Science Centers of the World

Where this map comes from

We put the list of places together automatically from these public sources and fixed some places by hand, so a few mistakes may remain. Spotted one? Let us know.

• Wikidata: places, locations, websites (CC0)
• Wikipedia: its museum and planetarium categories, its list of science museums, and how often each article is read
• OpenStreetMap: more places and locations, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
• Wikimedia Commons: photos, each credited under it
• Natural Earth: country borders (public domain)
• NASA Blue Marble: the Earth from space (public domain)
• OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles: the street map
• MapLibre: draws the globe

The list of places, places.json, contains OpenStreetMap data and is available under the Open Database License.