List of natural history museums in the United States

Academy of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, America's first natural history museum.

There are natural history museums in all 50 of the United States and the District of Columbia. The oldest such museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences in 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
University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks
Pratt Museum, Homer^[2]

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
University of Arizona Mineral Museum, Tucson

Arkansas

Turner Neal Museum of Natural History, Monticello

California

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
Entomology Research Museum, University of California, Riverside, Riverside
Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley
Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society Museum, Fallbrook
Gateway Science Museum, Chico
Great Valley Museum of Natural History, Modesto
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
Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest
Morro Bay State Park Museum of Natural History, Morro Bay
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley
Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, Davis
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 and Natural Science Museum, Petaluma
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley
Point Vicente Interpretive Center, Rancho Palos Verdes
Randall Museum, Corona Heights Park, San Francisco
San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, Santa Cruz
Sierra College Natural History Museum, Rocklin
Western Science Center, Hemet
University of California Museum of Paleontology, UC Berkeley
University and Jepson Herbaria, UC Berkeley
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 of the Tropics, 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

Delaware

District of Columbia

National Geographic Museum at Explorers Hall, Washington, D.C.
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Florida

Georgia

Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta
Georgia Museum of Natural History, Athens
Georgia Southern University Museum, Statesboro
Tellus Museum, Cartersville

Hawai'i

Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu
Dinosaurs in Hawaii, Honolulu Community College, Honolulu
Koke'e Natural History Museum, Kauai

Idaho

Illinois

Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford
Elgin Public Museum, Elgin
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum, Benedictine University, Lisle
Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Midwest Museum of Natural History, Sycamore
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago

Indiana

Sumner B. Sheets Museum of Wildlife and Marine Exhibits, Huntington

Iowa

Battle Hill Museum of Natural History, Battle Creek
Museum of Natural History, University of Iowa
Putnam Museum, Davenport
University Museum, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls

Kansas

Johnston Geology Museum, Emporia
Museum at Prairiefire, Overland Park
Pratt Education Center, Pratt
Schmidt Museum of Natural History, Emporia
Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays
University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence
Museum of World Treasures, Wichita

Kentucky

Cumberland Inn Museum - Henkelmann Life Science Collection, Williamsburg

Louisiana

Lafayette Natural History Museum & Planetarium, Lafayette
Louisiana Museum of Natural History, Baton Rouge

Maine

George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History, Bar Harbor
L. C. Bates Museum, Hinckley
Maine State Museum, Augusta
Northern Maine Museum of Science, Presque Isle
The Nylander Museum, Caribou
Wilson Museum, Castine

Maryland

Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore

Massachusetts

Beneski Museum of Natural History, at Amherst College
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Brewster
EcoTarium, Worcester
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge
Marion Natural History Museum, Marion
Natural Science Museum in Hinchman House, Maria Mitchell Association, Nantucket

Michigan

A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Houghton
Card Wildlife Education Center and Wildlife Museum, Big Rapids
Central Michigan University Museum of Cultural and Natural History, Mount Pleasant
Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills
Kingman Museum, Battle Creek
Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing
University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History, Ann Arbor

Minnesota

Bell Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis

Mississippi

Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University, Starkville
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson

Missouri

Joplin Museum Complex, Joplin
Kansas City Museum, Kansas City
Maramec Museum at Maramec Spring Park, St. James
University of Missouri-Columbia Enns Entomology Museum, Columbia
Museum of Science and Natural History, run by the Academy of Science, St. Louis

Montana

Carter County Museum, Ekalaka
Makoshika Dinosaur Museum, Glendive
Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman
Phillips County Museum, Malta
Two Medicine Dinosaur Center, Bynum
Wildlife Museum of the West, Ennis
Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum, Missoula

Nebraska

Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Hastings
Trailside Museum of Natural History at Fort Robinson State Park, Crawford
University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln

Nevada

New Hampshire

The Little Nature Museum at Gould Hill Orchards, Hopkinton
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness
Woodman Institute, Dover

New Jersey

New Mexico

American International Rattlesnake Museum, Albuquerque
Eastern New Mexico University Natural History Museum, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales
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 Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Museum, Socorro
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque
Piedra Lumbre Education & Visitor Center, Abiquiú
Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology, Abiquiú

