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Top 25 Natural history museums based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 102 natural history museums headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 6,821 professional contacts across them, including 2,702 with verified work emails. Albuquerque is the largest hub.
This list covers natural history museums headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 15, 2026.
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The 25 largest natural history museums based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,435 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent scientific and cultural institutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 726 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The California Academy of Sciences is a renowned scientific and educational institution dedicated to regenerating the natural world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 444 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The NHM has amassed one of the world’s most extensive and valuable collections of natural and cultural history, more than 35 million objects, some as old as 4.5 billion years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 443 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mission Be a catalyst!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 366 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 254 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is the largest museum of its kind in the Southeast.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 192 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Cleveland Museum of Natural History (CMNH), founded in 1920, is located in the heart of University Circle, five miles east of downtown Cleveland, Ohio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 191 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, you can race a T.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 188 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “In 1949, The Junior League of Miami's "Project Finding Committee" determined that Dade County's children needed a science museum.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 186 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Carnegie Museum of Natural History collects and cares for specimens and artifacts that document the history of life and human cultures.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 130 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1916 as the Museum of Comparative Oology, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has evolved to include more than 3.5 million specimens covering every aspect of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 130 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Burke is a new kind of museum, and a whole new way to experience our world-with working labs you can see into, one-of-a-kind objects all around you, and galleries filled with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 108 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Welcome to the Museums of Science & History (MoSH), a wide-ranging collection of historic, educational and technological attractions maintained by the City of Memphis, Tennessee…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Tellus is a world-class square foot museum located in Cartersville, GA just off I-75 at exit 293.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Delaware Museum of Natural History is now the Delaware Museum of Nature & Science.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Mayborn Museum Complex engages the Central Texas community by inspiring life-long learning through our rich collections, transformative programs, and hands-on experiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “PRI has outstanding programs in research, collections, publications, and Earth science education as well as two public venues for education - Museum of the Earth and Cayuga Nature…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “As the state’s museum of natural history, VMNH has award-winning exhibits, ground-breaking scientific research and collections, and innovative educational programs for all ages.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Art, history, natural science.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since 1953, the North Museum of Nature and Science has been Lancaster’s place to discover science, nature, and cultures–from a turtle’s webbed feet to the dirty chunks of ice that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Mission Founded in 1881, the Staten Island Museum, New York City’s only general interest museum, engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions and educational programs that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Wagner Free Institute of Science is a National Landmark natural history museum, library and educational institution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Discover a world of wonders at Museum of World Treasures in Old Town Wichita, KS.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Located at 43 Patton Ave, in the heart of Asheville’s thriving downtown cultural area, Asheville Museum of Science (AMOS) ignites imagination, enhances science capability, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The mission of the Montana Natural History Center is to promote and cultivate the appreciation, understanding and stewardship of nature through education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: natural history museums. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names natural history museums.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of natural history museums, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name natural history museums. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Natural history museums based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 15, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 102 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among natural history museums, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “natural history museums”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names natural history museums), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among natural history museums, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,702 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 15, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names natural history museums, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many natural history museums are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 102 natural history museums headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
American Museum Of Natural History, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most natural history museums?
Albuquerque leads with 2 headquartered companies, followed by Asheville (2) and Athens (2).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,702 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 102 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 15, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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