List of 275 Science Learning Centers in the USA

Collected here for your convenience, a list of Science Learning Centers sorted by state. This should help you find a local venue to take a field trip with you siblings, cousins or classroom to engage them in learning all about science!

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Science Learning Centers in the USA:

VIRTUAL	Eniac Virtual Museum
	Franklin Institute Virtual Science Museum
	Heartland Science
	IEEE Global History Network
	National Center for Technological Literacy
	The Virtual Fossil Museum
ALABAMA	Anniston Museum of Natural History
	Alabama Nature Center
	Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center
	Mann Museum
	Sci-Quest, the North Alabama Science Center
	U.S. Space & Rocket Center
ALASKA	The Imaginarium
ARIZONA	Arizona Science Center
ARKANSAS	Museum of Discovery
CALIFORNIA	Bay Area Discovery Museum
	California Academy of Sciences
	California Science Center
	Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center
	Coyote Point Museum For Environmental Education
	Discovery Science Center
	Ecology Hall of Fame
	Exploratorium
	Great Valley Museum of Natural History
	Lawrence Hall of Science
	Lindsay Wildlife Museum
	Museum of Paleontology, University of California
	Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
	Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center
	San Diego Natural History Museum
	Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
	Tech Museum of Innovation
COLORADO	Denver Museum of Nature & Science
	Discovery Center Science Museum
	National Renewable Energy Laboratory Visitors Center
	Space Foundation Discovery Center
CONNECTICUT	Children's Museum of Connecticut
	Discovery Museum
	DNA EpiCenter
	Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
DELAWARE	Delaware Museum of Natural History
	Hagley Museum and Library
	Iron Hill Science Center
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	Marian Koshland Science Museum
	National Children's Museum
	National Air and Space Museum
	National Museum of Health and Medicine
	Smithsonian National Zoological Park
FLORIDA	Emerald Coast Science Center
	Florida Museum of Natural History
	Great Explorations, The Hands On Museum
	G.WIZ Hands-On Science Museum
	Kennedy Space Center
	Miami Science Museum
	MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry)
	Fort Lauderdale Museum of Discovery & Science
	Orlando Science Center
	South Florida Science Center and Aquarium
GEORGIA	Coca Cola Space Science Center
	Georgia Museum of Natural History
	Museum of Arts & Sciences
	Museum of Aviation Flight & Technology Center
	Tellus Science Museum
HAWAII	Bishop Museum
	Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
	Pacific Tsunami Museum
IDAHO	Discovery Center of Idaho
IDAHO	Idaho Museum of Natural History
ILLINOIS	Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
	Burpee Museum of Natural History
	Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
	Children's Discovery Museum
	Discovery Center Museum - Rockford
	Field Museum of Natural History
	International Museum of Surgical Science
	Dunn Museum
	Lederman Science Education Center
	Museum of Science and Industry
	SciTech Hands on Museum
	Staerkel Planetarium - Champaign
	The Science Center
INDIANA	Children's Museum of Indianapolis
	Terre Haute Childrens Museum
	Science Central, Fort Wayne
	WonderLab Museum of Health, Science, and Technology
IOWA	Grout Museum District
	Putnam Museum
	Science Center of Iowa
	Cedar Rapids Science Station
KANSAS	Exploration Place
	Great Plains Nature Center
	Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
	Sternberg Museum of Natural History
KENTUCKY	Explorium of Lexington
	Highlands Museum & Discovery Center
	Louisville Science Center
	Owensboro Museum of Science and History
LOUISIANA	Lafayette Science Museum
	Louisiana Art and Science Museum
	Louisiana Children's Museum
	LSU Museum of Natural Science
	Sci-Port Discovery Center
MAINE	Children's Museum of Maine
MAINE	Maine Discovery Museum (Bangor)
MARYLAND	Discovery Station at Hagerstown
MARYLAND	Maryland Science Center
MASSACHUSETTS	Boston Children's Museum
	EcoTarium
	MIT Museum
	Museum of Science, Boston
	National Plastics Center and Museum
	Springfield Science Museum
	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
MICHIGAN	Alfred P. Sloan Museum and Longway Planetarium
	Flint Children's Museum
	Impression 5 Science Center
	Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
	Kingman Museum
	New Detroit Science Center
MINNESOTA	Bell Museum of Natural History
	Duluth Children's Museum
	Headwaters Science Center
	Science Museum of Minnesota
MISSISSIPPI	Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
MISSISSIPPI	Russell C. Davis Planetarium
MISSOURI	Discovery Center of Springfield
	Pioneer Ridge Science Education Center
	St. Louis Science Center
	Science City at Union Station
	The YouZeum
MONTANA	ExplorationWorks
	Museum of the Rockies
	Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum
NEBRASKA	Edgerton Explorit Center
