Regional Museums

Northeast Region

• American Museum of Natural History (NYC) – https://www.amnh.org/
• Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale, CT) – https://peabody.yale.edu/
• Harvard Museum of Natural History (Cambridge, MA) – https://hmnh.harvard.edu/exhibitions
• Maine Mineral & Gem Museum (Bethel, ME) – https://mainemineralmuseum.org/
• Dorr Museum of Natural History (Bar Harbor, ME) – https://www.coa.edu/dorr-museum/
• The Nature Discovery Center (Warner, NH) – https://ndcnh.org/
• Museum of the Earth (Ithica, NY) – https://www.museumoftheearth.org/
• Howe Caverns (Howes Cave, NY) – https://howecaverns.com/
• Perkins Museum of Geology (Burlington, VT) – https://www.uvm.edu/perkins
• Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium (St. Johnsbury, VT) – https://www.fairbanksmuseum.org/
• Museum of Natural History and Planetarium (Providence, RI) – https://www.providenceri.gov/museum/
• Beneski Museum of Natural History (Amherst, MA) – https://www.amherst.edu/museums/naturalhistory
• Dinosaur State Park (Rocky Hill, CT) – https://www.dinosaurstatepark.org/
• Rutgers Geology Museum (New Brunswick, NJ) – https://geologymuseum.rutgers.edu/
• Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, PA) – https://carnegiemnh.org/
• North Museum of Nature and Science (Lancaster, PA) – https://northmuseum.org/

Southeast & South Region

• Smithsonian Institution (Washington D.C.) – https://www.si.edu/
• Maryland Science Center (Baltimore, MD) – https://www.mdsci.org/
• Museum of Geosciences (Blacksburg, VA) – https://geos.vt.edu/museum-of-geosciences.html
• Science Museum of Virginia (Richmond, VA) – https://smv.org/
• Mini-museum of Geology and Natural History (Morgantown, WV) – http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/museum/museum.htm
• Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum (Marion, KY) – https://www.clementmineralmuseum.org/
• Hidden River Cave & American Cave Museum (Horse Cave, KY) – https://hiddenrivercave.com/
• McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture (Knoxville, TN) – https://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/
• Earth Experience Museum (Murfreesboro, TN) – https://www.earthexperience.org/
• Bob Campbell Geology Museum (Clemson, SC) – https://www.clemson.edu/public/geomuseum/
• Roper Mountain Science Center (Greenville, SC) – https://www.ropermountain.org/
• McKinney Geology Teaching Museum (Boone, NC) – https://earth.appstate.edu/mckinney-teaching-museum
• Franklin Gem and Mineral Museum (Franklin, NC) – https://www.fgmm.org/
• North Carolina Museum of Natural Science (Raleigh, NC) – https://naturalsciences.org/
• Fernbank Museum of Natural History (Atlanta, GA) – https://www.fernbankmuseum.org/
• Georgia Museum of Natural History (Athens, GA) – https://gmnh.franklin.uga.edu/
• Savannah Ogeechee Canal Museum and Nature Center (Savannah, GA) – https://www.savannahogeecheecanal.org/
• Alabama Museum of Natural History (Tuscaloosa, AL) – https://almnh.museums.ua.edu/
• Museum of Natural History (Auburn, AL) – http://aumnh.auburn.edu/
• Florida Museum of Natural History (Gainsville, FL) – https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/
• Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center (Naples, FL) – https://rookerybay.org/
• Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium (Fort Myers, FL) – https://www.calusanature.org/
• Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (Jackson, MS) – http://www.mdwfp.com/museum.aspx
• Marine Education Center (Ocean Springs, MS) – https://gcrl.usm.edu/mec/
• Louisiana Museum of Natural History (Baton Rouge, LA) – https://www.lsu.edu/mns/
• Arkansas Museum of Discovery (Little Rock, AR) – https://museumofdiscovery.org/contact-information/
• Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (Norman, OK) – https://samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/
• Brazosport Museum of Natural Science (Clute, TX) – https://bcfas.org/
• Austin Nature and Science Center (Austin, TX) – http://www.austintexas.gov/page/austin-nature-science-center-exhibits
• Perot Museum of Nature and Science (Dallas, TX) – https://www.perotmuseum.org/

