42 Trending Museum Businesses [2024]

Updated: January 18th, 2023
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1. Smithsonian Institution

Official website of the Smithsonian, the world's largest museum and research complex, with 19 museums, 9 research centers, and affiliates around the world.

Where they're located: Washington D.C., Washington, D.C., USA
Website traffic: 5.93M/month

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2. National Constitution Center – constitutioncenter.org

The National Constitution Center in historic Philadelphia is America's most hands-on history museum. Located just two blocks from the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, it is the only museum devoted to the U.S. Constitution and the story of we, the people.

Where they're located: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Website traffic: 760K/month

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4. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Website traffic: 2.41M/month

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5. Southern Illinois University

Southern Illinois University is the right place for your college experience: in Carbondale, Illinois, SIU offers everything you need, plus extras that inspire.

Website traffic: 570K/month

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6. Exploratorium

Where they're located: San Francisco, California, USA
Website traffic: 640K/month

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7. British Museum

Welcome to the British Museum - discover two million years of human history and culture.

Website traffic: 2.47M/month

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8. Victoria and Albert Museum

Welcome to the V&A – the world's leading museum of of art, design and performance. Discover curated exhibitions and explore art and culture at its finest.

Website traffic: 1.25M/month

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9. CHM

Where they're located: San Jose, California, USA
Website traffic: 290K/month

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10. Equal Justice Initiative

EJI works to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial inequality.

Where they're located: Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Website traffic: 310K/month

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11. Homepage

Where they're located: Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Website traffic: 200K/month

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12. Home

Website traffic: 260K/month

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13. The National WWII Museum

The National WWII Museum tells the story of the American Experience in the war that changed the world - why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today.

Where they're located: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Website traffic: 540K/month

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14. The Huntington

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens is a collections-based educational and research institution established by Henry E. Huntington and located in San Marino, California

Where they're located: Huntington Beach, California, USA
Website traffic: 360K/month

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15. Edgar Allan Poe Museum : Poe's life, legacy, and Works : Richmond, Virginia

Website traffic: 80K/month

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16. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The MFA is one of the most comprehensive art museums in the world; the collection encompasses nearly 450,000 works of art. We welcome more than one million visitors each year to experience art from ancient Egyptian to contemporary, special exhibitions, and innovative educational programs.

Website traffic: 340K/month

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17. Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.

Where they're located: Manhattan Community Board 1, New York, USA

18. Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum located in New York | Open M-F & Su 10-6, Sa 10-9

Where they're located: Manhattan Community Board 1, New York, USA

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19. The Australian Museum

The Australian Museum is closed to the public until mid-2020 to enable a major renovation.

Where they're located: South Australia, Australia
Website traffic: 530K/month

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20. Field Museum

Welcome to Field Museum

Website traffic: 330K/month

21. LACMA

LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art). Largest art museum in the West inspires creativity and dialogue. Connect with cultures from ancient times to the present.

Where they're located: Los Angeles, California, USA

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22. Houston Museum of Natural Science

Visit the nationally acclaimed Houston Museum of Natural Science. Discover Texas wildlife, dinosaurs, Egypt, and more in the heart of Houston's Museum District.

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23. The Henry Ford – Museum, Greenfield Village & Rouge Factory

Visit The Henry Ford to explore our collection of authentic artifacts and stories of America's ingenuity and innovation. Buy tickets online today!

Where they're located: Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Website traffic: 170K/month

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24. Newseum

25. Denver Art Museum

The Denver Art Museum's collection includes more than 70,000 works of art. Known internationally for the way we help our visitors explore art and their own creativity.

Where they're located: Denver, Colorado, USA
Website traffic: 130K/month

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26. Museum of the Game & International Arcade Museum

The International Arcade Museum at the Museum of the Game is the world's premier resource covering game, coin-operated amusement device and videogame history.

Website traffic: 290K/month

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27. Western New Mexico University

Experience #Halloween WNMU homepage, only for Halloween weekend!"

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28. Cleveland Museum of Art

Where they're located: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Website traffic: 160K/month

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29. PHmuseum

Apply to our grant program, connect with our mentors and showcase your work in a growing community of more than 10,000 selected photographers.

Website traffic: 60K/month

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30. The Franklin Institute

Located in the heart of Philadelphia, The Franklin Institute is one of America’s most celebrated museums—a renowned leader in science and technology.

Where they're located: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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31. Home

The DMA is one of the largest art museums in America, located in the nation's largest arts district in downtown Dallas.

Where they're located: Garland, Texas, USA

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32. New-York Historical Society

Where they're located: Manhattan Community Board 1, New York, USA

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33. Home

The Museum of Science features a revolving schedule of temporary exhibits, IMAX films, and Planetarium shows, plus details on more than 700 interactive permanent exhibits, live presentations, and more!

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34. Norman Rockwell Museum

Norman Rockwell Museum presents the world’s largest collection of original Norman Rockwell art as the best of American illustration.

Where they're located: ميرنكني, Anjouan, Comoros

35. Home

Explore amazing art and artifacts from ancient Egypt, Greece and Italy, Mesopotamia, Asia, Africa, and the Americas and more at this world renowned museum.

Where they're located: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Website traffic: 210K/month

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36. Balboa Park

Where they're located: San Diego, California, USA

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37. California Science Center

Where they're located: Los Angeles, California, USA

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38. The Mariners' Museum and Park

At The Mariners' Museum, explore over 60,000 square feet of gallery space with rare figureheads, handcrafted ship models, Civil War ironclad USS <em> Monitor</em> artifacts, paintings, and much more.

Where they're located: Newark, New Jersey, USA

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39. Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

We are a family of four diverse, dynamic museums: Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History, Carnegie Science Center, and The Andy Warhol Museum.

Where they're located: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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40. Ronald Reagan

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41. unknown

Premier natural history and science Museum in Denver, Colorado and the western United States. Exhibitions, IMAX and planetarium shows, activities, and lectures that explore the wonders of science, Colorado, Earth, and the universe.

Where they're located: Denver, Colorado, USA
Website traffic: 180K/month

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