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List of children's museums in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Above & Beyond Children's Museum, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village, Salem, Oregon
AHA! A Hands-on Adventure, Lancaster, Ohio
Amazement Square, The Rightmire Children's Museum Lynchburg Virginia Website
Arizona Museum for Youth Mesa Arizona Only children's museum in U.S. that focuses on fine art; founded in 1980
Bay Area Discovery Museum Sausalito California Located on National Park land; founded in 1987
Betty Brinn Children's Museum Milwaukee Wisconsin Named for Milwaukee businesswoman Betty Brinn; Opened in 1995; Website
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery Dayton Ohio
Bootheel Youth Museum Malden Missouri Website
Boston Children's Museum Boston Massachusetts Second oldest children's museum in the U.S.; recognized as LEED Gold certified by the U.S. Green Building Council; founded in 1913
Bronzeville Children's Museum Chicago Illinois Only African-American children's museum in the U.S.
Brooklyn Children's Museum Brooklyn New York First museum developed for children; founded in 1899
Buell Children's Museum Pueblo Colorado A program of the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center; Website
The Building for Kids, Inc. Appleton Wisconsin Website
Cape Cod Children's Museum Mashpee Massachusetts Website
Central Wisconsin Children's Museum Stevens Point Wisconsin Opened in 1997; Website
Chesapeake Children's Museum Annapolis Maryland Founded in 1994; Website
Chicago Children's Museum Chicago Illinois Located on Navy Pier on Lake Michigan; founded in 1982
Children's Discovery Museum Normal Illinois Founded in 1988; Website
Children's Discovery Museum Augusta Maine Website
Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert Rancho Mirage California Founded in 1986; Website
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose San Jose California Founded in 1990
Children's Discovery Zone Norfolk Nebraska Located within the Elkhorn Valley Museum and Research Center; Website
Children's Hands-On Museum Tuscaloosa Alabama Opened in 1986; Website
Children's Maritime Museum at Port Jefferson Port Jefferson New York Website
Children's Museum of Acadiana Lafayette Louisiana Opened in 1996; Website
Children's Museum of the Arts [[Manhattan] New York
The Children's Museum of the Brazos Valley Bryan Texas Website
Children's Museum of Brownsville Brownsville Texas Opened in 2005; Website
Children's Museum of Central Nebraska Hastings Nebraska Opened in 2003; Website
The Children's Museum of Cleveland Cleveland Ohio
The Children's Museum of Denver Denver Colorado Founded in 1973
Children's Museum in Easton North Easton Massachusetts Located in old fire station; founded in 1986
Children's Museum of Eau Claire Eau Claire Wisconsin Opened in 2004; Website
The Children's Museum in Edwardsville Edwardsville Illinois Opened in 2003; Website
Children's Museum of Fond du Lac Fond du Lac Wisconsin Opened in 2007; Website
Children's Museum of Hartford West Hartford Connecticut Fifth oldest children's museum in the U.S.; founded in 1927
Children's Museum of the Highlands Sebring Florida Opened in 1990
Children's Museum at Holyoke Holyoke Massachusetts Website
Children's Museum of Houston Houston Texas Founded in 1980; opened new addition in 2009
Children's Museum of Illinois Decatur Illinois Website
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Indianapolis Indiana Largest children's museum in the world; founded in 1924
Children's Museum of La Crosse La Crosse Wisconsin Website
Children's Museum at La Habra La Habra California Located in an historic train depot; opened in 1977; Website
Children's Museum of the Lowcountry Charleston South Carolina Website
Children's Museum of Maine Portland Maine Founded in 1976
Children's Museum of Manhattan New York City New York
Children's Museum of Memphis Memphis Tennessee Located in former National Guard Armory; opened in 1990
Children's Museum, Missoula Missoula Montana [1] Website]
Children's Museum of Montana Great Falls Montana Website
The Children's Museum of New Hampshire Dover New Hampshire Website
The Children's Museum of Northeast Montana Glasgow Montana Opened in 2006; Website
The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada Carson City Nevada Website
The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn Oak Lawn Illinois Website
Children's Museum of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge Tennessee Opened in 1973
Children's Museum of the Ohio Valley Wheeling West Virginia
Children's Museum at the Paso Robles Volunteer Firehouse Paso Robles California Founded in 2002; Website
Children's Museum of Phoenix Phoenix Arizona Founded in 1998; Website
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Children's Museum of Richmond Richmond Virginia Opened in 1981
The Children's Museum of Rose Hill Manor Park Frederick Maryland
The Children's Museum at Saratoga Saratoga Springs New York Website
The Children's Museum, Seattle Seattle Washington Founded in 1979; Website
Children's Museum of the Sierra Oakhurst California Website
Children's Museum of Skagit County Burlington Washington Located in Cascade Mall; Website
The Children's Museum of Sonoma County Santa Rosa California Website
The Children's Museum of South Carolina Myrtle Beach South Carolina Website
Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut Niantic Connecticut Created in 1992
Children's Museum of Stockton Stockton California Website
Children's Museum of Tacoma Tacoma Washington Opened in 1986; Website
Children's Museum of the Treasure Coast Stuart Florida Located in a former chapel and auditorium building in Indian Riverside Park in Jensen Beach; opened in 2008; Website
Children's Museum Tucson Tucson Arizona Website
The Children's Museum of the Upstate Greenville South Carolina Website
Children's Museum of the Valley Youngstown Ohio Opened in 2004; Website
Children's Museum of Virginia Portsmouth Virginia
Children's Museum of Walla Walla Walla Walla Washington Website
The Children's Museum of Wilmington Wilmington North Carolina Website
Children's Museum of Winston-Salem Winston-Salem North Carolina Website
The Children's Museum at Yunker Farm Fargo North Dakota Located in first brick house in the Dakota territory; Website
Children's Neighborhood Museum Round Lake Illinois Part of the Round Lake Area Park District; Website
The Children's Playhouse Boone North Carolina Website
Children's Science Explorium Boca Raton Florida Website
Community Children's Museum Dover New Jersey Website
Connecticut Children's Museum New Haven Connecticut
Cookeville Children's Museum Cookeville Tennessee Opened in 2007; Website
Creative Discovery Museum Chattanooga Tennessee Opened in 1995
Curious Kids' Museum St. Joseph Michigan Located in Veterans Memorial Hall in St. Joseph; founded in 1989; Website
Delaware Children's Museum Wilmington Delaware Located on Wilmington Riverfront; website
Discovery Center at Murfree Spring Murfreesboro Tennessee
The Discovery Center of the Southern Tier Binghamton New York Website
Discovery Center Museum Rockford Illinois Website
Discovery Creek Children's Museum Washington District of Columbia Website
Discovery Depot Children's Museum Galesburg Illinois Website
Discovery Gateway Salt Lake City Utah Formerly known as the Children's Museum of Utah
Discovery Museum Eureka California Website
The Discovery Playhouse Cape Girardeau Missouri Website
Discovery Science Place Tyler Texas
Don Harrington Discovery Center Amarillo Texas
Duke Energy Children's Museum Cincinnati Ohio
Duluth Children's Museum Duluth Minnesota Website
