"A museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, and open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, material evidence of people and their environment."

Modern museums concentrate on a particular subject, and most museums belong to one or more of the following categories: fine arts, applied arts , archaeology, anthropology, ethnology, history, cultural history, science, technology, natural history. Within these categories many museums specialize further, e.g. museums of modern art, local history, aviation history, ariculture or geology.

Subcategories

There are 19 subcategories to this category.

Agriculture museums Architecture museums Archives Art museums and galleries C Children's museums Civilization museums

H Heritage railways History museums L Living museums M Maritime museums Museum ships Museums grouped by country N Natural history museums

S Science museums Sports museums Museum stubs T Transport museums W War and conflict museums Wax museums

Articles in category "Museums"

There are 51 articles in this category.

Museum List of museums . .museum A Afghan National Museum Aldo Massola American Jazz Museum Archaeological Museum of Asturias Art gallery B Bergen Museum Boston Athenæum C Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal Corvette Museum Crown jewels D DigiBarn Computer Museum E Elvis-A-Rama Museum F Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Freedom Park

G Gyungbok Palace H Hermann Oberth Museum I Icelandic Phallological Museum International Council of Museums J Jewish Museum (Bucharest) John Lennon Museum K Kiev fortress L Lightner Museum List of museums in Greece List of transport museums Luminis M Meadowlands Museum Mexican Heritage Plaza Modern Transportation Museum Museo del Oro Museum Domain Management Association Museum of Anthropology Museum of Science and Industry

N Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Nevada Museum of Art New Brunswick Museum O OMAR Mine Museum Open air museum Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Ottó Herman Museum Overloon War Museum R Rhode Island Computer Museum Royal Museum for Central Africa S Science museum Museum ship State Heraldic Museum T Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum W Winterthur Museum and Grounds