	Omaha Children's Museum
	University of Nebraska State Museum
NEVADA	Fleischmann Planetarium
	Las Vegas Natural History Museum
	Lied Discovery Children's Museum
NEW HAMPSHIRE	Children's Museum of Portsmouth
	Christa McAuliffe Planetarium
	Mount Washington Observatory and Weather Center
	SEE Science Center
NEW JERSEY	Information Age Learning Center
	Liberty Science Center
	Newark Museum
NEW MEXICO	Bradbury Science Museum
	Explora
	Las Cruces Museum of Natural History
	LodeStar Astronomy Center
	National Atomic Museum
	National Radio Astronomy Observatory
	New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
	New Mexico Museum of Space History
NEW YORK	American Museum of Natural History
	Brookhaven National Lab Science Museum
	Buffalo Museum of Science
	Center for Science Teaching & Learning
	Dolan DNA Learning Center
	Goudreau Museum of Mathematics in Art and Science
	Long Island Museum of Science and Technology
	Long Island Science Center
	Museum of the Earth
	Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences
	New York Botanical Garden
	New York Hall of Science
	New York Transit Museum
	Roberson Museum and Science Center
	Rochester Museum & Science Center
	Schenectady Museum
	Sciencenter
	The Discovery Center
NORTH CAROLINA	Cape Fear Museum
	Catawba Science Center
	Discovery Place
	Exploris
	Health Adventure
	Imagination Station
	Mineral & Lapidary Museum of Henderson County
	Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
	Museum of Life and Science
	Natural Science Center of Greensboro
	North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences
	North Carolina Transportation Museum
	Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center
	Schiele Museum of Natural History
	SciWorks
NORTH DAKOTA	Gateway to Science
OHIO	Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
	Cincinnati Museum Center
	Cleveland Museum of Natural History
	Center of Science and Industry, Columbus
	Imagination Station Toledo
	Falls of the Ohio State Park & Interpretive Center
	Great Lakes Science Center
	National Inventors Hall of Fame
	Ohio Center for History, Art and Technology
OKLAHOMA	Kirkpatrick Science and Air Space Museum
OREGON	Evergreen Aviation Museum
	Oregon Coast Aquarium
	Oregon Museum of Science & Industry
	Science Factory Children's Museum
	ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum
PENNSYLVANIA	Academy of Natural Science
	Carnegie Science Center
	Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
	Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology
	Franklin Institute
	Frost Entomological Museum
	National Canal Museum
	National Watch & Clock Museum
	North Museum of Natural History and Science
	Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center
	Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
RHODE ISLAND	Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
RHODE ISLAND	Museum of Natural History and Cormack Planetarium
SOUTH CAROLINA	Coastal Discovery Museum
	EdVenture Children's Museum
	Roper Mountain Science Center
	ScienceSouth
SOUTH DAKOTA	Kirby Science Discovery Center
SOUTH DAKOTA	South Dakota Discovery Center & Aquarium
TENNESSEE	Adventure Science Center
	American Museum of Science and Energy
	Children's Museum of Memphis
	Creative Discovery Museum
	Discovery Center at Murfree Spring
	East Tennessee Discovery Center
	Hands On! Regional Museum
	Hands-On Science Center
	Pink Palace Family of Museums
TEXAS	Austin Children's Museum
	Children's Museum of Houston
	Cook Education Center
	Dallas Museum of Natural History
	Discovery Science Place
	Fort Worth Museum of Science
	Heard Natural Science Museum
	Health Museum
	Houston Museum of Natural Science
	Johnson Space Center
	Mayborn Planetarium & Space Theater
	McDonald Observatory Visitor's Center
	Museum of Health and Medical Science
	Museum of Nature & Science
	Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum
	Sci-Tech Discovery Center
	Science Spectrum
	Southwest Museum of Science and Technology
UTAH	BYU Earth Science Museum
	Children's Museum of Utah
	Clark Planetarium
	Utah Museum of Natural History
VERMONT	ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
	Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
	Montshire Museum of Science
VIRGINIA	National Maritime Center
	Science Museum of Virginia
	Science Museum of Western Virginia
	Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum
	Virginia Air and Space Center
	Virginia Aviation Museum
	Virginia Discovery Museum
	Virginia Living Museum
	Virginia Museum of Natural History
WASHINGTON	Columbia River Exhibition
	Mindport Exhibits
	MOBIUS
	Pacific Science Center
	Palouse Discovery Science Center
	Three Rivers Children's Museum
WEST VIRGINIA	Avampato Discovery Museum
WEST VIRGINIA	SMART-Center
WISCONSIN	BioTrek: The Museum of Living Sciences
	Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin
	Fox Cities Children's Museum
	Milwaukee Public Museum
	Weis Earth Science Museum
WYOMING	The Science Zone

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