DuPage Children's Museum Naperville Illinois Website
Earlyworks Huntsville Alabama Website
East Tennessee Discovery Center Knoxville Tennessee Website
EdVenture Children's Museum Columbia South Carolina Opened in 2003; Website
Escondido Children's Museum Escondido California Website
expERIEnce Children's Museum Erie Pennsylvania Website
¡Explora! Albuquerque New Mexico Website
Exploration Station Bourbonnais Illinois Website
Exploration Station Lumberton North Carolina Website
Explorations V Children's Museum Lakeland Florida
Explore & More Children's Museum East Aurora New York
Explorium of Lexington Lexington Kentucky Website
Family Museum Bettendorf Iowa Website
Fascinate-U Children's Museum Fayetteville North Carolina Website
Fingerprints Youth Museum Hemet California Website
Flint Children's Museum Flint Michigan
Fort Worth Museum of Science and Industry Fort Worth Texas First children's museum in Texas; founded in 1941; Website
Garden State Discovery Museum Cherry Hill New Jersey
Gaylord Discovery Center Gaylord Michigan Opened in 2010. Theme: Mechanics Website
Georgia Children's Museum Macon Georgia Website
Grand Rapids Children's Museum Grand Rapids Michigan Website
Great Explorations Children's Museum St. Petersburg Florida
Great Lakes Children's Museum Traverse City Michigan Website
Greensboro Children's Museum Greensboro North Carolina Website
Gull Wings Children's Museum Oxnard California Website
Habitot Children's Museum Berkeley California Website
Hands On! A Child's Gallery Hendersonville North Carolina Website
Hands On Children's Museum Olympia Washington Located on the Washington state capitol campus
Hands-on House Children's Museum Lancaster Pennsylvania Website
Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum Mishawaka Indiana Website
Harrisonburg Children's Museum Harrisonburg Virginia Opened in 2003
Hawaii Children's Discovery Center Honolulu Hawaii Website
Healthworks! Kids' Museum South Bend Indiana Website
Imaginarium of South Texas Laredo Texas Opened in 1991; Website
Imagination Place Gadsden Alabama Website
The Imagination Workshop, Temecula's Children's Museum Temecula California
Imagine Children's Museum Everett Washington Website
Imagine Nation Children's Museum Bristol Connecticut Website
Imagine It! Children's Museum of Atlanta Atlanta Georgia
ImagineU Children's Museum Visalia California Website
ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center Charlotte North Carolina Opened in 2005
Impression 5 Science Center Lansing Michigan
Interactive Neighborhood for Kids Gainesville Georgia Website
The Iowa Children's Museum Coralville Iowa Website
Jasmine Moran Children's Museum Seminole Oklahoma
Jeanes Discovery Center Waco Texas Located within Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex; Website
The Jersey Explorer Children's Museum East Orange New Jersey Website
Kaleidoscope (Kansas City, Missouri) Kansas City Missouri Website
Kearney Area Children's Museum Kearney Nebraska Website
Kern County Museum Bakersfield California
Kidcity Children's Museum Middletown Connecticut Website
Kidscommons Columbus Indiana Website
Kidsenses, Inc. Rutherfordton North Carolina Website
Kidsfirst Children's Museum South Bend Indiana Website
Kids 'N' Stuff Albion Michigan Website
Kidspace Children's Museum Pasadena California
KidsQuest Children's Museum Bellevue Washington
Kid Time! Discovery Experience Medford Oregon Website
The Kidzeum Grenada Mississippi Website
Kidzone Museum Truckee California Website
Kidzu Children's Museum Chapel Hill North Carolina Founded in March 2006
Koch Family Children's Museum of Evansville Evansville Indiana Website
Kohl Children's Museum Glenview Illinois
Liberty Science Center Jersey City New Jersey
Lied Discovery Children's Museum Las Vegas Nevada
Lincoln Children's Museum Lincoln Nebraska First green building in Lincoln; Website
Long Island Children's Museum Garden City New York Website
Louisiana Children's Museum New Orleans Louisiana Website
Lutz Children's Museum Manchester Connecticut
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center Gulfport Mississippi Website
Madison Children's Museum Madison Wisconsin Opened in 1991
The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum St. Louis Missouri Opened in 1979
Maine Discovery Museum Bangor Maine
Marbles Kids Museum Raleigh North Carolina
McKenna Children's Museum New Braunfels Texas Website
Miami Children's Museum Miami Florida
Mid-Hudson Children's Museum Poughkeepsie New York
Mid-Michigan Children's Museum Saginaw Michigan Website
Minnesota Children's Museum St. Paul Minnesota
Mississippi Children's Museum Jackson Mississippi Website
Mobius Kids Spokane Washington Part of Mobius Spokane; Website
Monterey Youth Museum Monterey California Website
The Most (Museum Of Science & Technology) Syracuse New York Website
Mountain Top Children's Museum Breckenridge Colorado Website
My Jewish Discovery Place Fort Lauderdale Florida
The New Children's Museum San Diego California Website
Northeast Texas Children's Museum Commerce Texas Located within Texas A&M University-Commerce; opened in 2002; Website
North Platte Area Children's Museum North Platte Nebraska Website
Northwoods Children's Museum Eagle River Wisconsin Website
Omaha Children's Museum Omaha Nebraska Founded in 1976
Orpheum Children's Science Museum Champaign Illinois
Our World, Children's Global Discovery Museum Cohasset Massachusetts Website
Pennypickle's Workshop Temecula California Website
Phelps Youth Pavilion Waterloo Iowa Website
Please Touch Museum Philadelphia Pennsylvania Located within Memorial Hall, which was built for the 1876 Centennial Exposition
Port Discovery Baltimore Maryland
Portland Children's Museum Portland Oregon Sixth oldest children's museum in the United States
Providence Children's Museum Providence Rhode Island Rhode Island's first and only children's museum
Raven Hill Discovery Center Boyne City Michigan Established in 1991
San Antonio Children's Museum San Antonio Texas Opened in 1995; Website
The Sandbox Hilton Head Island South Carolina Website
Sandcastles Children's Museum Ludington Michigan Opened in 2007; operates during the summer only; Website
San Luis Obispo Children's Museum San Luis Obispo California Website
Santa Fe Children's Museum Santa Fe New Mexico Website
Schoolhouse Children's Museum and Learning Center Boynton Beach Florida Website
Science and Discovery Center of Northwest Florida Panama City Florida
Seminole County School Student Museum Sanford Florida
Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum Winchester Virginia Website
Staten Island Children's Museum Staten Island New York
Stepping Stones Museum for Children Norwalk Connecticut
Strong National Museum of Play Rochester New York
Texoma Children's Museum Denison Texas Website
The Thinkery Austin Texas Opened in 1987; formerly Austin Children's Museum; opening December 2013 Website
T.R.E.E. House Children's Museum Alexandria Louisiana Website
Treehouse Children's Museum Ogden Utah Opened in 1992; Website
Upper Peninsula Children's Museum Marquette Michigan Website
Virginia Discovery Museum Charlottesville Virginia
WonderLab Museum of Science, Health & Technology Bloomington Indiana
Wonderscope Children's Museum of Kansas City Shawnee Kansas Website
Wonder Works Oak Park Illinois
The Woodlands Children's Museum The Woodlands Texas Website
Working Wonders Children's Museum Bend Oregon
World Awareness Children's Museum Glen Falls, New York New York Created in 1995; Website
WOW! Children's Museum Lafayette Colorado Website
Young at Art Museum Davie Florida
Zimmer Children's Museum Los Angeles California Website

