This is a list of natural history museums whose exhibits focus on the subject of natural history, including such topics as animals, plants, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, and climatology. Some museums feature natural-history collections in addition to other collections, such as ones related to history, art and science. In addition, nature centers often include natural history exhibits.
Africa
Algeria Beni Abbes Museum (Musee de Beni-Abbes), Béni Abbès
Angola National Museum of Natural History of Angola (Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola), Luanda
Botswana Botswana National Museum, Gaborone
Egypt Egyptian Geological Museum, Cairo Alexandria Aquarium Museum, Alexandria
Ethiopia Zoological Natural History Museum, Addis Ababa
Kenya Kitale Museum, Kitale National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi
Mozambique Museu de História Natural de Moçambique, Maputo
Namibia National Earth Science Museum, Geological Survey of Namibia, Windhoek
Nigeria Natural History Museum, OAU, Ifẹ, located at the Obafemi Awolowo University
South Africa Albany Museum, Grahamstown Amathole Museum, King William's Town Bleloch Geological Museum, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Wits Life Sciences Museum, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg CP Nel Museum, Oudtshoorn Natural Science Museum, Durban Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town McGregor Museum, Kimberley KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg National Museum, Bloemfontein Port Elizabeth Museum, Port Elizabeth Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, Pretoria West Coast Fossil Park, Langebaanweg
Sudan Sudan Natural History Museum, Khartoum
Tanzania Olduvai Gorge Museum, Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Tunisia Musée Océanographique de Salammbô, Carthage
Uganda Zoology Museum, Makarere University, Kampala Makerere University Herbarium, Makarere University, Kampala Uganda Museum, Kampala Herbarium, Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, Kabale
Zimbabwe Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo
Asia Armenia Geological Museum, Yerevan Natural History Museum, Yerevan
Azerbaijan Natural History Museum named after Hasanbey Zardabi, Baku Azerbaijan Geology Museum, Baku "Rinay" Malacofauna Museum, Baku
China Baoding Natural History Museum, Baoding Paleozoological Museum of China, Beijing National Natural History Museum of China, Beijing Geological Museum of China, Beijing Jilin Museum of Natural History, Changchun Bird Fossil National Geopark, Chaoyang Chaoyang Paleontological Museum, Chaoyang Chongqing Natural History Museum, Chongqing Dalian Natural History Museum, Dalian Geological Museum of Guizhou, Guiyang Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, Hangzhou Neimenggu Museum of Natural History, Huhhot Guangxi Museum of Natural History, Nanning Tianyu Museum of Natural History, Pingyi Shanghai Natural History Museum, Shanghai Tianjin Natural History Museum, Tianjin Wuhan Museum of Natural History, Wuhan Shanxi Museum of Natural History, Xi'an Zigong Dinosaur Museum, Zigong
Hong Kong Stephen Hui Geological Museum, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
India Bengal Natural History Museum, Darjeeling Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Museum of Western India, Mumbai Gass Forest Museum, Coimbatore Government Museum, Egmore, Chennai Indian Museum, Kolkata Napier Museum, Kerala National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi (1972–2016) Thar Natural History Fossil Museum Churu, Rajasthan Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) Thiruvananthapuram Natural History Museum
Indonesia Gedong Arca Museum, Bandung Bogor Zoology Museum, Bogor Bandung Geological Museum, Bandung
Iran Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum, Tehran Hamedan Museum of Natural History, Hamedan Museum of Natural History and Technology, Shiraz Natural History Museum, University of Zanjan, Zanjan Natural History Museum of Isfahan, Isfahan Iran Museum of Natural History and Wildlife, Tehran Natural History Museum, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad Natural History Museum, Institute of Botany and Plant Pests, Tehran Natural History Museum, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar Tabriz Museum of Natural History, Tabriz
Iraq Iraq Natural History Museum, Baghdad
Israel Geological Museum, Jerusalem Natural History Museum, Jerusalem The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem Biblical Museum of Natural History, Beit Shemesh
Japan Abiko City Museum of Birds, Abiko, Chiba Prefecture Ashoro Museum of Paleontology, Ashoro, Hokkaidō Prefecture Chūrui Naumann Elephant Museum, Makubetsu, Hokkaido Prefecture Fukui City Museum of Natural History , Fukui, Fukui Prefecture Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture Geological Museum, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture Gunma Museum of Natural History , Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture Ibaraki Nature Museum, Bandō, Ibaraki Prefecture Itami City Museum of Insects, Itami, Hyogo Prefecture Iwaki City Coal & Fossil Museum, Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History , Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture Kannonzaki Nature Museum, Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture Kuji Amber Museum, Kuji, Iwate Prefecture Kyushu University Museum, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Lake Nojiri Naumann Elephant Museum, Shinano, Nagano Prefecture Meguro Parasitological Museum, Meguro, Tokyo Museum of Natural History, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Sanda, Hyōgo Prefecture National Hansen's Disease Museum, Higashimurayama, Tokyo National Museum of Nature and Science, Taitō, Tokyo Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture Natural History Museum and Zoological Park, Toyohashi, Aichi prefecture Natural History Museum Kutchan, Kutchan, Hokkaidō Nawa Insect Museum, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture Okhotsk Sea Ice Museum of Hokkaidō, Monbetsu, Hokkaidō Osaka Museum of Natural History, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Pearl Museum, Mikimoto Pearl Island, Toba, Mie Prefecture Saitama Museum of Natural History, Nagatoro, Saitama Prefecture Shibetsu Salmon Science Museum, Shibetsu, Hokkaidō Tropical Medicine Museum, Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture Tsuyama Museum of Science Education, Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture
Jordan Pella Museum, Amman
South Korea Bandi Land Insect Museum, Muju County Ewha Womans University Natural History Museum, Seoul Gyeoryongsan Natural History Museum Seodaemun Museum of Natural History, Seoul
Kyrgyzstan Geological Museum and Mineralogical Museum, Bishkek
Malaysia Muzium Negara, Kuala Lumpur Natural History Museum, Putrajaya
Mongolia Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs, Ulaanbaatar Mongolian Natural History Museum, Ulaanbaatar
Oman Natural History Museum of Muscat, Muscat
Pakistan Pakistan Museum of Natural History
Palestine Palestine Museum of Natural History
Philippines National Museum of Natural History, Manila UPLB Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Qatar Qatar National Museum, Doha
Singapore Science Centre Singapore Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
Taiwan Insect Science Museum, Taipei National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung National Museum of Taiwan History, Tainan City National Taiwan Museum, Taipei City National Chiayi University Insect Museum, Chiayi City
Thailand Thailand National Science Museum, Pathum Thani Chulalongkorn University Museum of Natural History, Bangkok Chulalongkorn University's Geological Museum, Bangkok Chulalongkorn University's Traditional Medicine Museum, Bangkok Mahidol University's Mollusk Museum, Bangkok Mahidol University's Mosquito Museum, Bangkok Mahidol University's Bio-Geo Path, Bangkok Rattanakosin Natural History Museum, Kasetsart University, Bangkok Veterinarical Anatomy Museum, Kasetsart University, Bangkok Pathology Museum, Kasetsart University, Bangkok Kasetsart University's Ant Museum, Bangkok Kasetsart University's Zoological Museum, Bangkok Kasetsart University Museum of Fisheries (Natural History), Bangkok Kasetsart University's 60th Anniversary Museum and Park of Insects, Bangkok Lichen Museum, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok Bangkok Butterfly and Insect Park, Bangkok Dusit Zoo Museum, Bangkok Soil Museum, Bangkok Geological Museum, Bangkok Horn and Antler Museum, Bangkok Biological Science Museum at Faculaty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai Chiang Mai University's Geological Museum, Chiang Mai Museum of World Insects and Natural Heritages, Chiang Mai Lignite Learning Centre Museum, Lampang King Mongkut Memeorail Park of Science and Technology, Prachuap Khiri Khan Natural History Park, Ratchaburi Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum, Khon Kaen Sirindhorn Museum, Kalasin Thai Island and Sea Natural History Museum, Chonburi Thainosaur Museum, Bangkok Chonlatassanasathan Museum, Chonburi Phuket Seashell Museum, Phuket Bangkok Seashell Museum, Bangkok Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai Prince of Songkla University's Traditional Medicine Museum, Hat Yai Natural History Museum and Local Learning Networks, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani
Turkey Forestry Museum, also known as Watch Mansion, Bursa MTA Natural History Museum, Ankara
United Arab Emirates Sharjah Natural History Museum, Sharjah Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi
Uzbekistan Tabiat muzeyi, Tashkent
Vietnam Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi
Central America
Belize Chaa Creek Natural History Museum, San Ignacio
Costa Rica Museo de Ciencias Naturales La Salle(La Salle Natural Sciences Museum) El Museo de Insectos de la Universidad de Costa Rica (MIUCR) (The Museum of Insects at the University of Costa Rica) Museo de Zoologia – Escuela de Biologia, University of Costa Rica Museo Nacional de Costa Rica(National Museum of Costa Rica), San José
Dominican Republic Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Santo Domingo Amber Museum, Puerto Plata Amber World Museum, Santo Domingo
Grenada Museo de Ciencias
Guatemala Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Jorge A. Ibarra" Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala Museo de Paleontologia y Arqueologia Ing. Roberto Woolfolk Saravia, Estanzuela Zacapa
Honduras Butterfly and Insect Museum, La Ceiba
Nicaragua Museo Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Centroamericana, Managua Museo de Ometepe, Rivas Museo del Departamento de Malacología UCA, Managua Museo entomológico, León Museo Gemológico de la Concha y el Caracol, Managua Museo Paleontológico "El Hato", Managua Museos de Geología UNAN, Managua Museum Ecológico de Trópico Seco, Diriamba National Museum, Managua Sitio Paleontológico El Bosque, Estelí
Panama Centro de Exhibiciones Marinas de Punta Culebra, Panama City Museo de Ciencias Naturales Panama, Panama City Museum of Biodiversity, Panama City Colección Zoológica Dr. Eustorgio Méndez, Panama City Museo de Vertebrados de la Universidad de Panamá, Panama City Museo de Invertebrados de la Universidad de Panamá, Panama City Museo de Malacología de la Universidad de Panamá, Panama City Círculo Herpetológico de Panamá, Panama City Herbario de la Universidad de Panamá, Panama City
Europe
Albania Natural Science Museum, Tirana
Austria Bergbaumuseum Klagenfurt – Mining museum, mineralogy, palaeontology, Klagenfurt Burgenlandische Landesmuseum, Eisenstadt Haus der Natur, Salzburg inatura – Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn Province Vorarlberg (in German), Dornbirn Krahuletz-Museum Eggenburg Earth sciences and history (in German), Eggenburg Landesmuseum für Kärnten, Klagenfurt Regional museum for the province Carinthia (in German), Klagenfurt Landesmuseum Niederösterreichisches, St. Pölten Nature, history, culture, and art of Lower Austria (in German)