Specialist Museums – Virtual Tour

A museum is an institution that cares for a collection in any field of endeavor that is of interest to humankind.

The types of museums vary from large institutions, covering many of the categories below, to smaller institutions focusing on highly specific subjects.

A Tour of Specialist Museums

• Historic House Museums
• Cultural and Heritage Museums
• Money, Banking and Mint Museums
• Police and Prison Museums
• Archaeological Museums
• Air and Space Museums
• Military and War Museums
• Maritime Museums and Museums Ships
• Science and Technology Museums
• Natural History Museums
• Buddhist Art
• Christian Art
• Ancient Egyptian Art
• History Paintings
• American Art

Historic House Museums

• Historic House Museums
• Charles Dickens Museum
• Sherlock Holmes Museum
• Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum
• Atatürk Museum (Thessaloniki)
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
• Queen’s House, Greenwich
• Hampton Court Palace
• Sir John Soane’s Museum
• Driehaus Museum
• Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
• ʻIolani Palace

Cultural Museums

• Cultural and Heritage Museums
• Japanese American National Museum
• National Museum of the American Indian
• California African American Museum
• Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
• Chinese Museum, Melbourne
• Jewish Museum of Australia
• Peranakan Museum, Singapore
• Chinatown Heritage Centre, Singapore
• Jewish Museum London
• Museum of Freemasonry
• Jewish Museum, Berlin
• Jewish Museum in Prague
• Jewish Museum of Greece
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Money, Banking and Mint Museums

• Bank of England Museum
• Perth Mint
• Old Treasury Building, Melbourne
• Numismatic Museum of Athens

Museums of Conscience

• National Civil Rights Museum
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
• National Center for Civil and Human Rights
• National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery, Alabama
• The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, Montgomery, Alabama

Spanish Missions in the Americas

• Alamo Mission
• Mission Concepcion
• Mission San José
• Mission San Gabriel Arcángel

Library Museums

• British Library
• Vatican Library
• The Huntington Library
• State Library of Victoria
• John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
• The Winterthur Library

Postal and Stamp Museums

• National Postal Museum, Washington, D.C.
• Singapore Philatelic Museum

Sports Museums

• National Sports Museum, Melbourne Australia
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum
• NASCAR Hall of Fame
• Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
• Muhammad Ali Center

Mining Museum

• National Mining Hall of Fame, USA

Religious Historic Buildings / Museums

• Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum
• Westminster Abbey
• St Paul’s Cathedral

Music Museums

• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

University Museums

• Yale University Art Gallery
• Peabody Museum of Natural History
• University of Alaska Museum of the North
• Ackland Art Museum
• Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
• Athens University Museum
• RD Milns Antiquities Museum
• Nicholson Museum

Prison Museums

• Old Melbourne Gaol, Australia
• Fremantle Prison, Australia
• Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
• Changi Prison Museum

Police Museums

• Queensland Police Museum, Australia
• City of London Police Museum

Observatory Museums

• Griffith Observatory
• Royal Observatory, Greenwich

Automotive Museums

• Automotive Museums – Virtual Tour
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum
• Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum
• Automotive Hall of Fame
• Petersen Automotive Museum
• NASCAR Hall of Fame
• California Automobile Museum
• Hellenic Motor Museum
• Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
• Harley-Davidson Museum

Air and Space Museums

• National Air and Space Museum, USA
• National Museum of the United States Air Force, USA
• National Naval Aviation Museum, USA
• Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum
• National Naval Aviation Museum, USA
• Space Center Houston
• San Diego Air & Space Museum
• Museum of Flight
• Lone Star Flight Museum
• Aviation Museum Hannover-Laatzen
• Royal Air Force Museum London
• Australian Aviation Heritage Centre
• National Atomic Testing Museum
• National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
• The National WWII Museum
• National World War I Museum and Memorial
• National Museum of the Marine Corps
• Griffith Observatory

Medical Museums

• National Museum of Health and Medicine, USA
• Museum of Dentistry, USA
• Florence Nightingale Museum
• Wellcome Collection
• Foundling Museum

Virtual Tour of Military and War Museums and Memorials

• Military and War Museums and Memorials
• National WWII Museum, USA
• National World War I Museum and Memorial, USA
• National Civil War Museum, USA
• Imperial War Museum, London
• Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York
• National Museum of the United States Air Force
• National Museum of the Marine Corps
• National Veterans Memorial and Museum
• Australian War Memorial
• Darwin Military Museum, Australia
• Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, Australia
• Changi Museum, Singapore
• War Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Churchill War Rooms, London
• Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, New Zealand
• Household Cavalry Museum, London
• National Army Museum, London
• MacArthur Museum Brisbane
• National Atomic Testing Museum
• National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Transport Museums

• Swiss Museum of Transport
• Harley-Davidson Museum
• London Transport Museum
• Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum
• Hellenic Motor Museum
• Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
• New York Transit Museum
• National Railroad Museum
• Texas Transportation Museum
• New York Transit Museum
• San Diego Model Railroad Museum
• California State Railroad Museum
• Miniatur Wunderland

