🦖 Category
The world's best natural history museums
10 museums in this category, ranked by editorial composite.
#15
🦖 Natural History
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, United States
145 million specimens of Earth's natural heritage
⭐ 4.7(47,000 reviews)🏆 AECOM Top 10
#16
🦖 Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
New York, United States
Dinosaurs, dioramas and the Hayden Planetarium
⭐ 4.7(87,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
#17
🦖 Natural History
Natural History Museum
London, United Kingdom
Hope the blue whale and a Romanesque cathedral of nature
⭐ 4.8(96,000 reviews)🏆 AECOM Top 10
#44
🦖 Natural History
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago, United States
Home of SUE the T. rex
⭐ 4.7(30,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
#58
🦖 Natural History
Smithsonian National Zoo (& Conservation)
Washington, United States
163 acres of conservation in Rock Creek Park
⭐ 4.5(23,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
#66
🦖 Natural History
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, Canada
Daniel Libeskind's crystalline expansion in Toronto
⭐ 4.7(16,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
#98
🦖 Natural History
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Leiden, Netherlands
Trix the T. rex and 42 million specimens
⭐ 4.7(8,500 reviews)🏆 European Museum of the Year 2021
#111
🦖 Natural History
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, United States
Aquarium, planetarium, rainforest, museum — under one living roof
⭐ 4.7(17,000 reviews)🏆 LEED Platinum
#113
🦖 Natural History
Te Papa Wai – Ulster Museum
Belfast, United Kingdom
Northern Ireland's flagship
⭐ 4.7(4,500 reviews)🏆 Free entry
#124
🦖 Natural History
Iziko South African Museum
Cape Town, South Africa
South Africa's oldest museum
⭐ 4.5(3,500 reviews)🏆 South Africa's oldest museum