Holy crap that's a lot!!!! (about 227)
 
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Life in the USA: The school field trip, to the Public aquarium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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List of aquaria in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alabama
George F. Crozier Estuarium - Dauphin Island
McWane Science Center - Birmingham

Alaska
Alaska SeaLife Center - Seward

Arizona
Sea Life - Tempe
Wildlife World Zoo and Aquarium - Litchfield Park

Arkansas
National Park Aquarium - Hot Springs

California
Aquarium of the Bay - San Francisco
Aquarium of the Pacific - Long Beach
Birch Aquarium - La Jolla
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium - San Pedro
Monterey Bay Aquarium - Monterey
Santa Monica Pier Aquarium - Santa Monica
Sea Life - Carlsbad
SeaWorld San Diego - San Diego
Steinhart Aquarium - San Francisco

Colorado
Downtown Aquarium - Denver

Connecticut
Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk - Norwalk
Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration - Mystic

District of Columbia
National Aquarium - Washington, D.C. -- closed 9/30/2013

Florida
Clearwater Marine Aquarium - Clearwater[1]
Dolphin Research Center, Grassy Key
Florida Aquarium - Tampa
Gulfarium - Fort Walton Beach[2]
Key West Aquarium - Key West
Miami Seaquarium - Miami
Mote Marine Laboratory - Sarasota
Pier Aquarium - St. Petersburg[3]
SeaWorld Orlando - Orlando
Tarpon Springs Aquarium - Tarpon Springs[4]
The Seas with Nemo & Friends - Orlando

Georgia
Bo Ginn Aquarium - Millen[5]
Flint RiverQuarium - Albany
Georgia Aquarium - Atlanta

Guam
UnderWater World Guam - Tumon

Hawaii
Maui Ocean Center - Maui
Sea Life Park Hawaii, Honolulu
Waikiki Aquarium, Honolulu

Idaho
Idaho Aquarium - Boise

Illinois
Shedd Aquarium - Chicago

Iowa
National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium - Dubuque

Kentucky
Newport Aquarium - Newport

Louisiana
Aquarium of the Americas - New Orleans

Maine
Gulf of Maine Research Institute - Portland
Maine Aquarium (closed; plans for re-opening dependent on fundraising) - Saco
Maine State Aquarium - Boothbay Harbor

Maryland
National Aquarium in Baltimore - Baltimore

Massachusetts
Berkshire Museum - Pittsfield
Boston Aquarial and Zoological Gardens - Boston (closed)
Maria Mitchell Aquarium - Nantucket
New England Aquarium - Boston
Woods Hole Science Aquarium - Woods Hole[6]

Michigan
Belle Isle Aquarium - Detroit
John Ball Zoological Garden - Grand Rapids

Minnesota
Great Lakes Aquarium - Duluth
SEA LIFE Minnesota Aquarium - Bloomington

Missouri
Wonders of Wildlife Museum & Aquarium - Springfield
World Aquarium - St. Louis[7]
Kansas City Sea Life Aquarium - Kansas City[8]

Nebraska
Ak-Sar Ben Aquarium - Schramm Park State Recreation Area, Omaha
Henry Doorly Zoo - Omaha

Nevada
Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay - Las Vegas

New Hampshire
Seacoast Science Center - Rye

New Jersey
Adventure Aquarium (formerly the New Jersey State Aquarium) - Camden
Jenkinson's Aquarium - Point Pleasant Beach[9]
Marine Mammal Stranding Center - Brigantine
Trenton Aquarium - Trenton
The Atlantic City Aquarium - Atantic City

New Mexico
Albuquerque Aquarium - Albuquerque

New York
Atlantis Marine World - Riverhead
Aquarium of Niagara - Niagara Falls
New York Aquarium - Brooklyn

North Carolina
Discovery Place - Charlotte
SciQuarium - Greensboro
North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher - Kure Beach
North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores - Pine Knoll Shores
North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island - Roanoke Island
SEA LIFE Charlotte-Concord Aquarium - Concord

Ohio
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium - Columbus
Greater Cleveland Aquarium - Cleveland

Oklahoma
Oklahoma Aquarium - Tulsa

Oregon
Hatfield Marine Science Center - Newport
Portland Aquarium - Oak Grove
Oregon Coast Aquarium - Newport
Seaside Aquarium - Seaside
Oregon Undersea Gardens - Newport, Oregon

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Aquarium - Philadelphia (1911–1962)
PPG Aquarium - Pittsburgh

Rhode Island
Oceans Aquarium Research & Science Center - Coventry, Rhode Island

South Carolina
Ripley's Aquarium - Myrtle Beach[10]
South Carolina Aquarium - Charleston

Tennessee
Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies - Gatlinburg[11]
Tennessee Aquarium - Chattanooga

Texas
Austin Aquarium - Austin
Caldwell Zoo Aquarium - Tyler
Children's Aquarium at Fair Park, Dallas[12]
Dallas World Aquarium - Dallas
Downtown Aquarium - Houston
Kipp Aquarium, Houston[13]
Moody Gardens Aquarium - Galveston
Richard Friedrich Aquarium, San Antonio
SeaWorld San Antonio - San Antonio
Seven Seas Marine Life Park - Arlington
Texas State Aquarium - Corpus Christi

Utah
The Living Planet Aquarium - Draper

Vermont
ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center - Burlington

Virginia
Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center - Virginia Beach

Washington
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium - Tacoma
Seattle Aquarium, Seattle

Wisconsin
Reiman Family Aquarium at Discovery World - Milwaukee

109 Aquariums
 
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Life in the USA: The school field trip, to the Zoo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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List of zoos in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alabama
Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo, Gulf Shores
Birmingham Zoo, Birmingham
Montgomery Zoo, Montgomery

Alaska
Alaska Sealife Center, Resurrection Bay
Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, Anchorage
Alaska Zoo, Anchorage

Arizona
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson
Cameron Zoo, Cameron
Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary, Prescott
Keepers of the Wild, Valentine
Navajo Nation Zoological and Botanical Park, Window Rock
Out of Africa Wildlife Park, Camp Verde
Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix
Reid Park Zoo, Tucson
Wildlife World Zoo, Litchfield Park

Arkansas
Aransas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo, Hot Springs
Crossland Zoo, Crossett
Little Rock Zoo, Little Rock
Riddle's Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary, Greenbrier[1]
Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari, Gentry

California
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
California Living Museum, Bakersfield
Charles Paddock Zoo, Atascadero
CuriOdyssey, San Mateo
Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary, Folsom
Fresno Chaffee Zoo, Fresno
Gay's Lion Farm, El Monte (closed 1942)
Jungleland USA, Thousand Oaks (closed 1969)
Happy Hollow Park & Zoo, San Jose
Living Coast Discovery Center, Chula Vista[2]
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert
Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles
Marine World/Africa USA, Redwood Shores (closed 1969)
Micke Grove Zoo, Lodi
Moonridge Animal Park, Big Bear Lake
Oakland Zoo, Oakland
Orange County Zoo, Orange
Sacramento Zoo, Sacramento
Safari West
San Diego Zoo, San Diego
San Diego Zoo Safari Park, San Diego
San Francisco Zoo, San Francisco
Santa Ana Zoo, Santa Ana
Santa Barbara Zoo, Santa Barbara
SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego
Sequoia Park Zoo, Eureka
Shambala Preserve, Acton
Wildlife WayStation, Los Angeles County

Colorado
Butterfly Pavilion, Westminster
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado Springs
Colorado Gators Reptile Park, Mosca
Denver Zoo, Denver
Mission: Wolf, Westcliffe
Nature and Raptor Center of Pueblo, Pueblo
Pueblo Zoo, Pueblo
The Wild Animal Sanctuary, Keenesburg
Wolf Sanctuary, Bellvue[3]40.6170848°N 105.306887°W

Connecticut
LEO Zoological Conservation Center, Greenwich and Stamford
Beardsley Zoo, Bridgeport

