US Museums Data

Museums in the United States

1. All States (3500 Museums)

Museums by Categories

1. Art Museums (1164 Museums)
2. Science & Technology (650 Museums)
3. Botanical - Nature Centers (500 Museums)
4. History Museums (386 Museums)
5. Zoos - Aquariums - Wildlife (332 Museums)
6. Children Museums (321 Museums)
7. Natural History Museums (147 Museums)

Museums by Locations

1. City - Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city (1991 Museums)
2. Rural – Census-defined rural territory that is outside an urbanized area or urbanized cluster (682 Museums)
3. Suburb – Territory inside an urbanized area but outside a principal city (573 Museums)
4. Town – Territory inside an urban cluster that is outside an urbanized area (250 Museums)

Top Cities

1. New York, NY (65 Museums)
2. Los Angeles, CA (46 Museums)
3. Chicago, IL (42 Museums)
4. Philadelphia, PA (36 Museums)
5. Dallas, TX (35 Museums)
6. Portland, ME (34 Museums)
7. Houston, TX (31 Museums)
8. Boston, MA (31 Museums)
9. Washington, DC (29 Museums)
10. San Francisco, CA (28 Museums)
11. Denver, CO (26 Museums)
12. Brooklyn, NY (25 Museums)
13. San Diego, CA (24 Museums)
14. Pittsburgh, PA (23 Museums)
15. Cincinnati, OH (22 Museums)
16. Seattle, WA (21 Museums)
17. Atlanta, GA (21 Museums)
18. Columbia, SC (20 Museums)
19. New Orleans, LA (19 Museums)
20. Baltimore, MD (19 Museums)
21. Cambridge, MA (19 Museums)
22. Buffalo, NY (19 Museums)
23. Austin, TX (18 Museums)
24. Santa Barbara, CA (18 Museums)
25. Miami, FL (18 Museums)

Most Popular Children Museums

1. Childrens Museum Of Indianapol... (Round Lake, IN)
2. Discovery Childrens Museum (Las Vegas, NV)
3. Childrens Museum Inc (Houston, TX)
4. Please Touch Museum (Philadelphia, PA)
5. Children's Museum Of Northwest... (Bentonville, AR)
6. Childrens Museum Of Denver Inc (Denver, CO)
7. San Antonio Childrens Museum (San Antonio, TX)
8. Chicago Childrens Museum (Chicago, IL)
9. Minnesota Childrens Museum (Saint Paul, MN)
10. Stepping Stones Museum For Chi... (Norwalk, CT)
11. San Jose Childrens Discovery M... (San Jose, CA)
12. Childrens Museum Of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
13. Magic House (Saint Louis, MO)
14. Kidspace A Participatory Museu... (Pasadena, CA)
15. Howard County Childrens Center... (Nashville, AR)
16. Brooklyn Childrens Museum Corp (Brooklyn, NY)
17. Long Island Childrens Museum (Garden City, NY)
18. Childrens Museum Of Richmond (Richmond, VA)
19. Dupage Childrens Museum (Naperville, IL)
20. Kohl Childrens Museum Of Great... (Glenview, IL)
21. Childrens Museum Of Phoenix (Phoenix, AZ)
22. Creative Discovery Museum (Chattanooga, TN)
23. Baltimore Childrens Museum Inc (Baltimore, MD)
24. Portland Childrens Museum (Portland, OR)
25. Pretend City The Childrens Mus... (Irvine, CA)

Most Popular Zoos & Aquariums

1. Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundati... (Monterey, CA)
2. Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH)
3. Antioch University (Yellow Springs, OH)
4. Shedd Aquarium Society (Chicago, IL)
5. Philadelphia Zoo (Philadelphia, PA)
6. Columbus Zoological Park Assoc... (Powell, OH)
7. Houston Zoo Inc (Houston, TX)
8. Omaha Zoological Society Inc (Omaha, NE)
9. Woodland Park Zoological Socie... (Seattle, WA)
10. Zoological Society Of Cincinna... (Cincinnati, OH)
11. Aquarium Of The Pacific (Long Beach, CA)
12. Audubon Nature Institute Inc (New Orleans, LA)
13. Audubon Nature Institute Inc (New Orleans, LA)
14. Toledo Zoological Society (Toledo, OH)
15. Fort Worth Zoological Associat... (Fort Worth, TX)
16. Arizona Zoological Society (Phoenix, AZ)
17. Tennessee Aquarium (Chattanooga, TN)
18. Atlanta-fulton County Zoo Inc (Atlanta, GA)
19. Lowry Park Zoological Society ... (Tampa, FL)
20. Santa Barbara Zoological Found... (Santa Barbara, CA)
21. Florida Aquarium Inc (Tampa, FL)
22. Memphis Zoo Inc (Memphis, TN)
23. Texas State Aquarium (Corpus Christi, TX)
24. Utah Zoological Society (Salt Lake Cty, UT)
25. Utah Zoological Society (Salt Lake City, UT)

Museums by State

1. California (395 Museums)
2. New York (271 Museums)
3. Texas (256 Museums)
4. Florida (207 Museums)
5. Pennsylvania (175 Museums)
6. North Carolina (129 Museums)
7. Illinois (118 Museums)
8. Massachusetts (115 Museums)
9. Ohio (111 Museums)
10. Michigan (108 Museums)
11. Wisconsin (106 Museums)
12. Colorado (100 Museums)
13. Virginia (99 Museums)
14. Georgia (74 Museums)
15. Arizona (68 Museums)
16. Washington (62 Museums)
17. Tennessee (60 Museums)
18. Missouri (58 Museums)
19. Louisiana (52 Museums)
20. Minnesota (51 Museums)
21. Alabama (49 Museums)
22. Maryland (48 Museums)
23. Iowa (47 Museums)
24. Oregon (46 Museums)
25. Connecticut (46 Museums)
26. Indiana (43 Museums)
27. New Mexico (42 Museums)
28. South Carolina (41 Museums)
29. Oklahoma (37 Museums)
30. Nebraska (36 Museums)
31. Kansas (33 Museums)
32. Utah (33 Museums)
33. New Jersey (32 Museums)
34. Kentucky (30 Museums)
35. District of Columbia (29 Museums)
36. South Dakota (27 Museums)
37. Maine (25 Museums)
38. Arkansas (24 Museums)
39. Montana (22 Museums)
40. New Hampshire (22 Museums)
41. Nevada (21 Museums)
42. Hawaii (20 Museums)
43. West Virginia (19 Museums)
44. Rhode Island (19 Museums)
45. Idaho (16 Museums)
46. Mississippi (16 Museums)
47. North Dakota (15 Museums)
48. Wyoming (14 Museums)
49. Delaware (13 Museums)
50. Alaska (11 Museums)
51. Vermont (9 Museums)