Midwest Region

• Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and Science (Cincinnati, OH) – https://www.cincymuseum.org/
• Karl Limper Geology Museum (Oxford, OH) – http://www.miamioh.edu/cas/academics/centers/limper-museum/
• A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum (Houghton, MI) – https://museum.mtu.edu/
• University of Michigan Museum of Natural History (Ann Arbor, MI) – https://lsa.umich.edu/ummnh
• Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science (Evansville, IN) – https://emuseum.org/science
• Joseph Moore Museum (Richmond, IN) – https://earlham.edu/joseph-moore-museum/
• Fryxell Geology Museum (Rock Island, IL) – https://www.augustana.edu/locations/fryxell-geology-museum
• Western Illinois University Museum of Geology (Macomb, IL) – http://www.wiu.edu/cas/geology/museum.php
• Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, IL) – https://www.fieldmuseum.org/
• Sanford Museum and Planetarium (Cherokee, IA) – https://sanfordmuseum.org/exhibits
• University of Iowa Museum of Natural History (Iowa City, IA) – https://mnh.uiowa.edu/
• Ed Clark Museum of Missouri Geology (Rolla, MO) – https://dnr.mo.gov/geology/edclarkmuseum.htm#:~:text=Minerals%2C%20rocks%2C%20fossils%2C%20mammoth,at%20111%20Fairgrounds%20Road%2C%20Rolla.
• Missouri Institute of Natural Science (Springfield, MO) – https://www.monatsci.org/
• Saint Louis Science Center (St. Louis, MO) – https://www.slsc.org/
• UW-Madison Geology Museum (Madison, WI) – http://geoscience.wisc.edu/museum/about/visit/
• Weis Earth Science Museum, University of Wisconsin (Menasha, WI) – https://uwosh.edu/weis/
• University of Wisconsin-Museum of Natural History (Stevens Point, WI) – https://www.uwsp.edu/cols-ap/museum/Pages/default.aspx
• Science Museum of Minnesota (Saint Paul, MI) – https://new.smm.org/
• Moose Lake State Park Agate and Geological Interpretive Center (Carlton County, MI) – https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/park.html?id=spk00239#homepage
• Dakota Dinosaur Museum (Dickinson, ND) – http://dickinsonmuseumcenter.com/
• Black Hills Institute of Geological Research (Hill City, SD) – https://www.bhigr.com/
• South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Museum of Geology (Rapid City, SD) – https://www.sdsmt.edu/Academics/Museum-of-Geology/Home/
• Ben Reifel Visitor Center, Badlands National Park (Interior, SD) – https://www.nps.gov/badl/planyourvisit/hours.htm
• Agate Fossil Beds National Monument (Sioux County, NE) – https://www.nps.gov/agfo/contacts.htm
• Eleanor Barbor Cook Museum of Geology (Chardon, NE) – https://www.csc.edu/sci/ebcmuseum/
• University of Nebraska State Museum (Lincoln, NE) – https://museum.unl.edu/
• Trailside Museum of Natural History, Fort Robinson State Park (Crawford, NE) – https://trailside.unl.edu/
• Museum of World Treasures (Wichita, KS) – https://worldtreasures.org/
• Johnston Geology Museum (Emporia, KS) – https://sites.google.com/g.emporia.edu/johnston-geology-museum/home
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History (Hays, KS) – https://sternberg.fhsu.edu/research-collections/index.html

