Museum region guide

Museums in North America

Explore museums across North America, from major art and science institutions to history museums, memorial sites, indigenous collections, and city landmarks.

196 museum profiles
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Featured museums in North America

Academy Museum of Motion PicturesMuseum · 3.9/5Aga Khan MuseumMuseum · 4.2/5Air Zoo Aerospace & Science MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5Alabama Sports Hall of FameMuseum · 3.6/5American Museum of Natural HistoryMuseum · 4.5/5Andy Warhol MuseumMuseumArizona Railroad MuseumMuseum · 3.6/5Arkansas Inland Maritime MuseumMuseum · 4.6/5Art Institute of ChicagoMuseum · 4.3/5Asian Art Museum of San FranciscoMuseum · 3.9/5Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile MuseumMuseumBardstown Civil War MuseumMuseum · 3.5/5Barnes FoundationMuseumBata Shoe MuseumMuseum · 4.2/5Blackhawk MuseumMuseumBoston Fire MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5California Automobile MuseumMuseumCalifornia State Capitol MuseumMuseum · 4.4/5California State Railroad MuseumMuseum · 4.4/5Canadian Museum for Human RightsMuseum · 3.4/5Canadian Museum of NatureMuseum · 4.1/5Canadian War MuseumMuseum · 4.1/5Chesapeake Bay Maritime MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5Classic Cars International MuseumMuseum · 3.8/5Cleveland Museum of ArtMuseum · 4.2/5Clyfford Still MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5Coast Guard Museum NorthwestMuseum · 4.4/5Colorado Gateway Auto MuseumMuseum · 4.4/5Colorado Prison MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5Computer History MuseumMuseumConstitution MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design MuseumMuseum · 3.6/5CosmosphereMuseum · 3.9/5Crockett Historical MuseumMuseum · 4.1/5Crystal Bridges Museum of American ArtMuseum · 3.9/5de Young MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5Denver Art MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5Detroit Institute of ArtsMuseum · 4.8/5EAA Aviation MuseumMuseumEast Texas Oil MuseumMuseum · 4.4/5Ellis Island Immigration MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5Evergreen Aviation & Space MuseumMuseumExploratoriumMuseumFlorida Adventure MuseumMuseum · 4.6/5Flying Boat MuseumMuseum · 3.5/5Folsom Prison MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5Fort FrederikMuseum · 3.2/5Frick CollectionMuseum · 4.8/5Frida Kahlo MuseumMuseum · 4.5/5Gardiner MuseumMuseum · 4.2/5Getty VillaMuseum · 3.9/5Hall of Valor Civil War MuseumMuseum · 4.5/5Hammer MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5Hampton Roads Naval MuseumMuseum · 4.1/5Harley-Davidson MuseumMuseumHeard MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5High Museum of ArtMuseum · 3.9/5Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture GardenMuseum · 4.0/5Holocaust Museum of Southwest FloridaMuseum · 3.1/5Howard University Museum;Moorland Spingarn Research CenterMuseum · 4.4/5Idaho Historical MuseumMuseum · 3.7/5Idaho Museum of natural historyMuseum · 3.7/5International Spy MuseumMuseum · 4.5/5Intrepid Sea, Air and Space MuseumMuseum · 4.3/5Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and MuseumMuseumLane Motor MuseumMuseumLeMay America’s Car MuseumMuseumMaine Maritime MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5Maritime Museum of San DiegoMuseum · 3.4/5McCord Stewart MuseumMuseum · 4.2/5Memory and Tolerance MuseumMuseum · 4.2/5Menil CollectionMuseum · 3.7/5Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)Museum · 4.9/5Military Museum of TexasMuseum · 4.4/5Milwaukee Art MuseumMuseumMississippi River MuseumMuseum · 4.1/5Montana Law Enforcement MuseumMuseum · 4.5/5Montreal Museum of Fine ArtsMuseum · 4.3/5Morgan Library and MuseumMuseum · 4.5/5Motorcycle Hall of Fame MuseumMuseum · 3.7/5Musée national