International Museums

The list below contains International Museums that contain collections of fossils and or exhibits. At the time of writing the exhibits and collections were on display but this can vary so please check before you start your trip.

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ARGENTINA

Buenos Aires: Museo Argentina de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia".
Chubut: Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia "San Juan Bosco", Comodoro Rivadavia.
La Plata: Museo de La Plata.
La Rioja: Universidad Nacional de La Rioja.
Museo Provincial de San Juan.
Neuquen: Museo Municipal de la Villa El Chocón.
Neuquén: Museo Municipal "Carmen Funes", Plaza Huincul.
Neuquén: Museo de Geología y Paleontología, Universidad Nacional del Comahue.
Río Negro: Museo Provincial "Carlos Ameghino", Cipoletti.
San Miguel de Tucumán: Museo "Fundación Miguel Lillo".
San Juan/La Rioja: Centro de Interpretación y Museo "Roberto Cei", Parque Provincial Ischigualasto.
Trelew: Museo de Paleontologia "Egidio Feruglio".

AUSTRALIA

Adelaide, SA: South Australian Museum.
Brisbane, Queensland: Queensland Museum.
Canberra, ACT: National Dinosaur Museum.
Melbourne, VI: Melbourne Museum.
Perth, WA: Western Australian Museum.
Sydney, New South Wales: Australian Museum.

AUSTRIA

Klagenfur: Bergbaumuseum.
Vienna: National History Museum.
Wien: Naturhistorisches Museum.




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BELGIUM

Brussels: Royal Institute of National Sciences.
Hainuat: Bernissart Museum, Bernissart.

BRAZIL

Centro de Pesquisas Paleontologias Llewellyn Ivor Price, Peiropolias
Fundacao Zoobotanica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Algre
Museu du Ciências Naturais da Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul.
Rio de Janeiro: Museo Nacional.
Universidade de São Paolo: Museu de Paleontologia de Monte Alto.




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CANADA

Calgary, Alberta: Zoological Gardens.
Drumheller, Alberta: Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology. (This is a MUST DO day out!)
Edmonton, Alberta: Provincial Museum of Alberta.
 Edmonton, Alberta: Department of Geology Museum, University of Alberta.
Grande Prairie, AT: Grande Prairie Museum.
Halifax,Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History.
Kingston, Ontario: Miller Museum of Geology, Queen’s University.
 Montreal, Quebec: Redpath Museum, McGill University.
Ottawa, Ontario: National Museum of National Sciences.
Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Museum of Nature.
 Parrsboro, Nova Scotia: Fundy Geological Museum.
Patricia, Alberta: Dinosaur Provincial Park.
Quebec: Redpath Museum.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Museum of Natural Sciences, University of Saskatchewan.
Southampton, Ontario: Bruce County Museum & Archives.
 Toronto, Ontario: Royal Ontario Museum.
Victoria, British Columbia: Royal British Columbia Museum.

CHILE

Santiago: Museo Nacional de Historia Natural.

CHINA

 Beijing (Peking): Beijing National History Museum.
 Beijing: Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology & Palaeoanthropology.
 Beipei, Sichuan: Beipei Museum.
 Harbin: Heilongjiang Museum.
 Nanjing: Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology.
 Nei Monggol: Inner Mongolian Museum, Hohhot.
 Shanghai Museum.
 Sichuan: Municipal Museum of Chongqing.
 Sichuan: Zigong Dinosaur Museum, Zigong.
 Sichuan: Museum of Chengdu College of Geology, Chengdu.
 Tianjin Museum of Natural History.
 Yunnan: Kunming Museum of Vertebrate Paleontology, Kunming.




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 Copenhagen: Geologisk Museum, University of Copenhagen.




