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Other Types of Museums, etc.
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This category of museums includes natural history, planetaria, oceanography, literary, music, archeology, earthscience, aerospace, ecology, nature, and medical museums, etc. Make sure to take a look, there will be something for everyone!!
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Smithsonian Institution
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The Smithsonian Museum was established in 1846 with with funds bequeathed to the United States by James Smithson. The Institution is as an independent trust instrumentality of the United States holding more than 140 million artifacts and specimens in its trust for "the increase and diffusion of knowledge".
The Smithsonian is composed of 16 museums and galleries, the National Zoo,and numerous research facilities in the United States and abroad. Nine Smithsonian museums are located on the National Mall between the Washington Monument and the Capitol. Five other museums and the Zoo are elsewhere in Washington, D.C., and both the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian Heye Center are in New York City.
The Smithsonian is a wonderful place to visit when in Washington, D.C. The museums are open from 10AM-5:30PM with some exceptions. Admission is free. It's an outstanding institution. Don't miss it.
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Exploratorium
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This site is a link to a museum of art, science and human perception. Great site. Don't miss it!
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American Museum of Natural History
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The American Museum of Natural History is located at Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York. This is a wonderful institution for young and old alike. It houses an IMAX Theater with shows that are constantly changing, the Rose Center for Space and Earth which is the new home of the Hayden Planetarium, special exhibitions as well as old favorites, and much, much more. There is onsite parking, and a new museum food court. Get onto the website to plan your day trip!
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Natural History Museums
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Natural history museums in the United States and around the world can be found by clicking this link.
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Literary Museums
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Literary Museums include links to sites about famous writers such as: Herman Melville, Edgar Allen Poe, Carl Sandburg, Ernest Hemingway, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and John Steinbeck.
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Music Museums
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This link will take you to a list of music museums that will have something for everyone.
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Dinosaur Valley Museum
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Dinosaur Valley Museum is the Museum of Western Colorado's paleontology center that is a working paleontology laboratory which features fossils from important discoveries throughout western Colorado and eastern Utah. You will see dinosaur skeletons, articulated and in "death pose" as paleontologists found them. And you will see remarkably realistic, scientific, half-size animated dinosaur replicas: moving, roaring, and howling. Don't miss this site!!
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Yale Peabody Museum
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This site has information on dinosaurs and a list of paleontology museums that you can click on and visit.
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Astronomy OnLine
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Astronomy Online includes articles, astrophotography album, observer's checklist, astronomy bookstore, pages from antique textbooks, activities, clubs, and more.
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John Maunder's Earth Science
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This site is John Maunder's Newfoundland and Labrador Earth Science Website. His goal was to compile an extensive reference resource for students of the natural history of Canada's easternmost province. It is a huge site, and worthy of a look!
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Royal Saskatchawan Museum
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At the Royal Saskatchawan Museum website you can travel through 3½ billion years of Saskatchewan’s geological and fossil history and discover everything from volcanoes and gold to dinosaurs and glaciers. However, this is just the beginning.
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Philadelphia Insectarium
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In January of 1992, the only insect museum in the tri-state area opened its doors to the public. The Insectarium was created with a vision of educating, entertaining and enlightening children and adults alike about the wonderful world of insects. The museum's mission is to teach everyone about the importance of insects to the balance of nature, the environment, and our economy.
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Biodiversity and Conservation
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This is a hypertext book by Peter J. Bryant of the School of Biology at the University of California at Irvine on the origin, nature and value of biological diversity, the threats to its continued existence, and approaches to preserving what is left. This is a must see site if you care about our world.
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Science and Technology Museums
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This links will take you to sites that speak to the history of science, and those that speak to cutting edge scientific developments.
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Compuseum
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This site is described as the 40,000 year history of the information age, and is located just north of Yellowstone National Park.
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American Computer Museum
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Understanding the modern world requires a perspective on where the computer began and where it is destined. The American Computer Museum attempts to make sense of computers for those who suffer from technophobia.
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