des beaux-arts du QuébecMuseumMuseo AmparoMuseum · 3.9/5Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de MonterreyMuseum · 3.9/5Museo de Arte PopularMuseum · 4.1/5Museo JumexMuseum · 4.2/5Museo Nacional de ArteMuseum · 4.2/5Museo TamayoMuseum · 4.2/5Museum of Anthropology at UBCMuseum · 4.2/5Museum of Contemporary Art ChicagoMuseum · 3.9/5Museum of Fine Arts BostonMuseum · 4.2/5Museum of Fine Arts HoustonMuseum · 3.7/5Museum of History and IndustryMuseum · 3.8/5Museum of Jewish HeritageMuseum · 4.3/5Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Museum · 5.0/5Museum of Ontario ArchaeologyMuseum · 3.5/5Museum of Pop CultureMuseum · 3.9/5Museum of Science BostonMuseum · 4.2/5Museum of the City of New YorkMuseum · 3.9/5Museum of VancouverMuseum · 4.2/5Mystic Seaport MuseumMuseum · 3.8/5NASCAR Hall of FameMuseumNasher Sculpture CenterMuseum · 3.7/5National Air and Space MuseumMuseum · 4.6/5National Automobile MuseumMuseumNational Blues MuseumMuseumNational Corvette MuseumMuseumNational Gallery of ArtMuseum · 4.7/5National Gallery of CanadaMuseum · 4.1/5National Museum of African American History and CultureMuseum · 4.7/5National Museum of African ArtMuseum · 4.4/5National Museum of AnthropologyMuseum · 4.3/5National Museum of Anthropology Mexico CityMuseum · 4.2/5National Museum of the American IndianMuseum · 3.6/5National Museum of the United States Air ForceMuseum · 4.1/5National Museum of Women in the ArtsMuseumNational Postal MuseumMuseum · 4.4/5National Vietnam War MuseumMuseum · 3.5/5National WWI Museum and MemorialMuseum · 4.2/5Nelson Atkins Museum of ArtMuseum · 4.8/5Nethercutt CollectionMuseumNeue Galerie New YorkMuseum · 3.6/5Nevada Northern Railway MuseumMuseum · 4.4/5New Mexico Museum of Natural History & ScienceMuseum · 3.8/5New York City Transit MuseumMuseum · 4.3/5New York State Museum of TransportationMuseum · 4.3/5New-York Historical SocietyMuseum · 3.6/5Noble Maritime MuseumMuseum · 4.1/5Norman Rockwell MuseumMuseum · 3.2/5Pacific Heritage MuseumMuseum · 3.7/5Palm Beach Maritime MuseumMuseum · 3.5/5Peabody Essex MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5Pearl Harbor Aviation MuseumMuseum · 4.3/5Pérez Art Museum MiamiMuseum · 3.9/5Perot Museum of Nature and ScienceMuseum · 3.7/5Petersen Automotive MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5Philadelphia Museum of ArtMuseum · 4.3/5Pima Air and Space MuseumMuseum · 4.3/5Pointe-à-CallièreMuseum · 4.2/5Powerhouse MuseumMuseum · 3.5/5Railroad Museum of South FloridaMuseum · 4.6/5Renwick GalleryMuseumRevs InstituteMuseumRichard H. Driehaus MuseumMuseum · 4.6/5Rock Island Depot Railroad MuseumMuseum · 3.5/5Rodin Museum PhiladelphiaMuseumRoyal Ontario MuseumMuseum · 4.6/5Royal Tyrrell MuseumMuseumSaint Croix Aquarium and Marine Education CenterMuseum · 4.4/5San Diego Air & Space MuseumMuseumSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtMuseum · 4.3/5Savoy Automobile MuseumMuseumSeattle Art MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5Smithsonian National Air and Space MuseumMuseum · 4.2/5Smithsonian National Museum of African ArtMuseum · 3.6/5Smithsonian National Museum of Natural HistoryMuseum · 4.3/5Society of the CincinattiMuseum · 4.1/5Solomon R Guggenheim MuseumMuseum · 4.6/5Solvang Vintage Motorcycle MuseumMuseum · 3.5/5Soumaya MuseumMuseum · 4.2/5South Street Seaport MuseumMuseum · 3.4/5Space Center HoustonMuseum · 3.9/5Springfield Indian Motorcycle Museum and Hall of FameMuseum · 3.8/5Strategic Air Command & Aerospace MuseumMuseumSubmarine Library MuseumMuseum · 3.5/5SW Arts ClubMuseum · 4.4/5Tenement MuseumMuseum · 3.6/5Tennessee Central Railway MuseumMuseum · 3.7/5Texas Air MuseumMuseum · 4.4/5Texas Cowboy Hall of FameMuseum · 3.7/5Texas Prison MuseumMuseum · 3.9/5The BroadMuseum · 3.9/5The Getty CenterMuseum · 4.3/5The Houdini Museum of New YorkMuseum · 4.3/5The