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FRANCE

 Aix en Provence: Musée d’Histoire Naturelle.
Besançon: Université de Besançon.
Boulogne: Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle.
 Esperaza: Musée des Dinosaures d’Esperaza.
 Le Havre: Musée d’Histoire Naturelle.
Lyon: Faculté de Science de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard-1.
 Nantes: Musée d’Histoire Naturelle.
 Nancy: Muséum des Sciences de la Terre.
 Paris: Musée, École des Mines de Paris
Paris:Laboratoire de Paléontologie des Vertébrés, Université de Paris.
 Paris: National Museum of Natural History.
 Poligny: Muséum de Poligny
 Vernet les Bains: Musée Géologique, Vernet les Bains




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GERMANY

Berlin: Natural History Museum.
 Frankfurt-am-Main: Senckenberg Natural History Museum.
Göttingen: Institut und Museum für Geologie und Paläontologie, Georg-August-Universität.
 Hanover: Dinopark Münchehagen.
 Holzmaden: Urweltmuseum Hauff.
 Humboldt University Darmstadt: Hesse State Museum.
 Jura Museum, Eichstätt.
Leipzig: Geological University Museum.
Marburg: University Museum.
 Münster: Geological and Paleontological Museum, Münster Universtität.
 Munich: Bavarian State Institute for Paleontology and Historical Geography.
 Museum des Geologisch-Paläontologischen Instituts der Universität Tübingen
Siegsdorf: Naturkundemuseum.
 Stuttgart: State Museum for Natural History.
Tuningen: Institute and Museum of Geology and Paleontology.

GREECE

Athens: Department of Geology and Paleontology, University of Athens.




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HUNGARY

 Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum.
 Budapest: Museum of the Geological Institute of Hungary.




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INDIA

 Calautta: Geology Museum, Indian Statistical Institute.
 Kolkata: Geological Society of India.

ITALY

 Bologna: Museo G. Capellini.
 Bergamo: Museo di Scienze Naturali.
 Florence: Università degli Studi di Firenze: Museo di Storia Naturale.
 Milano: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale.
 Naples: Museo di Paleontologia dell'Università di Napoli
 Venice: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale.




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JAPAN

 Aichi: Toyohashi Aichi Museum of Natural History.
 Fukushima: Iwaki City Museum of Coal and Fossils.
 Fukui: Fukui Prefectural Museum.
 Gunma: Nakasato Dinosaur Center.
 Kagoshima Prefectural Museum.
 Miyagi: Saito Hoon Kai Museum of Natural History, Sendai.
 Niigata: Niigata Prefectural Natural Science Museum.
 Odawara: Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History.
 Osaka: Museum of National History.
 Sapporo: Historical Museum of Hokkaido.
 Shizuoka: Tokai University, Natural History, Museum, Shimizu.
 Tokyo: National Science Museum.
 Utsunomiya: Tochigi Prefectural Museum.




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KENYA

Nairobi: Kenya National Museum.




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MADAGASCAR

Majunga: Musée de Mahajunga.
Antananarivo: Université d' Musée d'Histoire Naturelle

MALAWI

 Blantyre: National Museum.

MEXICO

Mexico City: Natural History Museum.
Mexico City: Museo Nacional de Antropología.

MONGOLIA

 Ulan-Bator: State Central Museum.
 Ulan Bator: Mongolian Academy of Sciences.

MOROCCO

Rabat: Museum of Earth Sciences.




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NETHERLANDS

 Haarlem: Teylers Museum.
 Leiden: De Groene Poort, Boxte Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum.
 Maastricht: Natuurhistorisch Museum.

NORWAY

 Bergen: Natural History Museum.
 Haag: Museon Den Haag
 Oslo: Paleontological Museum, University of Oslo
 Tromsø: Tromsø University Museum.

NIGER

Niamey: National Museum.




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PORTUGAL

 Lourinhã: GEAL/Museu do Lourinhã
 Lisbon: Museu Nacional de História Natural da Universidade de Lisboa

POLAND

Chorzow, Silesia: Dinosaur Park.
 Warsaw: Institute of Palaeobiology.




