List of science centers in the United States
This is a List of science centers in the United States. AAM and ASTC member centers are granted institutional benefits and may offer benefits to individuals through purchased or granted individual memberships as well. ASTC offers a "passport" that allows for free general entry at all other participating ASTC member centers outside of a 90-mile radius of home. AAM offers a similar program that offers benefits to individuals.
AAM accredited museums have obtained a seal of approval from the AAM Accreditation Program that ensures a museum's "commitment to excellence, accountability, high professional standards and continued institutional improvement."
This is a comprehensive list of ASTC centers, but it is not comprehensive for AAM museums. Any type of museum can be associated with AAM, whereas ASTC associates specifically with science centers and technology-based collections.
| Name | City | State | AAM Accredited | AAM Member | ASTC Member | ASTC Passport |
| A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village | Salem | Oregon | ||||
| A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum | Houghton | Michigan | ||||
| The Academy of Natural Sciences | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | ||||
| The Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum | Chicago | Illinois | ||||
| Air Zoo | Portage | Michigan | ||||
| Alabama Museum of Health Sciences | Birmingham | Alabama | ||||
| American Computer Museum | Bozeman | Montana | ||||
| American Museum of Natural History | New York | New York | ||||
| American Museum of Radio and Electricity | Bellingham | Washington | ||||
| American Museum of Science & Energy | Oak Ridge | Tennessee | ||||
| Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center and Imaginarium Discovery Center | Anchorage | Alaska | ||||
| Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum | Ann Arbor | Michigan | ||||
| Anniston Museum of Natural History | Anniston | Alabama | ||||
| Arizona Science Center | Phoenix | Arizona | ||||
| The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | ||||
| Astronaut Memorial Planetarium & Observatory | Cocoa | Florida | ||||
| Austin Children's Museum | Austin | Texas | ||||
| Aviation Museum of Kentucky | Lexington | Kentucky | ||||
| The Bakken Library and Museum | Minneapolis | Minnesota | ||||
| Barlow Planetarium | Menasha | Wisconsin | ||||
| Bell Museum of Natural History | Minneapolis | Minnesota | ||||
| Bergen Museum of Art & Science | Hackensack | New Jersey | ||||
| Berkshire Museum | Pittsfield | Massachusetts | ||||
| Bernice P. Bishop Museum | Honolulu | Hawaii | ||||
| Birch Aquarium at Scripps | La Jolla | California | ||||
| Birds of Vermont Museum | Huntington | Vermont | ||||
| Bishop Museum | Honolulu | Hawaii | ||||
| Boonshoft Museum of Discovery | Dayton | Ohio | ||||
| Boston Children's Museum | Boston | Massachusetts | ||||
| Bradbury Science Museum | Los Alamos | New Mexico | ||||
| The Brooklyn Children's Museum | Brooklyn | New York | ||||
| Bruce Museum | Greenwich | Connecticut | ||||
| Buffalo Museum of Science | Buffalo | New York | ||||
| Burpee Museum of Natural History | Rockford | Illinois | ||||
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco | California | ||||
| California Science Center | Los Angeles | California | ||||
| Cape Fear Museum of History & Science | Wilmington | North Carolina | ||||
| Carnegie Science Center | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | ||||
| Chabot Space & Science Center | Oakland | California | ||||
| Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee | Tallahassee | Florida | ||||
| Chicago Children's Museum | Chicago | Illinois | ||||
| Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose | San Jose | California | ||||
| The Children's Museum | West Hartford | Connecticut | ||||
| Children's Museum of Houston | Houston | Texas | ||||
| The Children's Museum of Indianapolis | Indianapolis | Indiana | ||||
| Children's Museum of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | ||||
| The Children's Museum of Science and Technology | Troy | New York | ||||
| Cincinnati Museum Center | Cincinnati | Ohio | ||||
| Clark Planetarium | Salt Lake City | Utah | ||||
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | Cleveland | Ohio | ||||
| Columbia Memorial Space Center | Downey | California | ||||
| Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science and Technology | Richland | Washington | ||||
| Computer History Museum | Mountain View | California | ||||
| Connecticut Science Center | Hartford | Connecticut | ||||
| COSI | Columbus | Ohio | ||||
| Cranbrook Institute of Science | Bloomfield Hills | Michigan | ||||
| Creative Discovery Museum | Chattanooga | Tennessee | ||||
| Da Vinci Science Center | Allentown | Pennsylvania | ||||