Johnny Cash Museum & CafeMuseum · 3.7/5The Mariners’ Museum and ParkMuseum · 3.9/5The Museum of Contemporary PhotographyMuseum · 4.6/5The National New York Central Railroad MuseumMuseum · 4.1/5The National WWII MuseumMuseum · 4.9/5The Phillips CollectionMuseum · 4.5/5The Renaissance SocietyMuseum · 4.6/5The Samurai CollectionMuseum · 4.3/5The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaMuseumThe Smithsonian American Art MuseumMuseum · 4.3/5Treasure Island MuseumMuseum · 3.7/5United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumMuseum · 4.6/5USS Midway MuseumMuseum · 4.1/5USS Nautilus Memorial Submarine Force LibraryMuseum · 3.9/5Utah State Railroad MuseumMuseum · 3.8/5Vancouver Art GalleryMuseum · 4.2/5Vizcaya Museum and GardensMuseum · 3.9/5Washington County Historical MuseumMuseum · 4.5/5Wells Fargo History MuseumMuseum · 3.7/5White Oak Civil War MuseumMuseum · 4.5/5Whitney Museum of American ArtMuseum · 4.8/5Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic SiteMuseum · 3.9/5
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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures ReviewReview · 3.9/5Aga Khan Museum ReviewReview · 4.2/5Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Alabama Sports Hall of Fame ReviewReview · 3.6/5American Museum of Natural History ReviewReview · 4.5/5Andy Warhol Museum ReviewReview · 3.6/5Arizona Railroad Museum ReviewReview · 3.6/5Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum ReviewReview · 4.6/5Art Institute of Chicago ReviewReview · 4.3/5Asian Art Museum of San Francisco ReviewReview · 3.9/5Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum ReviewReview · 3.5/5Bardstown Civil War Museum ReviewReview · 3.5/5Barnes Foundation ReviewReview · 3.6/5Bata Shoe Museum ReviewReview · 4.2/5Blackhawk Museum ReviewReview · 4.2/5Boston Fire Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5California Automobile Museum ReviewReview · 4.2/5California State Capitol Museum ReviewReview · 4.4/5California State Railroad Museum ReviewReview · 4.4/5Canadian Museum for Human Rights ReviewReview · 3.4/5Canadian Museum of Nature ReviewReview · 4.1/5Canadian War Museum ReviewReview · 4.1/5Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Classic Cars International Museum ReviewReview · 3.8/5Cleveland Museum of Art ReviewReview · 4.2/5Clyfford Still Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Coast Guard Museum Northwest ReviewReview · 4.4/5Colorado Gateway Auto Museum ReviewReview · 4.4/5Colorado Prison Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Computer History Museum ReviewReview · 3.7/5Constitution Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum ReviewReview · 3.6/5Cosmosphere ReviewReview · 3.9/5Crockett Historical Museum ReviewReview · 4.1/5Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art ReviewReview · 3.9/5de Young Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Denver Art Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Detroit Institute of Arts ReviewReview · 4.8/5EAA Aviation Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5East Texas Oil Museum ReviewReview · 4.4/5Ellis Island Immigration Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Exploratorium ReviewReview · 3.9/5Florida Adventure Museum ReviewReview · 4.6/5Flying Boat Museum ReviewReview · 3.5/5Folsom Prison Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Fort Frederik ReviewReview · 3.2/5Frick Collection ReviewReview · 4.8/5Frida Kahlo Museum ReviewReview · 4.5/5Gardiner Museum ReviewReview · 4.2/5Getty Villa ReviewReview · 3.9/5Hall of Valor Civil War Museum ReviewReview · 4.5/5Hammer Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Hampton Roads Naval Museum ReviewReview · 4.1/5Harley-Davidson Museum ReviewReview · 3.5/5Heard Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5High Museum of