Natural History & Natural Science Museums nonprofits in the U.S.

Organizations that acquire, preserve, research and exhibit collections of objects that have significance in the natural sciences including botany, zoology, geology and physical and cultural anthropology. 290 natural history & natural science museums file a Form 990 in the United States. Together they report $950 million in revenue and hold $5.5 billion in assets. Browse the largest below, or drill in by state. Also called Entomology Museums, Ethnology Museums, Geology Museums, Herbarium Museums, Herpetology Museums, Mineralogy Museums, Natural History Museums, Natural Science Museums, Ornithology Museums.

The largest are American Museum Of Natural History, Field Museum Of Natural History, and California Academy Of Sciences.

Largest natural history & natural science museums

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Top 100 by revenue · 290 natural history & natural science museums nationwide

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Organization	State	Revenue	Assets	Follow
American Museum Of Natural History New York	NY	$237.1M	$1.7B	+ Follow
Field Museum Of Natural History Chicago	IL	$114.8M	$932.9M	+ Follow
California Academy Of Sciences San Francisco	CA	$89.4M	$782.1M	+ Follow
The Colorado Museum Of Natural History Denver	CO	$57.2M	$27.7M	+ Follow
Houston Museum Of Natural Science Houston	TX	$48.4M	$299.4M	+ Follow
Perot Museum Of Nature And Science Dallas	TX	$36.6M	$200.2M	+ Follow
Science Museum Of Minnesota St Paul	MN	$36.1M	$114.2M	+ Follow
Remember The Alamo Foundation San Antonio	TX	$27.0M	$55.6M	+ Follow
Natural Science Center Of Greensboro Inc Greensboro	NC	$23.7M	$40.7M	+ Follow
Cleveland Museum Of Natural History Cleveland	OH	$23.5M	$437.3M	+ Follow
Fernbank Inc Atlanta	GA	$18.6M	$46.8M	+ Follow
San Diego Society Of Natural History Balboa Park San Diego	CA	$17.1M	$82.9M	+ Follow
The High Desert Museum Bend	OR	$16.6M	$50.0M	+ Follow
North Carolina Museum Of Life & Science Inc Durham	NC	$16.3M	$26.3M	+ Follow
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Tucson	AZ	$16.2M	$66.1M	+ Follow
Santa Barbara Museum Of Natural History Santa Barbara	CA	$10.5M	$96.7M	+ Follow
Worcester Natural History Society Worcester	MA	$10.5M	$27.3M	+ Follow
Rochester Museum And Science Center Rochester	NY	$8.7M	$26.9M	+ Follow
Bay Org San Francisco	CA	$8.0M	$3.5M	+ Follow
Natural History Museum Of The Adirondacks Tupper Lake	NY	$8.0M	$36.4M	+ Follow
Dayton Society Of Natural History Dayton Museum Of Natural History Dayton	OH	$7.8M	$23.2M	+ Follow
Bishop Museum Of Science And Nature Inc Bradenton	FL	$7.1M	$34.6M	+ Follow
Curiodyssey San Mateo	CA	$6.4M	$14.6M	+ Follow
Buffalo Society Of Natural Sciences Buffalo	NY	$6.4M	$29.0M	+ Follow
Virginia Living Museum Inc Newport News	VA	$5.5M	$21.5M	+ Follow
Rolling Hills Zoo Foundation Salina	KS	$5.1M	$6.2M	+ Follow
International Game Fish Association Inc Dania	FL	$4.9M	$5.8M	+ Follow
Western Center Community Foundation Hemet	CA	$3.7M	$25.8M	+ Follow
Grand Teton Natural History Association Moose	WY	$3.6M	$8.3M	+ Follow
Lindsay Wildlife Museum Walnut Creek	CA	$3.5M	$11.3M	+ Follow
Tallahassee Museum Of History And Natural Science Inc Tallahassee	FL	$3.0M	$3.8M	+ Follow
Roaring Brook Nature Center Simsbury	CT	$2.6M	$5.0M	+ Follow
Heard Natural Science Museum And Wildlife Sanctuary Inc Mckinney	TX	$2.5M	$6.0M	+ Follow
Bronx Childrens Museum Bronx	NY	$2.5M	$639K	+ Follow
H Henry L Ferguson Museum Fishers Isle	NY	$2.4M	$9.8M	+ Follow
Cape Cod Museum Of Natural History Inc Brewster	MA	$2.1M	$6.4M	+ Follow
Project Exploration Chicago	IL	$2.1M	$891K	+ Follow
Mid America Science Museum Hot Springs	AR	$2.1M	$7.7M	+ Follow
Santa Cruz Museum Of Natural History Santa Cruz	CA	$1.9M	$19.3M	+ Follow
Steam Into History Inc New Freedom	PA	$1.8M	$7.2M	+ Follow
Schiele Museum Of Natural History And Planetarium Inc Gastonia	NC	$1.7M	$6.8M	+ Follow
Mammoth Site Of Hot Springs South Dakota Inc Hot Springs	SD	$1.6M	$6.5M	+ Follow
Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Cornwall	NY	$1.4M	$1.8M	+ Follow
