藏品包含科學發展與應用、科學概念、技術，以及使用器械的博物館。科學博物館和自然科學與自然歷史博物館一樣，都源於啟蒙時代。部份藏品來自學術性協會，其他則來自私人藏品。

科學博物館(組織)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
k'o hsüeh po wu kuan(P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
kē xué bó wù guǎn (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
ke xue bo wu guan(P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
science museums(organizations)　(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,PN)
science museum(organization)　(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
museums, science(organizations)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....物件層面
........建築環境 (層級名)
............單一建築作品 (層級名)
................<單一建築作品 (建築環境)>
....................<依特定種類區分之單一建築作品>
........................<依功能區分之單一建築作品>
............................展覽館 (展覽建築)
................................博物館 (建築物)
....................................<依主題區分之博物館>
........................................科學博物館 (組織)

locational context/setting is....

科學博物館(建築物)

英文....	Museums containing collections dealing with the development and application of science, scientific ideas, technology, and instrumentation. Like museums of natural science and natural history, science museums have their origins in the Enlightenment. Some of them developed from the collections of learned societies, others from private collections

科學博物館(組織)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 March 15, 2013
science museums(organizations)............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 18 February 2010
.................	Dictionarium Museologicum (1986)
.................	AATA database (1995-) 128560 checked 26 January 2012
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 18 February 2010
science museum(organization)............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
museums, science(organizations)............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Subject:............	[GCI]
.................	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982) 105; Museums: fisheries
.................	AATA database (1995-) 128560 checked 26 January 2012

Getty AAT: 300312325 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300312325
聯合目錄： 科學博物館 、k'o hsüeh po wu kuan 、kē xué bó wù guǎn 、ke xue bo wu guan 、science museums 、science museum 、museums, science