| Defense Nuclear Weapons School | Albuquerque | New Mexico | ||||
| Delaware Museum of Natural History | Wilmington | Delaware | ||||
| Denver Museum of Nature & Science | Denver | Colorado | ||||
| Detroit Science Center | Detroit | Michigan | ||||
| DigiBarn Computer Museum | Boulder Creek | California | ||||
| The Discovery Center of Idaho, Inc. | Boise | Idaho | ||||
| Discovery Gateway | Salt Lake City | Utah | ||||
| Discovery Museum | Sacramento | California | ||||
| Discovery Museum, Inc. | Bridgeport | Connecticut | ||||
| Discovery Place, Inc. | Charlotte | North Carolina | ||||
| Discovery Science Center | Santa Ana | California | ||||
| The Discovery Science Place | Tyler | Texas | ||||
| Discovery Station | Hagerstown | Maryland | ||||
| Discovery World | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | ||||
| Dittrick Museum of Medical History | Cleveland | Ohio | ||||
| Don Harrington Discovery Center | Amarillo | Texas | ||||
| Durango Discovery Museum | Durango | Colorado | ||||
| EAA AirVenture Museum | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | ||||
| East Kentucky Science Center | Prestonsburg | Kentucky | ||||
| ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain | Burlington | Vermont | ||||
| EcoTarium | Worcester | Massachusetts | ||||
| EdVenture Children's Museum | Columbia | South Carolina | ||||
| Eli Whitney Museum | Hamden | Connecticut | ||||
| Emerald Coast Science Center | Fort Walton Beach | Florida | ||||
| Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science | Evansville | Indiana | ||||
| Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum | McMinnville | Oregon | ||||
| Exhibit Museum of Natural History | Ann Arbor | Michigan | ||||
| Explora | Albuquerque | New Mexico | ||||
| Exploration Place, The Sedgwick County Science and Discovery Center | Wichita | Kansas | ||||
| Exploratorium | San Francisco | California | ||||
| Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium | St. Johnsbury | Vermont | ||||
| Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden | Miami | Florida | ||||
| Fernbank Museum of Natural History | Atlanta | Georgia | ||||
| Fernbank Science Center | Atlanta | Georgia | ||||
| The Field Museum of Natural History | Chicago | Illinois | ||||
| Flint Children's Museum | Flint | Michigan | ||||
| Flint Hills Discovery Center | Manhattan | Kansas | ||||
| Florida Museum of Natural History | Gainesville | Florida | ||||
| Fort Collins Museum & Discovery Science Center | Fort Collins | Colorado | ||||
| Fort Worth Museum of Science and History | Fort Worth | Texas | ||||
| The Franklin Institute | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | ||||
| Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science | Fresno | California | ||||
| Goudreau Museum of Mathematics in Art and Science | New Hyde Park | New York | ||||
| Great Explorations Children's Museum | Saint Petersburg | Florida | ||||
| Great Lakes Science Center | Cleveland | Ohio | ||||
| Great Valley Nature Center | Devault | Pennsylvania | ||||
| Greensboro Science Center, Inc. | Greensboro | North Carolina | ||||
| Grout Museum District: Bluedorn Science Imaginarium | Waterloo | Iowa | ||||
| Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center | Mobile | Alabama | ||||
| Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center | Buford | Georgia | ||||
| Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology | Providence | Rhode Island | ||||
| Hagley Museum and Library | Wilmington | Delaware | ||||
| Happy Hollow Park & Zoo | San Jose | California | ||||
| Harvard Museum of Natural History | Cambridge | Massachusetts | ||||
| The Health Museum | Houston | Texas | ||||
| The Henry Ford | Dearborn | Michigan | ||||
| Hopewell Museum | Paris | Kentucky | ||||
| Houston Museum of Natural Science | Houston | Texas | ||||
| Hudson River Museum | Yonkers | New York | ||||
| Humboldt State University Natural History Museum | Arcata | California | ||||
| Huntington Botanical Gardens | San Marino | California | ||||
| Imaginarium | Anchorage | Alaska | ||||
| Imagination Station | Toledo | Ohio | ||||
| Imagination Station Science Museum | Wilson | North Carolina | ||||
| ʻImiloa Astronomy Center | Hilo | Hawaii | ||||
| Impression 5 Science Center | Lansing | Michigan | ||||
| Information Age Learning Center | Wall | New Jersey | ||||
| International Museum of Art & Science | McAllen | Texas | ||||
| International Museum of Surgical Science | Chicago | Illinois | ||||
| Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum | New York | New York | ||||
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Pasadena | California | ||||
| Kalamazoo Valley Museum | Kalamazoo | Michigan | ||||
| Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center | Hutchinson | Kansas | ||||