Military and War Museums and Memorials

• Imperial War Museum, London
• Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York
• Australian War Memorial
• Darwin Military Museum, Australia
• Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, Australia
• Changi Museum, Singapore
• War Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Churchill War Rooms, London
• Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, New Zealand
• Household Cavalry Museum, London
• National Army Museum, London
• MacArthur Museum Brisbane

Spy Museums

• CIA Museum
• National Cryptologic Museum
• International Spy Museum
• Spy Museum Berlin

Maritime and Ship Museums and Memorials

• Maritime Museums and Museum Ships
• National Museum of the United States Navy
• Battleship New Jersey
• Australian National Maritime Museum
• New Zealand Maritime Museum
• Queensland Maritime Museum
• WA Maritime Museum
• WA Shipwrecks Museum
• Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York
• USS Cod
• Cutty Sark, Royal Museums Greenwich
• National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
• Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
• HMS Belfast
• Museum of London Docklands
• Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg

 Ship Museums

• Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York
• USS Constitution
• Battleship New Jersey
• USS Cod
• Cutty Sark, Royal Museums Greenwich
• HMS Belfast
• HMAS Vampire (D11)
• HMAS Onslow
• HMAS Diamantina
• Forceful – Tugboat
• HMAS Ovens

Science and Technology Museums

• Science and Technology Museums
• Center of Science and Industry, COSI
• Science Museum, London
• Carnegie Science Center
• Perot Museum of Nature and Science
• California Science Center
• Queensland Museum & Science Centre
• National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
• ArtScience Museum, Singapore
• Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
• Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland
• Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York
• National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC
• National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
• Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
• Exploratorium
• Science and Technology Museums
• Royal Observatory, Greenwich
• National Atomic Testing Museum
• National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Natural History Museums

• Natural History Museums
• Natural History Museum, London
• American Museum of Natural History, New York
• National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
• Carnegie Museum of Natural History
• Perot Museum of Nature and Science
• Houston Museum of Natural Science
• Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
• Shanghai Natural History Museum
• National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
• Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
• Natural History Museums
• Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, London,

Portrait Galleries

• National Portrait Gallery, London
• National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
• National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia

Archaeological Museums

• United States

  • University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
  • The Legion of Honor
  • The MET Cloisters
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art – MET

• Greece Archaeological Museums

  • National Archaeological Museum, Athens
  • The Acropolis Museum, Athens
  • Syntagma Metro Station Archaeological Collection, Athens
  • Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
  • Delphi Archaeological Museum
  • Archaeological Museum of Mycenae
  • Archaeological Museum of Delos
  • Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth
  • Delphi Archaeological Museum
  • Archaeological Museum of Olympia
  • Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus

• Italy Archaeological Museums

  • The Archaeological Civic Museum (MCA) of Bologna
  • Capitoline Museums, Rome
  • Vatican Museums, Vatican City

• Britain Archaeological Museums

  • British Museum, London
  • Roman Baths
  • London’s Roman Amphitheatre
  • Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
  • “National Roman Legion Museum” and “Caerleon Roman Fortress and Baths”

• Paris Archaeological Museums

  • Louvre, Paris
  • Musée National du Moyen Age

• Egypt Archaeological Museums

  • Egyptian Museum, Egypt

• Turkey Archaeological Museums

  • İstanbul Archaeology Museums

Encyclopedic Museums

• British Museum, London
• Louvre, Paris
• Metropolitan Museum of Art – MET, NYC
• Art Institute of Chicago

Railroad and Train Museums

• National Railroad Museum
• Texas Transportation Museum
• New York Transit Museum
• San Diego Model Railroad Museum
• California State Railroad Museum
• Miniatur Wunderland

Grief Museums

Dark or Grief themed Museums are institutions or historic sites associated with death, disaster, and tragedy. The main focus of these museums or sites is their historical and heritage value.

• National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery, Alabama
• The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, Montgomery, Alabama
• National 9/11 Museum, “Ground Zero”, New York, USA
• Military History Museum, Dresden, Germany
• Atomic Bomb Museum, Nagasaki, Japan
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Hiroshima, Japan
• Hiroshima Nuclear Bomb Museum – Japan
• Gisozi Genocide Memorial Centre, Kigali, Rwanda
• War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• The Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum
• Murambi Technical School Genocide Museum, Rwanda
• Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C.
• Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland
• Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in China
• Jeju Uprising in South Korea
• Spirit Lake Internment Camp Centre near La Ferme, Quebec
• Catacombs of Paris
• Thailand’s Siriraj Medical Museum
• “Hanoi Hilton” – Hoa Lo Prison in Vietnam
• Penang War Museum
• Myanmar’s Drug Elimination Museum
• Saddam Hussein Torture Museum – Iraq
• ISIS Museum – Iraq

Museum categories include fine arts, applied arts, craft, archaeology, anthropology and ethnology, biography, history, cultural history, science, technology, children’s museums, natural history, botanical, zoological gardens, museums of modern art, folk art, local history, military history, aviation history, philately, agriculture, or geology. Above is the evolving list of Specialist Museums featured on “Joy of Museums.”

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“A country that has few museums is both materially poor and spiritually poor …
museums, like theatres and libraries, are a means to freedom.”
– Wendy Beckett

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