Science museums

The Arkansas Museum of Discovery, Arkansas' Museum of Science & History, is located in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. The museum is housed in a historic building in the River Market District on the Arkansas River. The Clinton Presidential Center is within walking distance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arkansas Museum of Discovery"

The Bradbury Science Museum is the chief public facility of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, located in Los Alamos, New Mexico. It was founded in 1963, and was named for the Laboratory's second director (1945-1970), Norris E. Bradbury. Among the museum's early exhibits, artifacts and documents from the World War II Manhattan Project were displayed upon becoming designated unclassified. Admission is free. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bradbury Science Museum"

Buffalo Museum of Science is a science museum northeast of Buffalo, New York USA near the Kensington Expressway. The attractions include animals, astronomy, the science of technology, and more about science. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buffalo Museum of Science"

The California Science Center (sometimes spelled California ScienCenter) is a museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles. It is a public-private partnership between the State and ...more on Wikipedia about "California Science Center"

The Canada Science and Technology Museum (French: Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada) is located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on St. Laurent Boulevard, to the south of the Queensway. It is linked with Science North in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canada Science and Technology Museum"

The Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal is a converted railroad terminal that houses museums, theaters, and a library. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal"

Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie is the biggest science museum in Europe. It is located in Paris, France. The glass and steel building was designed by Peter Rice and it was opened 1986. Yearly about five million people visit the Cité. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie"

COSI, formerly known as the Center of Science and Industry, is a science museum in Columbus, Ohio. COSI opened on March 29, 1964, as a venture of the Franklin County Historical Society. It was originally housed in Memorial Hall, a Columbus landmark that had served as a major performing arts hall since its dedication in 1906. In 1999, COSI moved to a new location on the Scioto riverfront. The building was designed by internationally-renowned architect Arata Isozaki using the former Central High School along with new construction on the site of the school's football field. COSI also operates a sister museum in Toledo, Ohio. As a non-profit organization, COSI is supported by a network of community and statewide partnerships, including relationships with a variety of donors, sponsors, 15,000 Member households, and more than 800,000 people served per year through visits to the museum and outreach activities. ...more on Wikipedia about "COSI"

The Deutsches Museum is one of the world's largest museums of technology and science. It is based in Munich. There are about 1.3 million visitors each year. ...more on Wikipedia about "Deutsches Museum"

Dynamic Earth is an interactive science museum in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dynamic Earth"

The Exploratorium is a public science museum located in the Marina District at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California. It is one of San Francisco's most popular museums, drawing over 500,000 people a year. ...more on Wikipedia about "Exploratorium"

The Fernbank Science Center is a museum, classroom, and woodland complex located northeast of Atlanta, Georgia. The Fernbank Science Center is owned and operated by DeKalb County School System. The nearby Fernbank Museum of Natural History is a private non-profit organization that is separate from, but works closely with, the Science Center. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fernbank Science Center"

The Franklin Institute is the memorial to Benjamin Franklin, that serves to perpetuate his legacy; the museum contains many of Franklin's personal effects. On February 5, 1824, Samuel Vaughan Merrick and William H. Keating founded The Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Franklin Institute"

The Glasgow Science Centre is a major science and technology museum located in Glasgow, Scotland. The main building contains a planetarium, virtual reality studio, as well as numerous other exhibits, displays and lecture rooms/theatres. Outside the main building there is an IMAX cinema, and the Glasgow Tower, the only structure in the world capable of rotating 360° from its foundations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Glasgow Science Centre"

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The Great Lakes Science Center is a museum and educational facility in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Lakes Science Center"

The Hermann Oberth Museum is a museum for space technology based in the Frankish city Feucht (in Germany). The museum commemorates the work of the famous rocket pioneer Hermann Oberth. Exhibits include a Kumulus rocket and a Cirrus rocket, which were developed at the beginning of the 1960s by the Hermann Oberth Society and launched near Cuxhaven, Germany. A Swiss Zenith rocket is also on display in front of the museum. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hermann Oberth Museum"

The Hong Kong Science Museum ( Traditional Chinese: 香港科學館, Simplified Chinese: 香港科学馆; Cantonese Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 fo1 hok6 gun2; Mandarin Pinyin: Xiānggǎng Kēxuéguǎn) is a scientific-themed museum in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong.It is next to the Hong Kong Museum of History. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hong Kong Science Museum"

The Houston Museum of Natural Science is a museum located in Houston, Texas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Houston Museum of Natural Science"

The Imaginarium is a Science Discovery Center located in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The Imaginarium is Alaska's only hands-on Science Discovery Center, is designed as a place where people can have fun learning about science by actually doing science. Serving over 50,000 children and adults annually, The Imaginarium is a unique destination for local schoolchildren, preschoolers, birthday parties and visitors alike. ...more on Wikipedia about "Imaginarium"

The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center is a museum and educational facility in Hutchinson, Kansas that is best known for the display and restoration of space artifacts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center"

The Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) is a public science center, run by the University of California, Berkeley. It is located in the hills above the university's central campus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lawrence Hall of Science"

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The Maryland Science Center, located in Baltimore, Maryland's Inner Harbor, opened to the public in 1976, with 3 levels of exhibits and a planetarium. Years later, an IMAX theater was added, but the museum continued to show its age as the end of the 20th century approached. In 2004, a large addition to the property was opened, and the modernized hands-on exhibits now include more than two dozen dinosaur skeletons. Subjects that the center displays include physical science, space, the human body, and blue crabs that live in the Chesapeake Bay. ...more on Wikipedia about "Maryland Science Center"

Microcosm is a museum of particle physics located at CERN in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, near the town of Meyrin. It is a very comprehensive museum, covering a broad range of particle physics topics, as well as the entire history of CERN. Exhibits include: ...more on Wikipedia about "Microcosm (CERN)"

The Montshire Museum of Science is a small, hands-on, self-guided science museum located in Norwich, Vermont in Windsor County. It has roughly 150,000 visitors annually. The museum, including the building and nature trails, is located on over 110 acres (445,000 m²) of land. It has exhibits on anatomy, math, astronomy, mechanics, and natural history, among others. Its live animal exhibits include a hive of honeybees that is connected to the outdoors and a colony of leafcutter ants. Outside of the museum building, there is a two acre (8,000 m²) Science Park including a scaled model of the solar system (Pluto is located a two-mile walk away), and exhibits on light, sound, and motion; among the sound exhibits there are "Whisper dishes" (parabolic dishes 40 feet apart) and a musical fence built by Paul Matisse, grandson of painter Henri Matisse. ...more on Wikipedia about "Montshire Museum of Science"

The Museon is a science museum in The Hague, Netherlands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Museon"

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