium, Springfield
- St. Louis
Montana
- Carter County Museum, Ekalaka
- Central Montana Museum, Lewistown
- Fort Peck Interpretive Center, Fort Peck
- Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station, Malta
- Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center, West Yellowstone
- Makoshika Dinosaur Museum, Glendive
- Montana Natural History Center, Missoula
- Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman
- North American Wildlife Museum, Coram
- Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum, Missoula
- Phillips County Museum, Malta
- Rudyard Museum, Rudyard
- Two Medicine Dinosaur Center, Bynum
- Wildlife Museum of the West, Ennis
Nebraska
- Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Sioux County
- Arbor Day Farm, Nebraska City
- Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, Royal
- Bartels Museum, Seward
- Corps of Discovery Welcome Center, Crofton
- Eleanor Barbour Cook Museum of Geology, Chadron
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill, Crawford
- Hastings Museum, Hastings
- Lewis and Clark Visitor Center, Cedar County
- Petrified Wood Gallery, Ogallala
- Pierson Wildlife Museum Learning Center, Neligh
- River Country Nature Center, Nebraska City
- Riverside Discovery Center, Scottsbluff
- Schramm Park State Recreation Area, Gretna
- Trailside Museum of Natural History, Fort Robinson State Park, Crawford
- University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln
- Willow Point Gallery, Ashland
Nevada
- Great Basin National Park, Rhyolite
- Las Vegas
- Las Vegas Springs Preserve, Las Vegas
- Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History, Las Vegas
- Nevada State Museum, Carson City, Carson City
- Las Vegas
- Northeastern Nevada Museum, Elko
- Pahrump Valley Museum, Pahrump
- Wilbur D. May Center, Reno
New Hampshire
- Amoskeag Fishways Learning and Visitors Center, Manchester
- Great Bay Discovery Center, Greenland
- Libby Museum, Wolfeboro
- Loon Center, Moultonborough
- Nature Discovery Center, Warner
- Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness
- Woodman Institute Museum, Dover
New Jersey
- Discovery Shell Museum, Ocean City
- Franklin Mineral Museum, Franklin
- Insectropolis, Toms River
- Marine Mammal Stranding Center, Brigantine
- Morris Museum, Morristown
- New Jersey State Museum, Trenton
- Poricy Park, Middletown Township
- Rutgers University Geology Museum, New Brunswick
- Trailside Nature & Science Center, Union County
- Washington Crossing State Park Nature Center, Hopewell Township
- The Wetlands Institute, Stone Harbor
New Mexico
- American International Rattlesnake Museum, Albuquerque
- Bolack Museum of Fish & Wildlife, Farmington
- Capulin Volcano National Monument, Union County
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Carlsbad
- Dr. Antonio Gennaro Natural History Museum, Portales
- El Morro National Monument, Ramah
- Las Cruces Museum of Nature and Science, Las Cruces
- Mesalands Community College's Dinosaur Museum, Tucumcari
- Miles Mineral Museum, Portales
- Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
- New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque
- New Mexico State University Arthropod Museum, Las Cruces
- Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology, Abiquiú
- Smokey Bear Historical Park, Capitan
- White Sands National Park, Doña Ana and Otero Counties
- Zuhl Museum, Las Cruces
New York
- Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center, Albany
- American Museum of Natural History, New York City
- Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo
- Caleb Smith State Park Preserve, Smithtown
- Cave House Museum of Mining & Geology, Howes Cave
- Charles Dickert Wildlife Collection, Saranac Lake
- Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Ithaca
- Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center, Voorheesville
- Garvies Point Museum and Preserve, Glen Cove
- Herkimer Diamond Mines Museum, Herkimer
- Hicksville Gregory Museum, Hicksville
- Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Yonkers
- Morrisville State College Wildlife Museum, Morrisville
- Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook
- Museum of the Earth, Ithaca
- New York State Museum, Albany
- Niagara Gorge Discovery Center, Niagara Falls
- Niagara Science Museum, Niagara Falls
- Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca
- Pember Museum of Natural History, Granville
- Roberson Museum and Science Center, Binghamton
- Robert M. Linsley Geology Museum, Hamilton
- Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, Jamestown
- South Fork Natural History Museum, Bridgehampton, New York
- Tackapausha Museum and Preserve, Seaford
- Tanglewood Nature Center & Museum, Elmira
- Trailside Museums and Zoo, Bear Mountain State Park
- Trailside Nature Museum, Cross River
- Up Yonda Farm, Bolton Landing
- Vanderbilt Museum, Centerport
- Amsterdam
- Waterman Conservation Education Center, Apalachin