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RUSSIA

Leningrad: Central Geological and Prospecting Museum; Museum of Geology.
 Moskva: Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Science.
 St. Petersburg: Central Geological and Prospecting Museum.




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SOUTH AFRICA

 Bloemfontein: National Museum.
 Capetown: South Africa Museum.
 Grahamstown: Albany Museum, Rhodes University.
 Johannesburg: Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, University of the Witwatersrand.
 Pretoria: Transvaal Museum.

SPAIN

 Galve: Galve Museum and Paleontology Park.
 Isona: Isona Museum.
 Madrid: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid.
Madrid: Museo Geologico e Minero.
 Teruel: Dinopolis.

SWEDEN

 Stockholm: Natur Historiska Riksmuseet.
Uppsala: Palentology Museum, Uppslal University.

SWITZERLAND

 Aathal: Sauriermuseum Aathal
 Geneva: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de la Ville de Genève
 Basle: Naturhistorisches Museum, Base.
 Friburg: Naturhistorisches Museum.
 Frick: Sauriermuseum Frick




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TAIWAN

 Taichung: National Museum of Natural Sciences.

THAILAND

Bangkok: Department of Mineral Resources.
 Bangkok: Geological Museum, Chulalongkorn University.


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UNITED KINGDOM

 Birmingham: Birmingham Museum.
 Bristol: Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
Cambridge: Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge University.
Cardiff, Wales: National Museum of Wales.
 Dorchester: The Dinosaur Museum.
 Dorset: Dorset County Museum.
 Dudley Museum and Art Gallery, West Midlands.
 Glasgow, Scotland: Hunterian Museum.
Isle of Skye: Staffin Museum, Ellishadder.
 Ipswich: Ipswich Museum.
 Leicester: Leicestershire Museum.
London: British Museum (Natural History).
London: Geological Survey Museum.
 Lyme Regis: Dinosaurland.
Maidstone: Maidstone Museum.
Oxford: University Museum.
Sandown, Isle of Wight: Museum of Isle of Wight Geology.
 South Humberside: Elsham Hall Country and Wildlife Park.
Stroud and Dorset Museum.
 Whitby: Whitby Museum, Pannett Park, North Yorkshire.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


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Alabama

Anniston: Anniston Museum of Natural History.
Tuscaloosa: Alabama Museum of Natural History, University of Alabama.

Alaska

Anchorage: Alaska Museum of Natural History.

Arkansas

Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Museum.

Arizona

Arizona: Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson.
Flagstaff: Museum of Northern Arizona.
Mesa: Southwest Museum.
National Park Arizona: Petrified Forest National Park

California

Claremont: Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology.
Berkeley: University of California of Paleontology.
Danville: Museums at Blackhawk.
Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Redlands: San Bernardino County Museum.
Rocklin: Sierra College Natural History Museum.
San Diego: San Diego Natural History Museum.
San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences.

Colorado

Denver: Museum of Nature and Science.
Dinamation International Society, Fruita Natural History Center.
Morrison: Natural History Museum.
Grand Junction: Museum of Western Colorado.
Boulder: University of Colorado Museum.

Connectitcut

New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University.
Rocky Hill: Dinosaur State Park.

Florida

Dania Beach: Graves Museum of Archaeology and Natural History.
Gainesville: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida.

Georgia

Atlanta: Fernbank Museum.

Hawaii

Honolulu: Honolulu Community College.

Idaho

Pocatello: Idaho Museum of Natural History.

Illinois

Chicago: Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago.
Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History.
Rock Island: Fryxell Geology Museum, Augustana College.

Indiana

Indianapolis: Children's Museum of Indianapolis.

Kansas

Fort Hays State University: Sternberg Museum of Natural History.
Lawrence: University of Kansas Natural History Museum.
Minneapolis: Ottawa County Historical Museum, Emporia State University.

Louisiana

Baton Rouge: Louisiana Museum of Natural History, Louisiana State University.