Delaware
Brandywine Zoo, Wilmington
3 Palms Petting Zoo, Clayton

Florida
Brevard Zoo, Melbourne
Busch Gardens Tampa, Tampa
Butterfly World, Coconut Creek
Center for Great Apes, Wauchula
Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Sanford
Dade City's Wild Things, Dade City[4]
Disney's Animal Kingdom, Orlando
Flamingo Gardens, Fort Lauderdale
Florida Aquarium, Tampa
Gatorland, Orlando
Gulf Breeze Zoo, Gulf Breeze
Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, Jacksonville
Jungle Island, Miami
Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory, Key West
Lion Country Safari, Loxahatchee
Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa
Naples Zoo, Naples
Palm Beach Zoo at Dreher Park, West Palm Beach
Reptile World Serpentarium, St. Cloud[5]
Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, Gainesville
Suncoast Primate Sanctuary, Palm Harbor
St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, St. Augustine Beach
White Oak Plantation, Jacksonville[6]
Zoo Miami (Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens), Miami
ZooWorld, Panama City Beach, Florida[7]

Georgia
Dewar Wildlife Trust, Morganton [8]
Pine Mountain Wild Animal Safari, Pine Mountain
The Parks at Chehaw, Albany
Wild Adventures, Valdosta
Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta

Hawaii
Honolulu Zoo, Honolulu
Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo, Hilo

Idaho
Pocatello Zoo, Pocatello
Tautphaus Park Zoo, Idaho Falls
Zoo Boise, Boise

Illinois
Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield
Cosley Zoo, Wheaton
Henson Robinson Zoo, Springfield
Indian Boundary Park Zoo, Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago
Miller Park Zoo, Bloomington
Niabi Zoo, Coal Valley
Peoria Zoo, Peoria
Phillips Park Zoo, Aurora
Serpent Safari, Gurnee
Scovill Zoo, Decatur

Indiana
Black Pine Animal Sanctuary, Albion
Columbian Park Zoo, Lafayette
Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, Fort Wayne
Indianapolis Zoo, Indianapolis
Maple Lane Wildlife Farm, Topeka
Mesker Park Zoo, Evansville
ME's Zoo, Parker City (closed 2008)
Potawatomi Zoo, South Bend
Stapp's Circle S Ranch, Greensburg
Washington Park Zoo, Michigan City
Wolf Park, Battle Ground

Iowa
Blank Park Zoo, Des Moines
Storybook Hill Children's Zoo, Dubuque[9]

Kansas
Brit Spaugh Zoo, Great Bend[10]
Cedar Cove Feline Conservatory & Sanctuary, Louisburg[11]
Clay Center Zoo, Clay Center[12]
David Traylor Zoo of Emporia, Emporia
Eagle Valley Raptor Center, Garden Plain[13]
Hedrick's Exotic Animal Farm, Nickerson[14]
Hutchinson Zoo, Hutchinson
Insect Zoo at Kansas State, Manhattan[15]
Lee Richardson Zoo, Garden City
Prairie Park Nature Center, Lawrence[16]
Ralph Mitchell Zoo, Independence
Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure, Salina
Safari Zoological Park, Caney[17]
Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita
Sunset Zoo, Manhattan
Tanganyika Wildlife Park, Goddard[18]
Topeka Zoo, Topeka
Wright Park Zoo, Dodge City

Kentucky
Kentucky Down Under, Horse Cave
Kentucky Reptile Zoo, Slade
Louisville Zoo, Louisville
Senning's Park, Louisville (closed 1939)

Louisiana
Alexandria Zoological Park, Alexandria
Audubon Insectarium, New Orleans
Audubon Zoo, New Orleans
Baton Rouge Zoo, Baton Rouge
Global Wildlife Center, Folsom
High Delta Safari Park, Delhi
Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo, Monroe
Zoo of Acadiana, Lafayette

Maine
York's Wild Kingdom, York Beach

Maryland
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo, Thurmont[19]
The Maryland Zoo, Baltimore
Salisbury Zoo, Salisbury
Tristate Zoological Park, Cumberland
Plumpton Park Zoo, Rising Sun

Massachusetts
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield
Boston Aquarial and Zoological Gardens, Boston
Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford
Capron Park Zoo, Attleboro
Drumlin Farm, Lincoln [20]
Franklin Park Zoo, Boston
Lupa Zoo, Ludlow
Museum of Science, Boston
Southwick's Zoo, Mendon
Stone Zoo, Stoneham
The Zoo in Forest Park, Springfield[21]
Wolf Hollow, Ipswich [22]
ZooQuarium, West Yarmouth

Michigan
Belle Isle Zoo, Detroit (Closed 2005)
Belle Isle Nature Zoo, Detroit
Binder Park Zoo, Battle Creek
Children's Zoo at Celebration Square, Saginaw
Detroit Zoo, Detroit
DeYoung Family Zoo, Wallace (Upper Peninsula only)
Garlyn Zoo, Mackinac County (Upper Peninsula only)
John Ball Zoological Garden, Grand Rapids
Potter Park Zoo, Lansing

Minnesota
Como Park, Zoo, and Conservatory, Saint Paul
Lake Superior Zoo, Duluth[23]
Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley
Hemker Park & Zoo, Freeport
Pine Grove Zoo, Little Falls
Zollman Zoo, near Byron (a part of Oxbow Park)[24]

Mississippi
Collins Zoo, Collins
Hattiesburg Zoo, Hattiesburg
Jackson Zoo, Jackson
Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo, Tupelo

Missouri
Dickerson Park Zoo, Springfield
Endangered Wolf Center, Tyson Research Center
Grant's Farm, St. Louis
Kansas City Zoo, Kansas City
Monsanto Insectarium, St. Louis
Promised Land Zoo, Eagle Rock
Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis
Wonders of Wildlife Museum & Aquarium, Springfield

Montana
Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center, West Yellowstone
Montana Grizzly Encounter, Bozeman
Raptors of the Rockies, Bitterroot Mountains[25]
Beartooth Nature Center, near Red Lodge
The Wolf Keep, outside of Missoula
ZooMontana, Billings

Nebraska
Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha
Lincoln Children's Zoo, Lincoln
Pioneers Park Nature Center, Lincoln
Riverside Park and Zoo, Scottsbluff

Nevada
Sierra Safari Zoo, north of Reno
Southern Nevada Zoological-Botanical Park (Las Vegas Zoo), Las Vegas
Roos-n-More Zoo, Moapa, northeast of Las Vegas

New Hampshire
Charmingfare Farm, Candia[26]
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness

New Jersey
Animal Kingdom Zoo, Bordentown
Bergen County Zoological Park, Paramus
Cape May County Park & Zoo, Cape May Court House
Cohanzick Zoo, Bridgeton
Popcorn Park Zoo, Forked River
Space Farms Zoo and Museum, Beemerville
Turtle Back Zoo, West Orange

New Mexico
Alameda Park Zoo, Alamogordo
Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuquerque
American International Rattlesnake Museum, Albuquerque
Hillcrest Park and Zoo, Clovis [27]
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park, Carlsbad
Rio Grande Zoo, Albuquerque
Spring River Zoo, Roswell[28]
Wildlife West Nature Park, Edgewood
Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary, Candy Kitchen, New Mexico

New York
Adirondack Animal Land, Gloversville
Bear Mountain State Park
Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park, Binghamton
Bronx Zoo, The Bronx
Buffalo Zoo, Buffalo
Catskill Game Farm (closed 2006)
Central Park Zoo, Manhattan
Fort Rickey Discovery Zoo, Rome
Long Island Game Farm, Manorville
New York State Living Museum, Watertown
Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn
Queens Zoo, Queens
Rosamond Gifford Zoo, Syracuse
Seneca Park Zoo, Rochester
Staten Island Zoo, Staten Island
Trevor Zoo, Millbrook
Utica Zoo, Utica

North Carolina
Aloha Safari Zoo, Cameron[29]
Carolina Raptor Center, Huntersville[30]
Carolina Tiger Rescue, Pittsboro
Cold Blooded Encounters, Monroe[31]
Duke Lemur Center, Durham
Greensboro Science Center, Greensboro
Museum of Life and Science, Durham
North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro
Conservators' Center, Burlington
Triangle Metro Zoo, Wake Forest (closed 2006)
Western North Carolina Nature Center, Asheville

