In the third and final post in our mini-series on science museums, we have complied a map that marks some of the Worlds Science Museums.
How many have you been to?
The globe is scattered with science museums; from the Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas, Texas, to the Arktikum Science Museum in Rovaniemi, Finland.
Who knew there were so many…
Don’t forget the more you zoom in on the map, the more you will see.
This map is by no means comprehensive – Russia, Asia, and Africa are all looking rather bare, so if you think we have missed an important science museum off, please let us know and we can add it to the map.
Previous maps
We’ve now published eleven Google maps showing key scientific locations in cities and territories across the world – from Amsterdam to Malta to Yorkshire. Thanks once again to everyone who’s contributed so far.
- Yorkshire
- Amsterdam
- Boston/Cambridge, USA
- Cambridge, UK
- Canberra
- Hong Kong
- Lindau
- London
- Malta
- Münster
- New York
- San Francisco
- Toronto
And an index map showing all of these.
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This is awesome! I love science museums. I’m going through to find my favourites, and already found one you’ve missed. I never got around to visiting it because it’s so far in the middle of nowhere, but Science North is a very good science museum in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada: https://www.sciencenorth.ca/
(You did include my favourites: the Cite de Sciences in Paris and the Page Museum (tar pits!) in LA. I’ve been to both twice…)
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We have added Science North to the map! Thanks for letting us know. I have also been to Cite de Sciences in Paris, a brilliant museum. Have yet to visit The Page Museum , although would love to.
If anyone else spots a museum we have missed off please let us know here.
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Uhh! I’ve still got so much to see! better get on the case I guess :).
I spotted that in Prague though you only marked the National museum. What about the National Technical Museum which recently been reopened? And Danfoss Univers in Denmark? Glad to see the Gram pit in Denmark mentioned though 🙂
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Thanks Anna, these two have been added. After scouring this map I have earmarked so many museums that I would love to visit! A great excuse to travel the world. Anyone else spotted any we have missed?
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While you found the great Sciencenter in Ithaca, NY, you forgot the amazing Museum of the Earth, also in Ithaca – a wonderful natural history, geology, and paleontology museum. Thanks for this map – as someone who hopes to one day perhaps work at a museum, it gives me a good guide on where I might look
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Thanks Phoebe, this has been added to the map. You must have a read of one of our editorial posts on museums, Behind the Doors at the Museum – part 2 where we talk to the staff working behind the scenes creating the exhibits and carrying out valuable research. You may find it useful if you are one day hoping to work in one.
Can anyone think of any more we have left off?? Feel free to write in this comment thread we want to make sure we have every science museum on here.
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I am not sure how you define a Science Museum but to add to the Manchester Area there is also the University Museum (Manchester Museum) which covers biology and medicine that are not really included in the otherwise excelent Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester that is on the map.
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Perfect thanks Brian I shall add this to the map- I have just enjoyed reading your post on the MOSI what a great museum, sadly facing such funding problems- let’s keep our fingers crossed for its future.
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Fantastic idea to do a mini series on Science Museums! I have to say, it’s fun to get kids excited about science and immerse them into it by having them sleepover by the exhibits. But one definately feels sleep deprived the next day, especially when you are the one organizing it.
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Great map, Laura – it would be a fun life goal to visit every single museum on the map, wouldn’t it?
There are quite a lot more round here, but two big ones to start with:
The California Academy of Sciences: https://www.calacademy.org/
The Chabot Space and Science Center: https://www.chabotspace.org/index.htm
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The CosmoCaixa Science Museum in Barcelona should be in there! Great fun, with a planetarium, lots of hands on activities and a flooded rainforest exhibit.
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Thanks everyone for your suggestions so far.
Jo and Mike these will be added to the map.
Don’t forget if you spot any more please let us know.