New York

American Museum of Natural History, New York City
Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Ithaca
Dinosaur Walk Museum, Riverhead
Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Cornwall-on-Hudson
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers
Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook
Museum of the Earth, Ithaca
Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks, The WILD Center, Tupper Lake
New York State Museum, Albany
Niagara Science Museum, Niagara Falls
Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca
Pember Museum of Natural History, Granville
South Fork Natural History Museum, Bridgehampton, New York
Tackapausha Museum and Preserve, Seaford
Trailside Museums and Zoo, Bear Mountain State Park
Vanderbilt Museum, Centerport

North Carolina

Aurora Fossil Museum, Aurora
Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington
Colburn Earth Science Museum, Asheville
McKinney Geology Teaching Museum, Boone
Museum of Coastal Carolina, Ocean Isle Beach
Museum of North Carolina Minerals, Spruce Pine
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
Onslow County Museum, Richlands
Rankin Museum of American Heritage, Ellerbe
Schiele Museum of Natural History, Gastonia

North Dakota

Dakota Dinosaur Museum, Dickinson
Pioneer Trails Regional Museum, Bowman

Ohio

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, Dayton
Cincinnati Museum of Natural History & Science, Cincinnati
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland
Karl Limper Geology Museum, Oxford

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh
Delaware County Institute of Science, Media
Earth & Mineral Sciences Museum and Art Galleryat Penn State, University Park
Everhart Museum, Scranton
Four Mills Barn, Ambler
Frost Entomological Museum, University Park
Insectarium, Philadelphia
Mütter Museum, Philadelphia
North Museum of Natural History and Science, Lancaster
Oakes Museum of Natural History, Mechanicsburg
Pymatuning Wildlife Learning Center, Linesville
State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg
Reading Public Museum, West Reading
Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia

Rhode Island

Edna Lawrence Nature Lab, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Rhode Island Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, Providence

South Carolina

Bob Campbell Geology Museum, Clemson
Charleston Museum, Charleston
Clemson University Arthropod Collection, Clemson
Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head Island
McKissick Museum, Columbia
South Carolina State Museum, Columbia

South Dakota

The Journey Museum, Rapid City
The Mammoth Site Museum of Hot Springs, SD, Hot Springs
Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City

Tennessee

Frank H. McClung Museum, Knoxville
Gray Fossil Museum, Gray

Texas

Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History, Bryan
Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens, El Paso
El Campo Museum of Natural History, El Campo
Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston
John C. Freeman Weather Museum, Houston
Mayborn Museum Complex, Waco
Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas
Texas Memorial Museum, Austin
Natural Science Research Laboratory, and the Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock

Utah

BYU Earth Science Museum, Provo
College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum, Price
Dinosaur National Monument, Jensen
John Hutchings Museum of Natural History, Lehi
Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum,^[3] Provo
Museum of Moab, Moab
Museum of the San Rafael, Castle Dale
Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City
North American Museum of Ancient Life, Lehi
Paunsaugunt Wildlife Museum, Bryce
Rosenbruch Wildlife Museum, St. George
St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm, St. George
The Dinosaur Museum, Blanding
Union Station Natural History Museum, Ogden
Utah Field House of Natural History, Vernal
Weber State University Museum of Natural Science, Ogden

Vermont

Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury
Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich
The Nature Museum at Grafton, Grafton
Perkins Geology Museum at the University of Vermont, Burlington
Southern Vermont Natural History Museum, Marlboro

Virginia

Hostetter Museum of Natural History, Suter Science Center, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg
James Madison University Mineral Museum, Harrisonburg
Museum of the Middle Appalachians, Saltville
Virginia Living Museum, Newport News
Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond
Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville
Virginia Tech Geosciences Museum, Blacksburg

Washington

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle
Charles R. Conner Museum, Washington State University, Pullman
Of Sea & Shore Museum, Port Gamble
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
Slater Museum of Natural History, Tacoma
Stonerose Interpretive Center and Fossil Site, Republic
The Whale Museum, Friday Harbor

West Virginia

West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey's Museum of Geology and Natural History, Morgantown
West Virginia Natural History Museum, Morgantown

Wisconsin

Cable Natural History Museum, Cable
Kenosha Public Museum, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point Museum of Natural History, Stevens Point
UW–Madison Geology Museum, Madison

Wyoming

Tate Geological Museum, Casper
Werner Wildlife Museum, Casper
Draper Museum of Natural History, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody
National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Center, Dubois
Natural History Museum of Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs
University of Wyoming Geological Museum, Laramie
University of Wyoming Insect Museum, Laramie

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.
↑ Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. "mlbean.byu.edu". mlbean.byu.edu. Retrieved 2012-04-19.

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