North Dakota
Chahinkapa Zoo, Wahpeton
Dakota Zoo, Bismarck
Red River Zoo, Fargo
Roosevelt Park Zoo, Minot

Ohio
African Safari Wildlife Park, Port Clinton
Akron Zoo, Akron
Basson Zoo, Cumberland
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, Dayton
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Cincinnati
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Columbus
Heaven's Corner, West Alexandria
Muskingum County Animal Farm (closed 2011)
Toledo Zoo, Toledo
The Wilds, Cumberland

Oklahoma
G.W. Exotic Animal Foundation, Wynnewood
Little River Zoo, Norman closed in 2011.
Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden, Oklahoma City
Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum, Tulsa

Oregon
Cascades Raptor Center, Eugene
Great Cats World Park, Cave Junction
Hart's Reptile World, Canby
Oregon Zoo, Portland
West Coast Game Park Safari, Bandon
Wildlife Safari, Winston

Pennsylvania
Animaland Zoological Park, Wellsboro
Claws-n-Paws Wild Animal Park, Lake Ariel
Clyde Peeling's Reptiland, Allenwood
Elmwood Park Zoo, Norristown
Erie Zoo, Erie
Insectarium (Philadelphia), Philadelphia
Lake Tobias Wildlife Park, Halifax
Lehigh Valley Zoo, Schnecksville (Allentown area)
National Aviary, Pittsburgh
Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Highland Park
T & D's Cats of the World Wild Animal Refuge, Penns Creek
Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville (Allentown area)
Wolf Sanctuary of Pennsylvania, Lititz
ZooAmerica, Hershey

Rhode Island
Roger Williams Park Zoo, Providence
Slater Park Zoo, Pawtucket

South Carolina
Alligator Adventure, North Myrtle Beach
Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet
Center for Birds of Prey, Awendaw[32]
Charles Towne Landing, Charleston
Greenville Zoo, Greenville
HollyWild Animal Park, Inman
Riverbanks Zoo, Columbia
Waccatee Zoo, Myrtle Beach[33]

South Dakota
Bramble Park Zoo, Watertown
Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum, Sioux Falls
Reptile Gardens, Rapid City

Tennessee
Chattanooga Zoo at Warner Park, Chattanooga
Knoxville Zoo, Knoxville
Memphis Zoo, Memphis
Nashville Zoo at Grassmere, Nashville
The Elephant Sanctuary, Hohenwald

Texas
Abilene Zoological Gardens, Abilene
Austin Zoo, Austin
Bear Creek Pioneers Park Wildlife Habitat/Aviary, Houston
Caldwell Zoo, Tyler
Cameron Park Zoo, Waco
Capitol of Texas Zoo, Cedar Creek[34]
Dallas Zoo, Dallas
El Paso Zoo, El Paso
Ellen Trout Zoo, Lufkin
Fort Worth Zoo, Fort Worth
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Glen Rose
Frank Buck Zoo, Gainesville
Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville
Houston Zoo, Houston
International Exotic Animal Sanctuary, Boyd[35]
Moody Gardens, Galveston
Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch, New Braunfels
San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio
Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch, Pilot Point[36]
The Texas Zoo, Victoria[37]
Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge, Tyler[38]

Utah
Hogle Zoo, Salt Lake City
Tracy Aviary, Salt Lake City
Wild Kingdom Train Zoo at Lagoon Amusement Park, Farmington
Willow Park Zoo, Logan

Vermont
ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center - Burlington
Vermont Institute of Natural Science Raptor Center - Quechee[39]

Virginia
Bluebird Gap Farm, Hampton
Luray Zoo, Luray
Metro Richmond Zoo, Richmond
Mill Mountain Zoo, Roanoke
Natural Bridge Zoo, Natural Bridge
Reston Zoo, Reston
Virginia Safari Park, Natural Bridge
Virginia Zoological Park, Norfolk
Virginia Aquarium, Virginia Beach
Leesburg Animal Park, Leesburg
Hot Springs Zoo, Hot Springs (opens Summer 2014)
Bear Path Acres, Franklin
Wilson's Wild Animal Park, Winchester
Peninsula SPCA Exotic Sanctuary and Petting Zoo, Newport News

Washington
Cat Tales Zoological Park, Spokane
Cougar Mountain Zoo, Issaquah
Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, Eatonville
Olympic Game Farm, Sequim
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Tacoma
Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle

Washington, D.C.
National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C.

West Virginia
Good Zoo, Wheeling
Perry Wildlife Zoo, Wardensville[40] (closed 2013, reopens as West Virginia State Wildlife Zoo and Aquarium in 2014)
West Virginia State Wildlife Center, French Creek
West Virginia Zoo, Kingwood

Wisconsin
Animal Haven Zoo, Weyauwega[41]
Bear Den Zoo, Waterford[42]
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary, Green Bay[43]
Henry Vilas Zoo, Madison
International Crane Foundation, Baraboo
Irvine Park Zoo, Chippewa Falls[44]
Jo-Don Farms Incorporated, Franksville[45]
Lincoln Park Zoo, Manitowoc
Menominee Park Zoo, Oshkosh[46]
Milwaukee County Zoo, Milwaukee
Northeastern Wisconsin Zoo (NEW Zoo), Green Bay
Ochsner Zoo, Baraboo[47]
Racine Zoo, Racine
Special Memories Zoo, Greenville[48]
Timbavati Wildlife Park, Wisconsin Dells[49]
Wilderness Walk, Hayward[50]
Wildwood Wildlife Park, Minocqua[51]
Wildwood Zoo, Marshfield[52]
Wisconsin Deer Park, Wisconsin Dells[53]
Wisconsin Rapids Municipal Zoo, Wisconsin Rapids[54]

Wyoming
Kindness Ranch Animal Sanctuary, Hartville

I think that's 384 zoos! (I'm quite sure that's the most by any country)
 
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Alabama
Alabama Museum of Natural History, Tuscaloosa
Anniston Museum of Natural History, Anniston
Auburn University Museum of Natural History, Auburn
Cook's Natural Science Museum, Decatur
Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island
Mann Wildlife Learning Museum, Montgomery
McWane Science Center, Birmingham
Southern Environmental Center, Birmingham
Weeks Bay Interpretive Center, Fairhope

Alaska
Alaska Museum of Science and Nature, Anchorage
Alaska State Centennial Museum, Juneau
University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks
Pratt Museum, Homer[4]

Arizona
Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum, Phoenix
Arizona Museum of Natural History, Mesa
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson
Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe
International Wildlife Museum, Tucson
Meteor Crater, Winslow
Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff
Petrified Forest National Park, Navajo County
University of Arizona Mineral Museum, Tucson

Arkansas
Turner Neal Museum of Natural History, Monticello

California
Berkeley Natural History Museums, Berkeley
Bohart Museum of Entomology, Davis
Bowers Museum, Santa Ana
Buena Vista Museum of Natural History, Bakersfield
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
California Mining and Mineral Museum, Mariposa
CuriOdyssey, San Mateo
Entomology Research Museum, University of California, Riverside, Riverside
Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society Museum, Fallbrook
Gateway Science Museum, Chico
Great Valley Museum of Natural History, Modesto
Hi-Desert Nature Museum, Yucca Valley
Humboldt State University Natural History Museum, Arcata
Humboldt State University Wildlife Museum, Arcata
Imperial Valley College Desert Museum, Ocotillo
Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest
Morro Bay State Park Museum of Natural History, Morro Bay
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Pacific Grove
Page Museum - La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles
Petaluma Wildlife and Natural Science Museum, Petaluma
Point Vicente Interpretive Center, Rancho Palos Verdes
Randall Museum, Corona Heights Park, San Francisco
San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, Santa Cruz
Sierra College Natural History Museum, Rocklin
Western Science Center, Hemet
University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley
World Museum of Natural History, Riverside