| Kern County Museum | Bakersfield | California | ||||
| Kidspace Children's Museum | Pasadena | California | ||||
| Kingman Museum | Battle Creek | Michigan | ||||
| Kopernik Observatory & Science Center | Vestal | New York | ||||
| Lake County Discovery Museum | Wauconda | Illinois | ||||
| Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences | Peoria | Illinois | ||||
| Las Vegas Natural History Museum | Las Vegas | Nevada | ||||
| Lawrence Hall of Science | Berkeley | California | ||||
| Liberty Science Center | Jersey City | New Jersey | ||||
| Lied Discovery Children's Museum | Las Vegas | Nevada | ||||
| Lindsay Wildlife Experience | Walnut Creek | California | ||||
| Louisiana Arts and Science Museum | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | ||||
| Kentucky Science Center | Louisville | Kentucky | ||||
| Lowell Observatory | Flagstaff | Arizona | ||||
| Madison Children's Museum | Madison | Wisconsin | ||||
| Maine Discovery Museum | Bangor | Maine | ||||
| Marian Koshland Science Museum | Washington | District of Columbia | ||||
| The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science | Tallahassee | Florida | ||||
| Maryland Science Center | Baltimore | Maryland | ||||
| McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center | Concord | New Hampshire | ||||
| McWane Science Center | Birmingham | Alabama | ||||
| Miami Science Museum | Miami | Florida | ||||
| Mid-America Science Museum | Hot Springs | Arkansas | ||||
| Mid-Hudson Children's Museum | Poughkeepsie | New York | ||||
| Milwaukee Public Museum | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | ||||
| Minnetrista | Muncie | Indiana | ||||
| Mississippi Museum of Natural Science | Jackson | Mississippi | ||||
| MIT Museum | Cambridge | Massachusetts | ||||
| Montshire Museum of Science | Norwich | Vermont | ||||
| Morehead Planetarium and Science Center | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | ||||
| MOSI | Tampa | Florida | ||||
| The Museum of Arts & Sciences | Macon | Georgia | ||||
| Museum of Arts and Sciences | Daytona Beach | Florida | ||||
| Museum of Discovery | Little Rock | Arkansas | ||||
| Museum of Discovery and Science | Fort Lauderdale | Florida | ||||
| The Museum of Flight | Seattle | Washington | ||||
| Museum of Life and Science | Durham | North Carolina | ||||
| Museum of Mathematics | New York | New York | ||||
| Museum of Natural Curiosity | Lehi | Utah | ||||
| Museum of Nature & Science | Dallas | Texas | ||||
| Museum of Science | Boston | Massachusetts | ||||
| Museum of Science & History of Jacksonville, Inc. | Jacksonville | Florida | ||||
| Museum of Science and Industry | Chicago | Illinois | ||||
| Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institution | Ithaca | New York | ||||
| Museum of the Rockies | Bozeman | Montana | ||||
| Mütter Museum | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | ||||
| National Air and Space Museum | Washington | District of Columbia | ||||
| National Atomic Testing Museum | Las Vegas | Nevada | ||||
| National Children's Museum | National Harbor | Maryland | ||||
| National Cryptologic Museum | Fort Meade | Maryland | ||||
| National Electronics Museum | Linthicum | Maryland | ||||
| National Museum of American History | Washington | District of Columbia | ||||
| National Museum of Dentistry | Baltimore | Maryland | ||||
| National Museum of Health and Medicine | Washington | District of Columbia | ||||
| National Museum of Natural History | Washington | District of Columbia | ||||
| National Museum of Nuclear Science & History | Albuquerque | New Mexico | ||||
| National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Golden | Colorado | ||||
| National Soaring Museum | Elmira | New York | ||||
| National Science Center | Augusta | Georgia | ||||
| National Watch and Clock Museum | Columbia | Pennsylvania | ||||
| Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks | Tupper Lake | New York | ||||
| Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits | Los Angeles | California | ||||
| Naval Undersea Museum | Keyport | Washington | ||||
| New England Wireless and Steam Museum | East Greenwich | Rhode Island | ||||
| New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science | Albuquerque | New Mexico | ||||
| The New Mexico Museum of Space History | Alamogordo | New Mexico | ||||
| New York Hall of Science | Queens | New York | ||||
| New York State Museum | Albany | New York | ||||
| New York Transit Museum | Brooklyn Heights | New York | ||||
| The Newark Museum | Newark | New Jersey | ||||
| Niagara Science Museum | Niagara Falls | New York | ||||
| North Carolina Arboretum | Asheville | North Carolina | ||||
| North Carolina Museum of Life and Science | Durham | North Carolina | ||||
| North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences | Raleigh | North Carolina | ||||