Warbird Heritage Foundation Waukegan	IL	$1.4M	$1.2M	+ Follow
Delaware And Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Inc Easton	PA	$1.4M	$7.6M	+ Follow
S San Juan County Museum Association Bloomfield	NM	$1.3M	$2.1M	+ Follow
The Raymond M Alf Museum Of Paleontology Claremont	CA	$1.3M	$11.6M	+ Follow
The Institute For Aegean Prehistory Study Center For East Cretec/O Millburn New York	NY	$1.3M	$804K	+ Follow
Mesa Verde Museum Association Mancos	CO	$1.2M	$2.1M	+ Follow
The Whale Museum Friday Harbor	WA	$1.1M	$940K	+ Follow
Las Vegas Natural History Museum Las Vegas	NV	$1.0M	$3.5M	+ Follow
Museum Of Prairiefire Foundation Overland Park	KS	$1.0M	$18.9M	+ Follow
Asheville Museum Of Science Asheville	NC	$946K	$2.4M	+ Follow
Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium Inc Fort Myers	FL	$943K	$534K	+ Follow
Hollister House Garden Inc Washington	CT	$913K	$6.4M	+ Follow
Friends Of Garfield Park Inc Indianapolis	IN	$907K	$5.2M	+ Follow
Friends Of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Volcano	HI	$892K	$1.2M	+ Follow
National Marine Life Center Inc Pocasset	MA	$850K	$3.9M	+ Follow
Somali Artifact And Cultural Museum Minneapolis	MN	$848K	$276K	+ Follow
North Museum Corporation Lancaster	PA	$844K	$3.1M	+ Follow
Rice Northwest Museum Of Rocks And Minerals Hillsboro	OR	$822K	$2.2M	+ Follow
Intermountain Natural History Association Inc Jensen	UT	$727K	$1.5M	+ Follow
Pacific Flyway Fund Concord	CA	$694K	$7.5M	+ Follow
Museum Of Jurassic Technology Culver City	CA	$679K	$2.0M	+ Follow
Medicine Park Museum Of Natural Science Inc Medicine Park	OK	$665K	$1.4M	+ Follow
C Cape May Point Science Center Cape May	NJ	$664K	$5.4M	+ Follow
Academy Of Science Of St Louis Saint Louis	MO	$655K	$10.5M	+ Follow
Hui O Laka Kekaha	HI	$644K	$1.1M	+ Follow
Townshend Historical Society Inc Townshend	VT	$612K	$40K	+ Follow
Central Coast State Parks Association Sn Luis Obisp	CA	$594K	$296K	+ Follow
Cable Natural History Museum Inc Cable	WI	$581K	$8.6M	+ Follow
Ernest C Oberholtzer Foundation Duluth	MN	$554K	$1.8M	+ Follow
Homer Society Of Natural History Inc Homer	AK	$539K	$2.5M	+ Follow
Q Queensberry Farms Foundation Inc Boston	MA	$527K	$3.0M	+ Follow
Asombro Institute For Science Education Las Cruces	NM	$525K	$771K	+ Follow
Dinosaur Ahtorium St George	UT	$522K	$759K	+ Follow
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Inc Whitinsville	MA	$512K	$1.7M	+ Follow
Gumbo Limbo Coastal Stewards Inc Boca Raton	FL	$499K	$1.6M	+ Follow
Brazos Valley Museum Of Natural History Bryan	TX	$481K	$497K	+ Follow
C Crook County Museum District Sundance	WY	$416K	$1.3M	+ Follow
Aurora Fossil Museum Foundation Inc Aurora	NC	$413K	$629K	+ Follow
S Ships Of Exploration And Discovery Research Santa Fe	NM	$413K	$165K	+ Follow
Lassen Association Mineral	CA	$412K	$1.4M	+ Follow
Rachel Carson Place Of Wonder Inc Silver Spring	MD	$410K	$445K	+ Follow
Savannah Science Museum Inc Savannah	GA	$398K	$962K	+ Follow
Crowley Museum And Nature Center Inc Sarasota	FL	$390K	$1.3M	+ Follow
Buena Vista Museum Of Natural History Inc Bakersfield	CA	$376K	$1.0M	+ Follow
Franklin Mineral Museum Inc Franklin	NJ	$376K	$1.8M	+ Follow
Vermont Granite Museum Of Barre Inc Barre	VT	$359K	$4.7M	+ Follow
International Museum Of Dinnerware Design Inc Kingston	NY	$330K	$592K	+ Follow
Mississippi Museum Of Natural Science Foundation Jackson	MS	$320K	$690K	+ Follow
L Luray Community Foundation Luray	KS	$316K	$493K	+ Follow
Pacific Tsunami Museum Inc Hilo	HI	$309K	$369K	+ Follow
V Valley Historic Conservancy Meadville	PA	$303K	$302K	+ Follow
Mesa Verde Foundation Arvada	CO	$296K	$958K	+ Follow
K Knoxville Science Museum Inc Knoxville	TN	$289K	$1.0M	+ Follow
P Parrhasian Heritage Foundation Tucson	AZ	$285K	$197K	+ Follow
O Ozark Museum Of Natural History Cedarcreek	MO	$281K	$402K	+ Follow
Sea Pines Forest Preserve Foundation Hilton Head	SC	$262K	$1.0M	+ Follow
The Canton Classic Car Museum Canton	OH	$250K	$3.5M	+ Follow

All natural history & natural science museums by state

Largest natural history & natural science museums by state