Organizations that acquire, preserve, research, exhibit and provide for the educational use of works of art, objects or artifacts that are related to the study of zoology, biology, botany, mineralogy, geology and other natural sciences; history; archeology; or science and technology. Use this code for types of museums not specified below. 3,864 museums file a Form 990 in the United States. Together they report $5.9 billion in revenue and hold $25 billion in assets. Browse the largest below, or drill in by state. Also called Archeological Museums, Automobile Museums, Boat Museums, Circus Museums, Comedy Museums, Crime Museums, Culture-Specific Museums, Doll Museums, Film Museums, Fire-Fighting Museums, Forestry Museums, Gun Museums, Hall of Fame, Historic Ships, Hobby Museums, Holocaust Museums, Lapidary Arts Museums, Logging/Lumber Museums, Mapparium Museums, Marine Museums, Maritime Museums, Model Train Museums, Money/Numismatic Museums, Motion Picture Museums, Musical Instrument Museums, Naval Museums, Observatories, Philatelic Museums, Planetaria, Planetarium, Postal Museums, Railroad Museums, Religious Museums, Scouting Museums, Ship Museums, Specialized Museums, Sport Halls of Fame, Sports Museums, Theater Museums, Toy Museums, Train Museums, Transportation Museums, Video Museums, Visitors Center, Wax Museums, Whaling Museums, Woodcarving Museums.
The largest are Smithsonian Institution, National Foundation For The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Inc, and Lucas Museum Of Narrative Art.
Organizations
3,864
Total revenue
$5.9B
Total assets
$24.7B
Largest museums
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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & Business Master File. A 990 shows how an
organization is run and funded — not its real-world outcomes. Figures are presented without evaluation;
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