| Northern Maine Museum of Science | Presque Isle | Maine | ||||
| Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum | Galveston | Texas | ||||
| Omaha Children's Museum | Omaha | Nebraska | ||||
| Oregon Museum of Science and Industry | Portland | Oregon | ||||
| Orlando Science Center | Orlando | Florida | ||||
| Orpheum Children's Science Museum | Champaign | Illinois | ||||
| Pacific Science Center | Seattle | Washington | ||||
| Paper Discovery Center | Appleton | Wisconsin | ||||
| Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum | Chicago | Illinois | ||||
| Permian Basin Petroleum Museum | Midland | Texas | ||||
| Pink Palace Family of Museums | Memphis | Tennessee | ||||
| Providence Children's Museum | Providence | Rhode Island | ||||
| Putnam Museum | Davenport | Iowa | ||||
| Randall Museum | San Francisco | California | ||||
| Raven Hill Discovery Center | Boyne City | Michigan | ||||
| Reading Public Museum | Reading | Pennsylvania | ||||
| Reuben H. Fleet Science Center | San Diego | California | ||||
| Rhode Island Computer Museum | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | ||||
| Roberson Museum and Science Center | Binghamton | New York | ||||
| Rochester Museum & Science Center | Rochester | New York | ||||
| Roper Mountain Science Center | Greenville | South Carolina | ||||
| Saint Louis Science Center | St. Louis | Missouri | ||||
| San Diego Natural History Museum | San Diego | California | ||||
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | Santa Barbara | California | ||||
| Sci-Tech Center of Northern New York | Watertown | New York | ||||
| Science Center of Pinellas County, Inc. | Saint Petersburg | Florida | ||||
| Science City at Union Station | Kansas City | Missouri | ||||
| Science Discovery Center of Oneonta | Oneonta | New York | ||||
| Science Factory Children's Museum & Planetarium | Eugene | Oregon | ||||
| Science History Institute | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | ||||
| Science Museum of Minnesota | St. Paul | Minnesota | ||||
| Science Museum of Virginia | Richmond | Virginia | ||||
| Science Museum Oklahoma | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | ||||
| Science Spectrum | Lubbock | Texas | ||||
| Sciencenter | Ithaca | New York | ||||
| SciWorks, The Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | ||||
| ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum | Ashland | Oregon | ||||
| Sony Wonder Technology Lab | New York | New York | ||||
| South Florida Science Museum, Inc. | West Palm Beach | Florida | ||||
| Southern Museum of Flight | Birmingham | Alabama | ||||
| Space Foundation Discovery Center | Colorado Springs | Colorado | ||||
| spectrUM Discovery Area | Missoula | Montana | ||||
| Springfield Museums Association | Springfield | Massachusetts | ||||
| Stafford Air & Space Museum | Weatherford | Oklahoma | ||||
| Staten Island Children's Museum | Staten Island | New York | ||||
| Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences | Staten Island | New York | ||||
| Stepping Stones Museum for Children | Norwalk | Connecticut | ||||
| Sternberg Museum of Natural History | Hays | Kansas | ||||
| Tech Interactive | San Jose | California | ||||
| Tellus Science Museum | Cartersville | Georgia | ||||
| Trolley Museum of New York | Kingston | New York | ||||
| Tulsa Air and Space Museum | Tulsa | Oklahoma | ||||
| Turtle Bay Exploration Park | Redding | California | ||||
| U.S. Space & Rocket Center | Huntsville | Alabama | ||||
| United States Army Medical Department Museum | San Antonio | Texas | ||||
| University of Kansas Natural History Museum | Lawrence | Kansas | ||||
| University of Nebraska State Museum | Lincoln | Nebraska | ||||
| University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History | Eugene | Oregon | ||||
| Utah Museum of Natural History | Salt Lake City | Utah | ||||
| Virginia Air and Space Center | Hampton | Virginia | ||||
| Virginia Discovery Museum | Charlottesville | Virginia | ||||
| Virginia Living Museum | Newport News | Virginia | ||||
| Virginia Museum of Natural History | Martinsville | Virginia | ||||
| Warren Anatomical Museum | Boston | Massachusetts | ||||
| Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | ||||
| Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | ||||
| The Wild Center/Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks | Tupper Lake | New York | ||||
| Witte Museum | San Antonio | Texas | ||||
| WonderLab Museum of Science, Health and Technology | Bloomington | Indiana | ||||
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Woods Hole | Massachusetts | ||||
| Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History | New Haven | Connecticut | ||||
| Zeum: San Francisco's Children's Museum | San Francisco | California |