West & West Coast Regions

• Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station (Malta, MT) – https://greatplainsdinosaurs.org/
• Museum of the Rockies (Bozeman, MT) – https://museumoftherockies.org/
• Montana Natural History Center (Missoula, MT) – https://www.montananaturalist.org/
• Tate Geological Museum (Casper, WY) – https://www.caspercollege.edu/tate-geological-museum/
• University of Wyoming Geological Museum (Laramie, WY) – http://www.uwyo.edu/geomuseum/
• Wyoming Dinosaur Center (Thermopolis, WY) – https://wyomingdinosaurcenter.org/
• Fossil Butte National Monument (Kemmerer, WY) – https://www.nps.gov/fobu/index.htm
• Norris Geyser Basin Museum (Yellowstone National Park, WY) –https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/norrisplan.htm
• Hangerman Fossil Beds National Monument (Hagerman, ID) – https://www.nps.gov/hafo/index.htm
• Idaho Museum of Natural History (Pocatello, ID) – https://www.isu.edu/imnh/
• Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History (Caldwell, ID) – https://www.collegeofidaho.edu/about/campus-facilities/natural-history-museum
• John Hutchings Museum of Natural History (Lehi, UT) – https://johnhutchingsmuseum.org/
• Natural History Museum of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT) – https://nhmu.utah.edu/
• Eccles Dinosaur Park (Ogden, UT) – https://www.dinosaurpark.org/
• BYU Museum of Paleontology (Provo, UT) – http://geology.byu.edu/museum/
• New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (Albuquerque, NM) – http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/
• Miles Mineral Museum (Portales, NM) – https://www.enmu.edu/about/general-information/local-events-and-info/arts-and-culture/miles-mineral-museum
• Museum of Nature and Science (Las Cruces, NM) – https://www.las-cruces.org/1608/Museum-of-Nature-Science
• Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology (Abiquiu, NM) – https://www.ghostranch.org/activities/the-ruth-hall-museum-of-paleontology/
• University of New Mexico Caswell Silver Geology Museum & IOM Meteorite Museum (Albuquerque, NM) – http://meteorite.unm.edu/meteorites/meteorite-museum/ https://eps.unm.edu/research/museums/index.html
• Mineral Museum-NM Tech (Socorro, NM) – https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/museum/
• Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum (Phoenix, AZ) – https://ammnre.arizona.edu/collection
• University of Arizona Mineral Museum (Tucson, AZ) – https://uamineralmuseum.com/
• Arizona Museum of Natural History (Mesa, AZ) – https://www.arizonamuseumofnaturalhistory.org/
• Museum of Northern Arizona (Flagstaff, AZ) – https://musnaz.org/
• Las Vegas Natural History Museum (Las Vegas, NV) – https://www.lvnhm.org/
• Nevada State Museum (Carson City, NV) – https://www.carsonnvmuseum.org/
• Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals (Hillsboro, OR) – https://ricenorthwestmuseum.org/
• John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (Grant and Wheeler Counties, OR) – https://www.nps.gov/joda/learn/management/upload/JODA-LRIP-Final.pdf
• University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History (Eugene, OR) – https://mnch.uoregon.edu/
• Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (Seattle, WA) – https://www.burkemuseum.org/
• Stonerose Interpretive Center and Fossil Site (Republic, WA) – https://stonerosefossil.org/
• Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park (Vantage, WA) – https://parks.state.wa.us/288/Ginkgo-Petrified-Forest
• Buena Vista Museum of Natural History (Bakersfield, CA) – https://www.buenavistamuseum.org/
• Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society Museum (Fallbrook, CA) – https://fallbrookgemandmineralsociety.wildapricot.org/
• Fossil Discovery Center of Madera County (Chowchilla, CA) – http://www.maderamammoths.org/
• Hi-Desert Nature Museum (Yucca Valley, CA) – http://hidesertnaturemuseum.org/
• Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History (Pacific Grove, CA) – https://www.pgmuseum.org/
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (Santa Barbara, CA) – https://www.sbnature.org/
• Western Science Center (Hemet, CA) – https://www.westernsciencecenter.org/
• Sierra College Natural History Museum (Rocklin, CA) – https://www.sierracollege.edu/about-us/visit/natural-history-museum.php
• San Diego Natural History Museum (San Diego, CA) – https://www.sdnat.org/exhibitions/
• Alaska Museum of Science and Nature (Anchorage, AK) – https://www.alaskamuseum.org/
• University of Alaska Museum of the North (Fairbanks, AK) – https://www.uaf.edu/museum/
• Bernice P. Bishop Museum (Honolulu, HI) – https://www.bishopmuseum.org/
• Papahnaumokuakea Marine National Monument (Hilo, HI) – https://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/education/center.html
• Hawaii Nature Center (Maui, HI) – https://hawaiinaturecenter.org/