TheGovernment Museum Complex inChennai , which also houses theNational Art Gallery and theConnemara Public Library Anational museum can be amuseum maintained and funded by anational government .[ 1] In many countries it denotes a museum run by thecentral government , while other museums are run by regional or local governments.[ 2] In the United States, most national museums are privately funded and operated, but have been designated by Congress as national institutions that are important to the country. In other countries a much greater number of museums are run by the central government.[ 3]
The following is an incomplete list of national museums:
The Albanian government operates several national museums, including:
TheArgentinian Ministry of Culture operates several national museums, including:
The Australian Government operates several national museums through its various departments, including:
In addition, a number of states in Australia also operate "national museums". These include:
TheFederal Public Service for Science Policy Programming in Belgium operates several museum associations:
Bosnia and Herzegovina [ edit ] The government of Brunei operates several museums including:
The following arenational museums of Canada , established by the federal government of Canada and operated through an autonomousCrown corporation :
Former national museums that were later shut down includes:
In addition to institutions established or operated by the Government of Canada, several provinces and territories have established their ownprovincial and territorial museums .
Central African Republic [ edit ] Congo, Democratic Republic of the[ edit ] Georgian National Museum . Branches:Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia ,Tbilisi Samtskhe-Javakheti History Museum ,Akhaltsikhe Open Air Museum of Ethnography , TbilisiArt Museum of Georgia , TbilisiMuseum of the Soviet Occupation , TbilisiDmanisi Museum-Reserve of History and Archaeology,Dmanisi Vani Museum-Reserve of Archaeology,Vani Museum of History of Tbilisi , TbilisiMuseum of History and Ethnography of Svaneti ,Mestia Institute of Palaeobiology , Tbilisi[ 5] [ 6] Sighnaghi Museum,Sighnaghi Bolnisi Museum ,Bolnisi [ 7] Art Palace of Georgia - Museum of Cultural History Holy See (Vatican City)[ edit ] National-level museums in India come directly under the administrative control ofMinistry of Culture ,Government of India .[ 8]
Museums listed below are operated byMinistry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology and other ministries.
TheNational Museum of the Philippines (NMP), a government organization, operates several national museums, including:
TheNational Museum Complex in Manila which consists of the central museums of the NMP namely the:
The NMP also operates the following satellite museums:
Saint Kitts and Nevis [ edit ] National Archaeological Museum , MadridCervantes' House Museum , ValladolidMuseum of the Royal Mint , MadridMuseum Cerralbo , MadridAeronautical and Astronautical Museum , MadridMuseum of the Americas , MadridMuseum of the Army , ToledoCatalonia Railway Museum , Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona)Railway Museum , MadridEl Greco Museum , ToledoNational Museum of Romanticism , MadridMuseum of Garment - Ethnologic Heritage Research Center , MadridGeomineral Museum , MadridLázaro Galdiano Museum , MadridQueen Sofía Art Center National Museum , MadridNational Museum of Anthropology , MadridNational Museum of Subaquatic Archaeology , Cartagena (Murcia)National Museum of Roman Art , Mérida (Badajoz)National Museum of Decorative Arts , MadridGonzález Martí National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts , ValenciaNational Museum of Science and Technology , La Coruña and Alcobendas (Madrid)National Museum of Natural Sciences , MadridNational Museum of Sculpture , ValladolidPrado National Museum , MadridNational Museum of Theatre , Almagro (Ciudad Real)Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum , MadridNational Museum and Research Center of Altamira , Santillana del Mar (Cantabria)Naval Museum , MadridSephardic Museum , ToledoSorolla Museum , MadridRoyal Botanical Garden , MadridSource:[ 10]
Trinidad and Tobago [ edit ] United Arab Emirates [ edit ] Sponsored by theDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport
Sponsored byMinistry of Defence
Sponsored by theHome Office
Silverman, Raymond; Abungu, George; Probst, Peter (2021).National museums in Africa. Identity, history and politics . Milton: Routledge. p. 284.ISBN 978-1-000-42864-3 .OCLC 1259323561 .