Massachusetts

Amherst College: Pratt Museum of Natural History.
Cambridge: Harvard Museum of Natural History.
South Hadley: Nash Dinosaur Land.
Springfield: Springfield Science Museum.

Michigan

Ann Arbor: Ruthven Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan.
East Lansing: Michigan State University Museum.

Minnesota

Minneapolis: Science Museum of Minnesota.

Missouri

St. Louis: St. Louis Science Center.

Montana

Bozeman: Museum of the Rockies.
Custer County: Makoshika State Park.
Choteau: Old Trail Museum.
Ekalaka: Carter County Museum.
Fort Peck Dam: Interpretive Center and Museum.
Harlowton: Upper Musselshell Museum.

Nebraska

Lincoln: University of Nebraska State Museum.

Nevada

Las Vegas: Las Vegas Natural History Museum.

New Jersey

Haddonfield: Haddonfield Dinosaur Site.
Morristown: Morris Museum.
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Geology Museum.
New Jersey: Museum of Natural History, Princeton University.
Trenton: New Jersey State Museum.

New Mexico

Abiquie: Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology.
Albuquerque: New Mexico Museum of Natural History.
Seneca: Clayton Lake State Park.

New York


Buffalo Museum of Science.
Ithaca: Paleontological Research Institution, Cornell University.
New York: American Museum of Natural History.

New Carolina

Durham: North Carolina Museum of Life and Science.
Raleigh: North Carolina State Museum of Natural Science.

North Dakota

Dickinson: Dakota Dinosaur Museum.
Grand Forks: Department of Geology of Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota.

Ohio

Cinncinnati: Cincinnati Museum Center
Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Columbus: Orton Geological Museum, Ohio State University.

Oklahoma

Norman: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma.

Oregon

Eugene: University of Oregon Museum of Natural History.

Pennsylvania

Harrisburg: State Museum of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania State University, University Park: Earth and Mineral Science Museum.
Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences.
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

South Dakota

Hill City: Black Hills Institute for Geological Research.
Rapid City: Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.

Tennessee

Knoxville: Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History.
Memphis: Pink Palace Museum.

Texas

Austin: Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas.
Canyon: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum.
Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History.
Dallas: Schuler Museum of Paleontology, Southern Methodist University.
Dallas: Dallas Museum of Natural History.
Fort Stockton: Anne Riggs Museum.
Fort Worth: Museum of Science.
Glen Rose: Dinosaur Valley State Park.
Houston: Houston Museum of Natural Science.
Houston: Vines Environmental Science Center.
Lake Jackson: Brazosport Museum of Natural Science.
Lubbock: Museum of Texas Tech University.
Midland: Petroleum Museum.

Utah

Blanding: Dinosaur Museum.
Castle Dale: Emery County Museum.
Jensen: Dinosaur National Monument.
Price: Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry.
Moab: Dan O’Laurie Museum.
Moab: Dead Horse Point State Park.
Ogden: Weber State Museum of Natural Science.
Price: Prehistoric Museum, College of Eastern Utah.
Provo: Earth Sciences Museum, Brigham Young University.
Salt Lake City: Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah.
Thanksgiving Point: North American Museum of Ancient Life.
Vernal: George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park.
Vernal: Dinosaur National Monument.
Vernal: Utah Field House of Natural History.

Washington

Seattle: Burke Museum, University of Washington.
Washington DC: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute.


Wyoming

Glenrock: Glenrock Paleontological Museum.
Casper: Tate Geological Museum, Casper College.
Laramie: University of Wyoming Geological Museum.
Thermopolis: Wyoming Dinosaur Center.


 



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URUGUAY

Montevideo: Departmento de Paleontologia, Facultad de Ciencias.




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ZIMBABWE

Bulawayo: National Museum Natural History.
Harare: National Museum of Harare.


Key: Collection Exhibit Outstanding Collections