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Thanks for the map! This is great to know different science museums of the world, so I can visit them in the travels. About museums, you have showed Discovery Museum of Tampere, which is right, but there are two other science museums in Tampere:
Tampere museum of natural history https://www.vapriikki.net/lumu/en/tampere-museum-of-natural-history/ and Tampere Mineral Museum https://www.tampere.fi/kivimuseo/inenglish.php
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Many thanks for informing us about Science Museums all around the world. But there are some that are not included and they are very important in Spain as:
Natural Sciences Museum of Barcelona, https://www.museuciencies.bcn.cat and its very interesting blog: https://www.blogmuseuciencies.bcn.cat
Congratulations for the initiative!!!
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There is the Museum of Urban Engineering in Cracow. A short description of the following expositions:
– history of technique
– history of automotive industry
– interactive scientific games
on https://www.mojaenergia.pl/strony/1/i/292.php
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Providence, RI has the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium: https://www3.providenceri.com/museum
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ooh I forgot, there’s also Jakarta’s Planetarium and The Boscha Sky Observatorium in Bandung….
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Thanks everyone for your suggestions, they have all been added to the map. Any more just let us know. Thanks
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I might suggest that Space Center Houston at Johnson Space Center is a science musuem, or a least it used to be. Not sure what is going on there now.
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Does anyone know why the Creation Museum in Kentucky is listed as a science museum? Please correct this immediately.
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Thanks Ralph, we shall add this to the map.
Joshua the Creation Museum has been listed as a science museum in some places, this has now been removed.
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more science museum in Indonesia :
1. Ethnobotany Museum (Bogor, West Java)
2. Bugs and Butterflies Park and Museum (Jakarta)
3. Zoology Museum (Bogor, West Java)
4. Frater Vianney, BHK’s Zoology Museum (Malang, East Java)
5. Geological Museum (Bandung, West Java)
6. Karst Museum (Wonogiri, Central Java)
you could verified them in http://www.museumindonesia.com (sorry..only in Indonesian)
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no museums in switzerland?
please go to
https://www.museums.ch/index.php?id=4
then choose Kategorie = Naturwissenschaftliche Museen
and also have a look at Kategorie = Technische Museen
if you need help or needing more informations, don’t hesitate to contact me
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A big thanks to the latest people who have contributed to this map. It is still a work in progress and we urge everyone to suggest any museums we may have left off. Thanks Dimitri and Damir for your suggestions. They have now been added to the map.
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The Verkehrshaus in Luzern, Switzerland is missing: https://www.verkehrshaus.ch/
One of my favourites when I was little.
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Thanks Marina, this has been added to the map – let’s make sure we get every science museum on there, especially small local museums that we may have missed off.
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How about adding a couple of national museums from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada?
The Canadian Museum of Nature: https://nature.ca
Canada Science and Technology Museum: https://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca
Thanks!
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Thanks Anna, these are on the Map. We are by no means finished, so please if you can see any other museums we may have left off feel free to let me know.
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Another one for this most excellent map: rhe Physics Museum at the University of Queensland, https://www.physics.uq.edu.au/physics_museum/ .
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Which is in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia!
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Thanks for your suggestion Andrew, this has been added to the map.
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Hello! In Estonia I would like to include University of Tartu History Museum (this incudes also museum of astronomy and medicine in a beautiful historical university campus) and University of Tartu Natural History Museum.
https://www.ajaloomuuseum.ut.ee/index.aw/set_lang_id=2
best regards from Tartu!
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Hi Mariann,
Thanks for alerting us to the Tartu museum, we had now added them to the map.
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Hello!
There’s one missing in Alcobendas, Madrid (Spain): CosmoCaixa Madrid.
Here’s its web and google coords:
https://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/nuestroscentros/cosmocaixamadrid/cosmocaixamadrid_es.html
https://maps.google.es/maps?hl=es&ll=40.537659,-3.640965&spn=0.001521,0.003594&t=h&z=19
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Hi Carlos, this has been added to the map. Thanks for your contribution