Colorado
Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver
Dinosaur Depot Museum, Cañon City
May Natural History Museum of the Tropics, Colorado Springs
Morrison Natural History Museum, Morrison
Museum of Western Colorado's Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder
The Wildlife Experience, Parker

Connecticut
Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich
Connecticut Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary, Fairfield
Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, Storrs
Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University, New Haven
Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford

Delaware
Delaware Museum of Natural History, Wilmington
University of Delaware Mineralogical Museum, Newark

District of Columbia
National Geographic Museum at Explorers Hall, Washington, D.C.
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Florida
Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Sanibel
Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville

Georgia
Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta
Georgia Museum of Natural History, Athens
Georgia Southern University Museum, Statesboro

Hawaii
Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu
Dinosaurs in Hawaii, Honolulu Community College, Honolulu
Koke'e Natural History Museum, Kauai

Idaho
Idaho Museum of Natural History, Pocatello
Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History, at College of Idaho in Caldwell.

Illinois
Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford
Elgin Public Museum, Elgin
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum, Benedictine University, Lisle
Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Midwest Museum of Natural History, Sycamore
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago

Indiana
Sumner B. Sheets Museum of Wildlife and Marine Exhibits, Huntington

Iowa

Battle Hill Museum of Natural History, Battle Creek
Museum of Natural History, University of Iowa
Putnam Museum, Davenport
University Museum, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls

Kansas
Johnston Geology Museum, Emporia
Pratt Education Center, Pratt
Schmidt Museum of Natural History, Emporia
Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays
University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence

Kentucky
Cumberland Inn Museum - Henkelmann Life Science Collection, Williamsburg

Louisiana
Lafayette Natural History Museum & Planetarium, Lafayette
Louisiana Museum of Natural History, Baton Rouge

Maine
George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History, Bar Harbor
L. C. Bates Museum, Hinckley
Maine State Museum, Augusta
Northern Maine Museum of Science, Presque Isle
The Nylander Museum, Caribou
Wilson Museum, Castine

Maryland
Peale Museum, Baltimore

Massachusetts
Beneski Museum of Natural History, at Amherst College
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Brewster
EcoTarium, Worcester
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge
Marion Natural History Museum, Marion
Natural Science Museum in Hinchman House, Maria Mitchell Association, Nantucket

Michigan
A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Houghton
Card Wildlife Education Center and Wildlife Museum, Big Rapids
Central Michigan University Museum of Cultural and Natural History, Mount Pleasant
Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills
Kingman Museum, Battle Creek
Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing
University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History, Ann Arbor

Minnesota
Bell Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis

Mississippi
Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University, Starkville
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson

Missouri
Joplin Museum Complex, Joplin
Kansas City Museum, Kansas City
Maramec Museum at Maramec Spring Park, St. James
University of Missouri-Columbia Enns Entomology Museum, Columbia
Museum of Science and Natural History, run by the Academy of Science, St. Louis

Montana
Carter County Museum, Ekalaka
Makoshika Dinosaur Museum, Glendive
Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman
Phillips County Museum, Malta
Two Medicine Dinosaur Center, Bynum
Wildlife Museum of the West, Ennis
Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum, Missoula

Nebraska
Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Hastings
Trailside Museum of Natural History at Fort Robinson State Park, Crawford
University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln

Nevada
Las Vegas Natural History Museum, Las Vegas
Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History, Las Vegas

New Hampshire
The Little Nature Museum at Gould Hill Orchards, Hopkinton
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness
Woodman Institute, Dover

New Jersey
Morris Museum, Morristown
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton
Newark Museum, Newark
Rutgers University Geology Museum, New Brunswick

New Mexico
American International Rattlesnake Museum, Albuquerque
Eastern New Mexico University Natural History Museum, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales
Las Cruces Museum of Natural History, Las Cruces
Mesalands Community College's Dinosaur Museum, Tucumcari
Miles Mineral Museum, Portales
Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Museum, Socorro
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque
Piedra Lumbre Education & Visitor Center, Abiquiú
Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology, Abiquiú

New York
American Museum of Natural History, New York City
Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Ithaca
Dinosaur Walk Museum, Riverhead
Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Cornwall-on-Hudson
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers
Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook
Museum of the Earth, Ithaca
Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks, The WILD Center, Tupper Lake
New York State Museum, Albany
Niagara Science Museum, Niagara Falls
Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca
Pember Museum of Natural History, Granville
South Fork Natural History Museum, Bridgehampton, New York
Tackapausha Museum and Preserve, Seaford
Trailside Museums and Zoo, Bear Mountain State Park
Vanderbilt Museum, Centerport

North Carolina
Aurora Fossil Museum, Aurora
Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington
Colburn Earth Science Museum, Asheville
McKinney Geology Teaching Museum, Boone
Museum of Coastal Carolina, Ocean Isle Beach
Museum of North Carolina Minerals, Spruce Pine
North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort
North Carolina Museum of Forestry, Whiteville
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, Durham
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh
Onslow County Museum, Richlands
Rankin Museum of American Heritage, Ellerbe
Schiele Museum of Natural History, Gastonia

North Dakota
Dakota Dinosaur Museum, Dickinson
Pioneer Trails Regional Museum, Bowman

Ohio
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, Dayton
Cincinnati Museum of Natural History & Science, Cincinnati
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland
Karl Limper Geology Museum, Oxford

Oklahoma
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman
The Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City

Oregon
High Desert Museum, Bend
University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene
World Forestry Center, Portland

Pennsylvania
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh
Delaware County Institute of Science, Media
Earth & Mineral Sciences Museum and Art Galleryat Penn State, University Park
Everhart Museum, Scranton
Four Mills Barn, Ambler
Frost Entomological Museum, University Park
Insectarium, Philadelphia
Mütter Museum, Philadelphia
North Museum of Natural History and Science, Lancaster
Oakes Museum of Natural History, Mechanicsburg
Pymatuning Wildlife Learning Center, Linesville
State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg
Reading Public Museum, West Reading
Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia

Rhode Island
Edna Lawrence Nature Lab, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Rhode Island Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, Providence

South Carolina
Bob Campbell Geology Museum, Clemson
Charleston Museum, Charleston
Clemson University Arthropod Collection, Clemson
Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head Island
McKissick Museum, Columbia
South Carolina State Museum, Columbia

South Dakota
The Journey Museum, Rapid City
The Mammoth Site Museum of Hot Springs, SD, Hot Springs
Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City

Tennessee
Frank H. McClung Museum, Knoxville
Gray Fossil Museum, Gray

Texas
Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History, Bryan
Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens, El Paso
Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston
John C. Freeman Weather Museum, Houston
Mayborn Museum Complex, Waco
Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas
Texas Memorial Museum, Austin
Natural Science Research Laboratory, and the Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock

Utah
BYU Earth Science Museum, Provo
College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum, Price
John Hutchings Museum of Natural History, Lehi
Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum,[5] Provo
Museum of Moab, Moab
Museum of the San Rafael, Castle Dale
Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City
North American Museum of Ancient Life, Lehi
Paunsaugunt Wildlife Museum, Bryce
Rosenbruch Wildlife Museum, St. George
St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm, St. George
The Dinosaur Museum, Blanding
Union Station Natural History Museum, Ogden
Utah Field House of Natural History, Vernal
Weber State University Museum of Natural Science, Ogden

