🦖 Natural History Museums of the World

These are the world's notable natural history museums — great research collections and public galleries of zoology, botany, geology and palaeontology, where dinosaur skeletons, meteorites and type specimens are kept and displayed. Each profile shows where the museum is, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

275 natural history museums from 61 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any natural history museum for its full profile.

Africa (6) Americas (75) Asia (28) Europe (164) Oceania (2)

Africa (6 natural history museums)

Americas (75 natural history museums)

Asia (28 natural history museums)

Europe (164 natural history museums)

Oceania (2 natural history museums)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.