- Tupper Lake
- Wildlife Sports and Educational Museum, Vail Mills
- William B. Hoyt II Visitor Center, Mount Morris
North Carolina
- Asheville Museum of Science, Asheville
- Aurora Fossil Museum, Aurora
- Centennial Campus Center for Wildlife Education, Raleigh
- Core Sound Waterfowl Museum, Harkers Island
- Corolla Wild Horse Museum, Corolla
- Cradle of Forestry in America, Asheville
- Discovery Place, Charlotte
- Franklin Gem & Mineral Museum, Franklin
- Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center, Frisco
- Grandfather Mountain Nature Museum, Linville
- Greensboro Science Center, Greensboro
- Highlands Nature Center, Highlands
- Jockey's Ridge State Park, Dare County
- Lundy–Fetterman Museum & Exhibit Hall, Buies Creek
- McKinney Geology Teaching Museum, Boone
- Mineral and Lapidary Museum, Hendersonville
- Mount Mitchell State Park, Yancey County
- Museum of Coastal Carolina, Ocean Isle Beach
- Museum of North Carolina Minerals, Spruce Pine
- North Carolina Estuarium, Washington
- North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort
- North Carolina Museum of Forestry, Whiteville
- North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, Durham
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville, Whiteville
- Onslow County Museum, Richlands
- Outer Banks Beachcomber Museum, Nags Head
- Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education, Corolla
- Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education, Pisgah Forest
- Rankin Museum of American Heritage, Ellerbe
- Roanoke/Cashie River Center, Windsor
- Ruby City Gems & Minerals, Franklin
- Schiele Museum of Natural History, Gastonia
- Walter L. Stasavich Science and Nature Center, Greenville
- Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve Museum, Moore County
- Wilderness Taxidermy and Wildlife Museum, Franklin
North Dakota
- Dakota Dinosaur Museum, Dickinson
- Frontier Fort and Wildlife Museum, Jamestown
- McLean County Historical Society Museums, Washburn
- Pfennig Wildlife Museum, Beulah
- Pioneer Trails Regional Museum, Bowman
Ohio
- Appalachian Forest Museum, Highland County
- Ashland County Historical Society Museum
- Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, Dayton
- Cincinnati Museum of Natural History & Science, Cincinnati
- Cleveland
- Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland
- Hefner Museum of Natural History
- Karl Limper Geology Museum, Oxford
- Killbuck Valley Museum, Killbuck
- Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center, Put-in-Bay
- Lake Erie Nature & Science Center, Bay Village
- Langsdon Mineral Collection, Celina
- Museum of Biological Diversity, The Ohio State University, Columbus
- Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, Shaker Heights
- Orton Geological Museum, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Oklahoma
- A. D. Buck Museum of Science and History, Tonkawa
- Beavers Bend Wildlife Museum, Broken Bow
- Elsing Museum, Tulsa
- Goddard Youth Museum, Sulphur
- Kenton Mercantile Museum, Kenton
- Lewis Museum, Lawton
- Midgley Museum, Enid
- Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City
- Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton
- Northwestern Oklahoma State University Natural History Museum, Alva
- Richard O. Dodrill's Museum of Rocks, Minerals & Fossils, Cushing
- Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman
- Timberlake Rose Rock Museum, Noble
- Tucker Tower Nature Center, Ardmore
- Wildlife Heritage Center Museum, Antlers
Oregon
- Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum, The Dalles
- Douglas County Museum, Roseburg
- Fossil Museum & Pine Creek Schoolhouse, Fossil
- Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport
- High Desert Museum, Bend
- Hutson Museum, Parkdale
- Jensen Arctic Museum, Monmouth
- John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Grant & Wheeler Counties
- Mount Angel
- Oregon Paleo Lands Institute Center, Fossil
- Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals, Hillsboro
- Rogue River Museum, Gold Beach
- Sinnott Memorial Observation Station, Crater Lake National Park
- Umpqua Discovery Center, Reedsport
- University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene
- World Forestry Center, Portland
Pennsylvania
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh
- Center for PostNatural History, Pittsburgh
- Delaware County Institute of Science, Media[3]
- University Park
- Everhart Museum, Scranton
- Four Mills Barn, Ambler
- University Park
- Insectarium, Philadelphia
- Mütter Museum, Philadelphia
- North Museum of Nature and Science, Lancaster
- Oakes Museum of Natural History, Mechanicsburg
- Reading Public Museum, West Reading
- Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History and McMunn Planetarium, East Stroudsburg
- State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg
- Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Erie
- Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia
Rhode Island
- Edna Lawrence Nature Lab at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
- Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown
- Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, Providence
South Carolina
- Bob Campbell Geology Museum, Clemson
- Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet
- Charleston Museum, Charleston
- Clemson University Arthropod Collection, Clemson
- Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head Island
- Congaree National Park, Richland County
- Edisto Island
- Hobcaw Barony Discovery Center, Georgetown
- Horry County Museum, Conway
- Mace Brown Museum of Natural History, Charleston
- McKissick Museum, Columbia
- Museum & Railroad Historical Center of Greenwood, Greenwood
- Museum of York County, Rock Hill
- Ravenel Caw Caw Interpretive Center, Ravenel
- Roper Mountain Science Center, Greenville
- South Carolina Botanical Garden, Clemson
- South Carolina State Museum, Columbia
South Dakota
- Badlands Petrified Garden, Kadoka
- Bays Mountain Park, Kingsport
- Ben Reifel Visitor Center, Badlands National Park
- Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Hill City
- Buffalo Interpretive Center, Fort Pierre
- Dacotah Prairie Museum, Aberdeen
- Delbridge Museum, Sioux Falls
- Grand River Museum, Lemmon
- Heritage Hall Museum, Freeman
- The Journey Museum and Learning Center, Rapid City
- Lewis and Clark Center Visitor Center, Yankton
- Peter Norbeck Center, Custer
- Petrified Wood Park, Lemmon
- The Mammoth Site, Hot Springs
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Museum of Geology, Rapid City
- W. H. Over Museum, Vermillion
- Wind Cave National Park, Hot Springs
Tennessee
- Coon Creek Science Center, Adamsville
- Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro
- Earth Experience: The Middle Tennessee Museum of Natural History, Murfreesboro
- Gray Fossil Museum, Gray
- Lichterman Nature Center, Memphis
- McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, Knoxville
- Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium, Memphis
- Discovery Park of America, Union City
Texas
- Amarillo College Natural History Museum, Amarillo
- Austin Nature & Science Center, Austin
- Bay Education Center, Rockport
- Beverly S. Sheffield Education Center, Austin
- Brazosport Museum of Natural Science, Clute
- Brookshire's World of Wildlife Museum and Country Store, Tyler
- Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History, Bryan
- San Antonio
- Carson County Square House Museum, Panhandle
- Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens, El Paso
- Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History, Corpus Christi
- Dinosaur Valley State Park, Glen Rose
- Don Harrington Discovery Center, Amarillo
- El Campo Museum of Natural History, El Campo
- Fiedler Memorial Museum, Seguin
- Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth
- Harber Wildlife Museum, Sherman
- Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney
- Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston
- Sugarland
- John C. Freeman Weather Museum, Houston
- John E. Conner Museum, Kingsville
- Mayborn Museum Complex, Waco
- Moody Gardens, Galveston
- Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock
- Naranjo Museum of Natural History, Lufkin
- Odessa Meteor Crater, Odessa
- Panhandle–Plains Historical Museum, Canyon
- Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas
- Texas Forestry Museum, Lufkin
- Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center, Athens
- Texas Memorial Museum, Austin
- Waco Mammoth National Monument, Waco
- White Rock Lake Museum, Dallas
- Whiteside Museum of Natural History, Seymour
- San Antonio
Utah
- Arches National Park, Moab
- Box Elder Museum, Brigham City
- Bryce
- Bryce Museum, Bryce
- BYU Museum of Paleontology, Provo
- Canyonlands National Park, Moab
- Capitol Reef National Park, Torrey
- Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Cleveland
- Dan O'Laurie Museum of Moab, Moab
- The Dinosaur Museum, Blanding
- Dinosaur National Monument, Vernal
- Eccles Dinosaur Park, Ogden
- Fairview Museum of History and Art, Fairview
- Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Kane & Garfield Counties
- Great Basin Museum, Delta
- John Hutchings Museum of Natural History, Lehi
- Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Provo[4]
- Moqui Cave, Kanab
- Museum of Ancient Life, Lehi
- Museum of Moab, Moab
- Museum of the San Rafael Swell, Castle Dale
- Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City
- Paunsaugunt Western Wildlife Museum, Bryce
- Rosenbruch Wildlife Museum, St. George
- St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm, St. George
- Utah Field House of Natural History, Vernal
- Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum, Price
- Weber State University Museum of Natural Science, Ogden
Vermont
- Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington
- ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington
- Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury
- Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich
- National Museum of the Morgan Horse, Middlebury
- Nature Museum at Grafton, Grafton
- Perkins Geology Museum, Burlington
- Southern Vermont Natural History Museum, Marlboro
Virginia
- Esther Thomas Atkinson Museum, Hampden Sydney
- Hermitage Foundation Museum and Gardens, Norfolk
- Hostetter Museum of Natural History, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg
- James Madison University Mineral Museum, Harrisonburg
- Luray Caverns, Luray
- Maymont, Richmond
- Museum of Geosciences, Blacksburg
- Museum of the Middle Appalachians, Saltville
- Philpott Lake Visitor Center, Bassett
- Radford University Museum of the Earth Sciences, Radford
- Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond
- Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center, Virginia Beach
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point
- Virginia Living Museum, Newport News
- Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville
Washington
- Breazeale Interpretive Center, Skagit County
- Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle
- Charles R. Conner Museum, Pullman
- Coastal Interpretive Center, Ocean Shores
- Cougar Mountain Zoo Wildlife Museum, Issaquah
- Forest Learning Center, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
- Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park, Vantage
- Hanford Reach Interpretive Center, Richland
- Karshner Museum, Puyallup
- Longmire Museum, Mount Rainier National Park
- Moses Lake Museum and Art Center, Moses Lake
- Mount St. Helens Visitor Center at Silver Lake, Silver Lake (Cowlitz County)
- Of Sea & Shore Museum, Port Gamble
- Port Townsend Marine Science Center, Port Townsend
- Poulsbo Marine Science Center, Poulsbo
- Robert P Worthman Anatomy Museum, Pullman
- Slater Museum of Natural History, Tacoma
- Stonerose Interpretive Center and Fossil Site, Republic
- Verlot Ranger Station-Public Service Center, Granite Falls
- Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center, Wenatchee
- The Whale Museum, Friday Harbor
- Whatcom Museum, Bellingham
West Virginia
- Lost World Caverns, Lewisburg
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center, Seneca Rocks
- West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey's Mini-Museum of Geology & Natural History, Morgantown
- West Virginia State Museum, Charleston
Wisconsin
- Cable Natural History Museum, Cable
- Camp Five Museum, Laona
- Dinosaur Discovery Museum, Kenosha
- Flyways Waterfowl Museum, Baraboo
- James Newman Clark Bird Museum, Eau Claire
- Hoard Historical Museum, Fort Atkinson
- Kenosha Public Museum, Kenosha
- Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee
- Neville Public Museum of Brown County, Green Bay
- New London Public Museum, New London
- Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center, Ashland
- Oshkosh Public Museum, Oshkosh
- Stierle Bird Collection, Marshfield
- University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point Museum of Natural History, Stevens Point
- UW–Madison Geology Museum, Madison
- Weis Earth Science Museum, University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Fox Cities Campus, Menasha
- Wisconsin Museum of International Wildlife, Appleton
Wyoming
- Draper Museum of Natural History, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody
- Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center, Moose
- Devils Tower National Monument, Hulett
- Fishing Bridge Museum, Yellowstone National Park
- Fossil Butte National Monument, Kemmerer
- Madison Museum, Yellowstone National Park
- National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Center, Dubois
- Nelson Museum of the West, Cheyenne
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum, Yellowstone National Park
- Paleon Museum, Glenrock
- Tate Geological Museum, Casper
- University of Wyoming Geological Museum, Laramie
- University of Wyoming Insect Museum, Laramie
- Washakie Museum & Cultural Center, Worland
- Weidner Wildlife Museum, Rock Springs
- Werner Wildlife Museum, Casper
- Western History Center, Lingle
- Wind River Heritage Center, Riverton
- Wyoming Dinosaur Center, Thermopolis
- Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne
See also
- List of science centers in the United States
- List of museums in the United States
- List of natural history museums
- List of university museums in the United States
References
- ^ Joann Loviglio (2012-03-24). "Oldest US natural history museum offers rare peek". Yahoo News.
- ^ "Wild-Eyed Alaska: Gull Island in Kachemak Bay". Hhmi.org. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
- ^ "Delaware County Institute of Science". www.delcoscience.org. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. "mlbean.byu.edu". mlbean.byu.edu. Retrieved 2012-04-19.