Vermont
Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury
Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich
The Nature Museum at Grafton, Grafton
Perkins Geology Museum at the University of Vermont, Burlington
Southern Vermont Natural History Museum, Marlboro

Virginia
Hostetter Museum of Natural History, Suter Science Center, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg
James Madison University Mineral Museum, Harrisonburg
Museum of the Middle Appalachians, Saltville
Virginia Living Museum, Newport News
Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville
Virginia Tech Geosciences Museum, Blacksburg

Washington
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle
Charles R. Conner Museum, Washington State University, Pullman
Of Sea & Shore Museum, Port Gamble
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
Slater Museum of Natural History, Tacoma
Stonerose Interpretive Center and Fossil Site, Republic
The Whale Museum, Friday Harbor

West Virginia
West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey's Museum of Geology and Natural History, Morgantown
West Virginia Natural History Museum, Morgantown

Wisconsin
Cable Natural History Museum, Cable
Kenosha Public Museum, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point Museum of Natural History, Stevens Point
UW–Madison Geology Museum, Madison

Wyoming
Tate Geological Museum, Casper
Werner Wildlife Museum, Casper
Draper Museum of Natural History, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody
National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Center, Dubois
Natural History Museum of Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs
University of Wyoming Geological Museum, Laramie
University of Wyoming Insect Museum, Laramie

285 Natural Science Museums
 
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Alabama
W.A. Gayle Planetarium, Montgomery

Alaska
Thomas Planetarium at the Anchorage Museum, [121], Anchorage
Marie Drake Planetarium, [122], Juneau

Arkansas
EpiSphere at the Aerospace Education Center, Little Rock

Arizona
Dorrance Planetarium at the Arizona Science Center, [123], Phoenix
Flandrau Science Center at the University of Arizona, [124], Tucson

California
Palomar College Planetarium, [125], San Marcos, CA
The Discovery Museum, Science and Space Center, [126] Sacramento, California
Charles F. Hager Planetarium at San Francisco State University, [127], San Francisco
Chabot Space & Science Center, [128], Oakland
Fujitsu Planetarium at De Anza College, [129], Cupertino
Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles
Holt Planetarium, Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley
Morrison Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences, [130], San Francisco
The Great Valley Museum Planetarium, at Modesto Junior College Science Community Center (Opening to the public October 2014), [131], Modesto
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose - a purpose-built planetarium rendered in an Ancient Egyptian architectural style
Schreder Planetarium, Redding
Tessman Planetarium at Santa Ana College, Santa Ana

Colorado
Fiske Planetarium and Science Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder, [132], Boulder
Gates Planetarium at Denver Museum of Nature and Science, [133], Denver

Connecticut
The Discovery Museum, [134], Bridgeport
The Children's Museum, [135], West Hartford
Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium at Yale University, New Haven
Treworgy Planetarium at Mystic Seaport, Mystic

District of Columbia
Albert Einstein Planetarium, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Rock Creek Park Planetarium, [136]

Florida
Alexander Brest Planetarium, Museum of Science & History, Jacksonville, using a Konica Super MediaGlobe II projector, the first in Florida
BCC Planetarium & Observatory, [137], Cocoa
Buehler Planetarium and Observatory, [138], Davie, Florida
The Challenger Learning Center, [139], Tallahassee
Kika Silva Pla Planetarium, [140], Gainesville, opened to the public in September 2007 and located on the Northwest Campus of Santa Fe College
Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium, Miami, opened in 1966
Seminole State College Planetarium at Seminole State College of Florida, [141], Sanford

Georgia
Fernbank Planetarium at the Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta
Mark Smith Planetarium at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, [142], Macon
Omnisphere Theater, Coca-Cola Challenger Space Science Center, Columbus State University, Columbus
Rollins Planetarium at Young Harris College, [143], Young Harris
Tellus Planetarium at Tellus: Northwest Georgia Science Museum, Cartersville

Guam
University of Guam Planetarium, Agana

Hawaii
Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii, [144], Hilo
Jhamandas Watumull Planetarium at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, [145], Honolulu

Idaho
Capital High School, Boise

Illinois
Adler Planetarium, Chicago
Cernan Earth and Space Center, Triton College, River Grove
Illinois State University Planetarium, [146], Normal
Lakeview Museum planetarium [147], Peoria
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign
Strickler Planetarium at Olivet Nazarene University, [148], Bourbonnais
Waubonsie Valley High School planetarium [149], Aurora

Indiana
Bellmont High School, Decatur
Marion High School, Marion
SpaceQuest Planetarium (Indianapolis Children's Museum), Indianapolis, Indiana

Iowa
Bettendorf High School, Bettendorf

Kansas
Justice Planetarium at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, [150], Hutchinson

Kentucky
Gheen's Science Hall & Rauch Planetarium at University of Louisville, [151], Louisville
East Kentucky Science Center, [152], Prestonsburg
Golden Pond Planetarium, [153], Golden Pond
Hardin Planetarium at Western Kentucky University, [154], Bowling Green
Hummel Planetarium at Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond
Star Theater, [155], at Morehead State University, Morehead

Louisiana
Irene W. Pennington Planetarium, [156], Baton Rouge
Dayna & Ronald L. Sawyer Space Dome Planetarium, Shreveport

Maine
Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium at the University of Maine, [157], Orono

Maryland
Arthur Storer Planetarium, Prince Frederick, named after the first astronomer in the American colonies and the original namesake of Halley's Comet
Davis Planetarium at the Maryland Science Center, [158], Baltimore

Massachusetts
Framingham State College Planetarium, Framingham
George Alden Planetarium at the Ecotarium, Worcester
Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science, Boston
Seymour Planetarium at the Springfield Science Museum, Springfield, the oldest operating planetarium in the United States[2]

Michigan
Abrams Planetarium, Michigan State University, East Lansing
Argus Planetarium, [159], Ann Arbor
Cranbrook Planetarium, [160], Bloomfield Hills
Dassault Systemes Planetarium, Detroit
Delta College Planetarium & Learning Center, [161], Bay City
Kingman Museum Planetarium, Battle Creek
Longway Planetarium, [162], Flint
Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium, Public Museum of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids
Mount Clemens High School, Mount Clemens, Michigan
Roseville High School, Roseville, Michigan
Shiras Planetarium, [163], Marquette

Minnesota
Como Planetarium, Como Park Elementary School, St. Paul [164]
Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota [165]
Mayo High School, Rochester
Minneapolis Planetarium, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis. Demolished in 2002 along with the Minneapolis Public Library's central branch. A new public library opened in its place in 2006, and a new Minnesota Planetarium with modern digital projection capabilities was planned to be added to the building. However, a new planetarium was never realized.
SMSU Planetarium, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall [166]

Mississippi
Russell C. Davis Planetarium, [167], Jackson

Missouri
Gottlieb Planetarium, [168], Kansas City, Missouri
James S. McDonnell Planetarium, St. Louis

Nebraska
Mallory Kountze Planetarium (UNO), Omaha
Martin Luther King, Jr. Planetarium, Omaha
Ralph Mueller Planetarium, Lincoln [169]

Nevada
Fleischmann Planetarium & Science Center, Reno

New Hampshire
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, [170], Concord

New Jersey
Dreyfuss Planetarium at the Newark Museum, [171], Newark
Lenape Valley Regional High School, Stanhope
Longo Planetarium at County College of Morris, [172], Randolph
New Jersey State Museum Planetarium, Trenton
Princeton Day School Planetarium, Princeton
Robert J Novins Planetarium at Ocean County College, [173], Toms River
The Planetarium at RVCC, North Branch

New Mexico
The Planetarium at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, [174], Albuquerque

