A military museum or war museum is an institution dedicated to the preservation and education of the significance of wars, conflicts, and military actions. These museums serve as repositories of artifacts (not least weapons), documents, photographs, and other memorabilia related to the military and war. Some of these institutions may also be used as a war memorial for a particular country or conflict.
These institutions vary in their scope and focus, with some museums dedicated to a specific national or regional context and chronicling the military history of a particular country or region, while other museums may concentrate on a particular conflict, era, service, technology (like an artillery museum), or unit (like a regimental museum).
The following is a list of military museums by country:
Austria Museum of Military History, Vienna Styrian Armoury
Australia
Army Museum Bandiana Army Museum of Tasmania Army Museum of Western Australia Australian Armour and Artillery Museum Australian Army Artillery Museum Australian War Memorial Bublacowie Military Museum Darwin Military Museum Fighter World Fleet Air Arm Museum (Australia) Gippsland Armed Forces Museum Light Horse & Field Artillery Museum Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum Maryborough Military and Colonial Museum National Military Vehicle Museum National Vietnam Veterans Museum RAAF Museum RAAF Wagga Heritage Centre Royal Australian Armoured Corps Memorial and Army Tank Museum Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre
Bangladesh Bangladesh Military Museum Liberation War Museum
Belgium
Atlantic Wall open-air museum In Flanders Fields Museum Lange Max Museum Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 National Museum of the Resistance Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62
Bulgaria National Museum of Military History, Bulgaria Pleven Panorama
Canada
Base Borden Military Museum Bomber Command Museum of Canada Canadian War Museum Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society Cold Lake Air Force Museum Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Comox Air Force Museum Elgin Military Museum Fort Garry Horse Museum & Archives Greenwood Military Aviation Museum Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Museum Military Communications and Electronics Museum Musée de la Défense aérienne National Air Force Museum of Canada Naval Museum of Halifax Naval Museum of Manitoba Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada Museum Royal Canadian Artillery Museum Royal Canadian Regiment Museum Royal Military College of Canada Museum Secrets of Radar Museum Shearwater Aviation Museum Swords and Ploughshares Museum The Military Museums
China Memorial of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Opium War Museum
Hong Kong Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence
Czech Republic Military Museum Lešany Museum of armoured vehicles Smržovka
Denmark
Danish War Museum Defence and Garrison Museum Royal Danish Naval Museum Sea War Museum Jutland
El Salvador Military Museum of the Armed Forces of El Salvador
Estonia Naissaar Museum Estonian Aviation Museum Museum of Fight for Estonia's Freedom Estonian War Museum Valga sõjamuuseum
Finland
The Artillery Museum of Finland Engineers Museum Finnish Air Force Museum Military Museum of Finland Military Music Museum of Finland Parola Tank Museum Salpa Line Museum
France
Airborne Museum (Sainte-Mère-Église) Army Museum (Paris) Bullecourt 1917, Jean and Denise Letaille museum Carrière Wellington Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour Foreign Legion Museum Juno Beach Centre Mémorial de Caen Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation à Grenoble Musée des Blindés Musée des Plans-Reliefs Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris – Musée Jean Moulin Musée Pierre-Jost Museum of the Great War National Gendarmerie Museum Overlord Museum Salle des Traditions de la Garde Républicaine
Germany
Allied Museum Bayerisches Armeemuseum Bundeswehr Military History Museum Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow Bundeswehr Museum of German Defense Technology Dresden Armoury German Tank Museum Historical Technical Museum, Peenemünde Siegfried Line Museum, Irrel Siegfried Line Museum, Pirmasens Wehrgeschichtliches Museum Rastatt
Greece
1912–1913 War Museum Athens War Museum Balkan Wars Museum Hellenic Air Force Museum Kilkis War Museum Lachanas Military Museum Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki) Museum of the Battle of Crete and the National Resistance Museum of the Kalavryta Holocaust Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Kastoria) Pavlos Melas Museum War Museum of Kalpaki War Museum of Thessaloniki
India
Cavalry Tank Museum, Ahmednagar Indian Air Force Heritage Museum, Chandigarh Indian Air Force Museum, Palam Indian War Memorial Museum Jaisalmer War Museum Naval Aircraft Museum (Kolkata) Naval Aviation Museum (Goa) Samudrika Naval Marine Museum
Indonesia Bojong Kokosan Museum Dharma Wiratama Museum Satriamandala Museum
Iran Holy Defense Museum
Ireland County Carlow Military Museum Curragh Military Museum
Israel
Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum Etzel House Israel Defense Forces History Museum Israeli Air Force Museum Palmach Museum Yad La-Shiryon Yad Vashem
Italy
Italian Air Force Museum Museo della Deportazione Museum of the Liberation of Rome Museum of the Risorgimento, Bologna Museum of the Risorgimento (Milan) Museum of the Risorgimento (Turin) Stibbert Museum Technical Naval Museum at La Spezia
Japan
Bansei Tokkō Peace Museum Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots Gifu Sekigahara Battlefield Memorial Museum Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Japanese Sword Museum JMSDF Kure Museum Kaiten Memorial Museum Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum Peace Museum of Saitama Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum Yūshūkan