Art ReviewReview · 3.9/5Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ReviewReview · 4.0/5Holocaust Museum of Southwest Florida ReviewReview · 3.1/5Howard University Museum;Moorland Spingarn Research Center ReviewReview · 4.4/5Idaho Historical Museum ReviewReview · 3.7/5Idaho Museum of natural history ReviewReview · 3.7/5International Spy Museum ReviewReview · 4.5/5Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum ReviewReview · 4.3/5Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Lane Motor Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5LeMay America’s Car Museum ReviewReview · 3.5/5Maine Maritime Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Maritime Museum of San Diego ReviewReview · 3.4/5McCord Stewart Museum ReviewReview · 4.2/5Memory and Tolerance Museum ReviewReview · 4.2/5Menil Collection ReviewReview · 3.7/5Metropolitan Museum of Art ReviewReview · 4.9/5Military Museum of Texas ReviewReview · 4.4/5Milwaukee Art Museum ReviewReview · 3.8/5Mississippi River Museum ReviewReview · 4.1/5Montana Law Enforcement Museum ReviewReview · 4.5/5Montreal Museum of Fine Arts ReviewReview · 4.3/5Morgan Library and Museum ReviewReview · 4.5/5Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum ReviewReview · 3.7/5Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec ReviewReview · 3.8/5Museo Amparo ReviewReview · 3.9/5Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey ReviewReview · 3.9/5Museo de Arte Popular ReviewReview · 4.1/5Museo Jumex ReviewReview · 4.2/5Museo Nacional de Arte ReviewReview · 4.2/5Museo Tamayo ReviewReview · 4.2/5Museum of Anthropology at UBC ReviewReview · 4.2/5Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago ReviewReview · 3.9/5Museum of Fine Arts Boston ReviewReview · 4.2/5Museum of Fine Arts Houston ReviewReview · 3.7/5Museum of History and Industry ReviewReview · 3.8/5Museum of Jewish Heritage ReviewReview · 4.3/5Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) ReviewReview · 5.0/5Museum of Ontario Archaeology ReviewReview · 3.5/5Museum of Pop Culture ReviewReview · 3.9/5Museum of Science Boston ReviewReview · 4.2/5Museum of the City of New York ReviewReview · 3.9/5Museum of Vancouver ReviewReview · 4.2/5Mystic Seaport Museum ReviewReview · 3.8/5NASCAR Hall of Fame ReviewReview · 3.9/5Nasher Sculpture Center ReviewReview · 3.7/5National Air and Space Museum ReviewReview · 4.6/5National Automobile Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5National Blues Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5National Corvette Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5National Gallery of Art ReviewReview · 4.7/5National Gallery of Canada ReviewReview · 4.1/5National Museum of African American History and Culture ReviewReview · 4.7/5National Museum of African Art ReviewReview · 4.4/5National Museum of Anthropology ReviewReview · 4.3/5National Museum of Anthropology Mexico City ReviewReview · 4.2/5National Museum of the American Indian ReviewReview · 3.6/5National Museum of the United States Air Force ReviewReview · 4.1/5National Museum of Women in the Arts ReviewReview · 3.8/5National Postal Museum ReviewReview · 4.4/5National Vietnam War Museum ReviewReview · 3.5/5National WWI Museum and Memorial ReviewReview · 4.2/5Nelson Atkins Museum of Art ReviewReview · 4.8/5Nethercutt Collection ReviewReview · 3.9/5Neue Galerie New York ReviewReview · 3.6/5Nevada Northern Railway Museum ReviewReview · 4.4/5New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science ReviewReview · 3.8/5New York City Transit Museum ReviewReview · 4.3/5New York State Museum of Transportation ReviewReview · 4.3/5New-York Historical Society ReviewReview · 3.6/5Noble Maritime Museum ReviewReview · 4.1/5Norman Rockwell Museum ReviewReview · 3.2/5Pacific Heritage Museum ReviewReview · 3.7/5Palm Beach Maritime Museum ReviewReview · 3.5/5Peabody Essex Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum ReviewReview · 4.3/5Pérez Art Museum Miami ReviewReview · 3.9/5Perot Museum of Nature and Science ReviewReview · 3.7/5Petersen Automotive Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Philadelphia Museum of Art ReviewReview · 4.3/5Pima Air and Space Museum ReviewReview · 4.3/5Pointe-à-Callière ReviewReview · 4.2/5Powerhouse Museum ReviewReview · 3.5/5Railroad Museum of South Florida ReviewReview · 4.6/5Renwick Gallery ReviewReview · 3.9/5Revs Institute ReviewReview · 3.9/5Richard H. Driehaus Museum ReviewReview · 4.6/5Rock Island Depot Railroad Museum ReviewReview · 3.5/5Rodin Museum Philadelphia ReviewReview · 3.9/5Royal Ontario Museum ReviewReview · 4.6/5Royal Tyrrell Museum ReviewReview · 3.6/5Saint Croix Aquarium and Marine Education Center ReviewReview · 4.4/5San Diego Air & Space Museum ReviewReview · 3.7/5San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ReviewReview · 4.3/5Savoy Automobile Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Seattle Art Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum ReviewReview · 4.2/5Smithsonian National Museum of African Art ReviewReview · 3.6/5Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History ReviewReview · 4.3/5Society of the Cincinatti ReviewReview · 4.1/5Solomon R Guggenheim Museum ReviewReview · 4.6/5Solvang Vintage Motorcycle Museum ReviewReview · 3.5/5Soumaya Museum ReviewReview · 4.2/5South Street Seaport Museum ReviewReview · 3.4/5Space Center Houston ReviewReview · 3.9/5Springfield Indian Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame ReviewReview · 3.8/5Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5Submarine Library Museum ReviewReview · 3.5/5SW Arts Club ReviewReview · 4.4/5Tenement Museum ReviewReview · 3.6/5Tennessee Central Railway Museum ReviewReview · 3.7/5Texas Air Museum ReviewReview · 4.4/5Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame ReviewReview · 3.7/5Texas Prison Museum ReviewReview · 3.9/5The Broad ReviewReview · 3.9/5The Getty Center ReviewReview · 4.3/5The Houdini Museum of New York ReviewReview · 4.3/5The Johnny Cash Museum & Cafe ReviewReview · 3.7/5The Mariners’ Museum and Park ReviewReview · 3.9/5The Museum of Contemporary Photography ReviewReview · 4.6/5The National New York Central Railroad Museum ReviewReview · 4.1/5The National WWII Museum ReviewReview · 4.9/5The Phillips Collection ReviewReview · 4.5/5The Renaissance Society ReviewReview · 4.6/5The Samurai Collection ReviewReview · 4.3/5The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza ReviewReview · 3.6/5The Smithsonian American Art Museum ReviewReview · 4.3/5Treasure Island Museum ReviewReview · 3.7/5United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ReviewReview · 4.6/5USS Midway Museum ReviewReview · 4.1/5USS Nautilus Memorial Submarine Force Library ReviewReview · 3.9/5Utah State Railroad Museum ReviewReview · 3.8/5Vancouver Art Gallery ReviewReview · 4.2/5Vizcaya Museum and Gardens ReviewReview · 3.9/5Washington County Historical Museum ReviewReview · 4.5/5Wells Fargo History Museum ReviewReview · 3.7/5White Oak Civil War Museum ReviewReview · 4.5/5Whitney Museum of American Art ReviewReview · 4.8/5Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site ReviewReview · 3.9/5
Regional museum guide

Museum culture across North America

North America’s museums range from large art, science, and natural history institutions to indigenous cultural centres, civil rights museums, presidential libraries, local history museums, and major city landmarks.

A useful regional guide should help readers separate reputation from experience. Some museums are essential for their collections, others for interpretation, architecture, family value, or the way they explain a defining part of local or national history.