New York
Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers
Corning Community College Planetarium, Corning
Edwin Hubble Planetarium, in Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn
Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, New York City
Muse Planetarium, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn
Northeast Bronx Planetarium, in Harry Truman High School, Bronx
Strasenburgh Planetarium, Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester
Suits-Bueche Planetarium, Schenectady
Tupper Planetarium, Centereach High School Centereach, New York
Vanderbilt Planetarium, Vanderbilt Museum, Centerport
Wagner College Planetarium, Staten Island
Williamsville North High School, Williamsville, New York [175]

North Carolina
Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center, [176], Rocky Mount
Ingram Planetarium [177], Sunset Beach
Kelly Planetarium at Discovery Place, Charlotte
Margaret C. Woodson Planetarium at Horizons Unlimited, [178], Salisbury
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, [179], Chapel Hill - the first planetarium built on a U.S. college campus
Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, Gastonia
Millholand Planetarium at Catawba Science Center, Catawba
Greensboro Science Center, Greensboro
SciPlanetarium at SciWorks, Winston-Salem
Neuseway Nature Center and Planetarium, Kinston
Robeson County Planetarium Science and Technology, [180], Lumberton (limited public shows)
Rowan-Salisbury School System's Margaret C. Woodson Planetarium in Salisbury (limited public shows)
Fayetteville State University Planetarium, Fayetteville (limited public shows)
ECSU Khan Planetarium at Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City

Ohio
Anderson Hancock Planetarium, [181], Marietta College, Marietta
Appold Planetarium, [182], Lourdes University, Sylvania
BGSU Planetarium, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green
Clark Planetarium, [183], Shawnee State University, Portsmouth - the first Konica-Minolta Mediaglobe 3D system in the United States
Drake Planetarium & Science Center, [184], Cincinnati
Hoover-Price Planetarium at McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, [185], Canton
Ritter Planetarium & Brooks Observatory, University of Toledo, [186], Toledo
Shafran Planetarium at Cleveland Museum of Natural History, [187], Cleveland
Ward-Beecher Planetarium at Youngstown State University, [188], Youngstown
Westlake Schools Planetarium, Westlake

Oklahoma
James E. Bertelsmeyer Planetarium at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium, Tulsa
Kirkpatrick Planetarium at the Omniplex Science Museum, Oklahoma City

Oregon
Harry C. Kendall Planetarium, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland
North Medford High School Planetarium, Medford Oregon

Pennsylvania
Buhl Digital Dome, [189], Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh
Fels Planetarium at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia
Hatter Planetarium at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg
Planetarium at the Reading Public Museum, Reading
Seneca Valley High School, Harmony
Steel Valley High School, Munhall
Bethlehem-Center Middle School, Fredericktown

Puerto Rico
UPRM Planetarium, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez

Rhode Island
Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, Providence

Tennessee
Bays Mountain Planetarium at Bays Mountain Park, Kingsport
CyberSphere Digital Theater at the Renaissance Center, [190], Dickson
Sudekum Planetarium at Adventure Science Center, Nashville

Texas
Angelo State Planetarium, Angelo State University, San Angelo
Burke Baker Planetarium at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston
Center for Earth and Space Science Education, Tyler Junior College, Tyler - most advanced planetarium in the state of Texas
Gene Roddenberry Planetarium, El Paso
Noble Planetarium, Museum of Science & History, Fort Worth
The Planetarium at UT Arlington, Arlington
Scobee Planetarium, San Antonio College, San Antonio - Opened to the public in 1961, closed for renovations in 2012, scheduled to reopen in 2014.
The Stephen F. Austin Planetarium at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches

Utah
Royden G. Derrick Planetarium, [191] at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah - shows created and run by BYU Astronomical Society
Clark Planetarium, Salt Lake City
Ott Planetarium at Weber State University in Ogden - produces original content for small planetaria with an all-undergraduate production team

Virginia
Chesapeake Planetarium, [192] Chesapeake
David M. Brown Planetarium, Arlington
J. Calder Wicker Planetarium, Fork Union
Hopkins Planetarium at the Science Museum of Western Virginia, [193], Roanoke
John C. Wells Planetarium, [194], Harrisonburg
Mary D. Pretlow Planetarium, [195], Norfolk
Norfolk State University Planetarium, [196], Norfolk
Radford University Planetarium, [197], Radford
Virginia Living Museum, Newport News

Washington
Pacific Planetarium, Bremerton
Willard Smith Planetarium at the Pacific Science Center, Seattle
University of Washington Planetarium, Seattle

Wisconsin
Daniel F. Soref National Geographic Dome Theater and Planetarium, Milwaukee
Manfred Olsen Planetarium at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee

177 Planetariums
 
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Alabama
Birmingham – IMAX Dome, McWane Center (15/70 mm, 2D)[115]
Huntsville – Spacedome IMAX, US Space and Rocket Center (15/70 mm, 2D)[116]
Mobile – IMAX Dome, Gulf Coast Exploreum (15/70 mm, 2D)[117]

California
Anaheim – Soarin' Over California, Disney California Adventure Park. IMAX Dome. Used only for the ride.[122] (15/70 mm)
San Diego – Ruben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center (15/70 mm, 2D). The world's first IMAX Dome (Omnimax) screen.[127]
San Jose – IMAX Dome, The Tech Museum of Innovation (15/70 mm, 2D)[129]

Florida
Orlando – Soarin', Epcot, Walt Disney World. IMAX Dome. Used only for the ride. (15/70 mm)
Orlando – The Simpsons Ride, Universal Studios Florida. IMAX Dome. Used only for the ride. (15/70 mm)
Tampa – IMAX Dome, Museum of Science & Industry (15/70 mm, 2D)

Illinois
Chicago – OMNIMAX, Museum of Science and Industry (15/70 mm, 2D)[144]

Iowa
Des Moines – Blank IMAX Dome Theater - Science Center of Iowa (15/70 mm, 2D)

Kansas
Hutchinson – IMAX Dome, Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center (15/70 mm, 2D)[147]

Louisiana
Shreveport – IMAX Dome, Sci-Port Discovery Center (15/70 mm, 2D)

Massachusetts
Boston – Mugar Omni Theater, Museum of Science (15/70 mm, 2D)[153]

Michigan
Detroit, Michigan - Chrysler IMAX Dome, Michigan Science Center

Minnesota
St. Paul – Science Museum of Minnesota (15/70 mm, 2D). A dual-screen system with both a standard IMAX screen and a dome screen.[157]

Missouri
St. Louis – OMNIMAX, St. Louis Science Center (15/70 mm, 2D)[159]

New Jersey
Jersey City – Liberty Science Center. (15/70 mm, 2D). The largest IMAX Dome theater in the US.[168]

New York
Syracuse – Bristol Omnitheater, Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology (15/70 mm, 2D)[172]

North Carolina
Charlotte – Charlotte Observer IMAX Dome Theatre, Discovery Place (15/70 mm, 2D)[175]

Ohio
Cincinnati – OMNIMAX, Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal (15/70 mm, 2D)[178]
Cleveland – OMNIMAX, Great Lakes Science Center (15/70 mm, 2D)[179]

Oklahoma
Oklahoma City - OMNIDOME [182] at the Science Museum Oklahoma

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia – Omnimax, Franklin Institute Science Museum (15/70 mm, 2D)
Pittsburgh – Omnimax, Carnegie Science Center (15/70 mm, 2D)

Texas
Fort Worth – Omni Theater (IMAX Dome), Fort Worth Museum of Science and History (15/70 mm, 2D)[195]

Virginia
Richmond – IMAX Ethyl Dome, Science Museum of Virginia (15/70 mm, 3D) -- largest screen in Virginia[206]

Wisconsin
Milwaukee – IMAX Dome, Milwaukee Public Museum (15/70 mm, 3D)[209]
 
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