Jordan Royal Tank Museum
Malaysia War Museum of Batu Maung The Army Museum of Port Dickson Royal Malaysian Air Force Museum in Kuala Lumpur Royal Malaysian Navy Museum in Melaka Malaysian Armed Forces Museum in Kuala Lumpur
Netherlands
Airborne Museum 'Hartenstein' Dutch Cavalry Museum Dutch Fortress Museum Dutch Navy Museum Freedom Museum Marechaussee Museum Militaire Luchtvaart Museum Nationaal Militair Museum Netherlands Marine Corps Museum Overloon War Museum Verzetsmuseum
New Zealand Air Force Museum of New Zealand National Army Museum (New Zealand) New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum Torpedo Bay Navy Museum
North Korea Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military Operations Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities Victorious War Museum
Norway
Blood Road Museum Armed Forces Museum (Norway) Kristiansand Cannon Museum Lofoten War Memorial Museum Norway's Resistance Museum Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection Royal Norwegian Navy Museum Rustkammeret
Philippines Armed Forces of the Philippines Museum Philippine Air Force Aerospace Museum Philippine Army Museum
Poland
Armia Krajowa Museum in Kraków Armored Weaponry Museum, Poznań Army Museum in Białystok Mausoleum of Struggle and Martyrdom Museum of Polish Arms Museum of the Armed Act Museum of the Second World War Norwegian POW Museum Polish Army Museum Katyń Museum Museum of Polish Military Technology Warsaw Rising Museum White Eagle Museum
Romania National Military Museum, Romania National Museum of Romanian Aviation Timișoara Military Museum
Russia
Central Air Force Museum Central Armed Forces Museum Central Naval Museum Kremlin Armoury Kronstadt Naval Museum Kubinka Tank Museum Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps Military History Museum of the Far Eastern Military District Museum of Russian Submarine Forces Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow Ratnaya Palata Russian Museum of Military Medicine Taganrog military museum
Serbia Military Museum, Belgrade
Singapore Changi Chapel and Museum Reflections at Bukit Chandu Singapore Air Force Museum
South Africa
Anglo-Boer War Museum Queen's Fort Military Museum South African Air Force Museum South African National Museum of Military History South African Naval Museum
South Korea Baekje Military Museum Jeju 4.3 Peace Park Nakdong River Battle Museum War Memorial of Korea
Spain
Cartagena Naval Museum Historical Military Museum of Cartagena (Spain) Museum of the Army (Toledo) Naval Museum of Madrid Royal Armoury of Madrid
Sweden
Hamn (museum) Livrustkammaren Marinmuseum Swedish Air Force Museum Swedish Army Museum Swedish Tank Museum Arsenalen
Switzerland
Flieger Flab Museum, Dübendorf Tank Museum, Thun Swiss Military Museum, Full-Reuenthal
Taiwan
August 23 Artillery Battle Museum Chengkungling History Museum Guningtou Battle Museum Hsinchu Museum of Military Dependents Village Hujingtou Battle Museum Republic of China Air Force Museum Republic of China Armed Forces Museum Yu Da Wei Xian Sheng Memorial Museum
Thailand JEATH War Museum Royal Thai Air Force Museum
Turkey
Ankara Aviation Museum İnciraltı Sea Museum İnönü Military Quarter and War Museum Istanbul Aviation Museum Istanbul Military Museum Istanbul Naval Museum Kabatepe Kırıkkale MKE Weapons Industry Museum Mersin Naval Museum Victory Museum
Ukraine
Museum of Partisan Glory National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War National Museum-Preserve of Ukrainian military achievements Naval museum complex Balaklava Poltava Museum of Long-Range and Strategic Aviation Strategic missile forces museum in Ukraine Suvorov Museum, Timanivka
United Kingdom
100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum Aldershot Military Museum Army Flying Museum Cheshire Military Museum Combined Military Services Museum Devonport Naval Heritage Centre Eden Camp Museum Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier Fleet Air Arm Museum Fusilier Museum Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland Green Howards Regimental Museum Gordon Highlanders Museum Honourable Artillery Company Museum HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars Imperial War Museum Churchill War Rooms Imperial War Museum Duxford Imperial War Museum North Jewish Military Museum Kent Battle of Britain Museum Lancashire Infantry Museum Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre Lowestoft War Memorial Museum Military Wireless Museum in the Midlands Monmouth Regimental Museum Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre Muckleburgh Collection Museum of Lancashire Museum of Army Transport Museum of Military Medicine Museum of the Adjutant General's Corps National Army Museum National Museum of the Royal Navy National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth Norfolk Tank Museum National War Museum Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum RAF Air Defence Radar Museum Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh REME Museum Royal Air Force Museum Royal Air Force Museum Cosford Royal Air Force Museum London Royal Armouries Museum Royal Army Chaplains' Museum Royal Artillery Museum Royal Engineers Museum Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum Royal Logistic Corps Museum Royal Marines Museum Royal Navy Submarine Museum Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire) Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum Royal Signals Museum Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum Scottish Submarine Centre Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum Shoreham Aircraft Museum Somerset Military Museum Somme Heritage Centre Staffordshire Regiment Museum Stratford Armouries Tangmere Military Aviation Museum The D-Day Story