New extension
.museum domain name
What you need to know about .museum: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .museum
- Registry
- about.museum
- Registration period
- 1 to 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 10 years
- Domain name length
- 1 to 63 characters
- Renewal on transfer
- yes, transferring renews the domain
- Transfer code length
- 12 to 32 characters
- Transfer lock available
- yes
- Number of nameservers
- 2 to 12
- Renewable after expiry date
- 35 days
- Quarantine after deletion
- 30 days
Features
- DNSSEC: yesYou can secure your domain name with DNSSEC.
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: yesDomain names with letters such as é, ü or ø (and sometimes other scripts) are possible.
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .museum?
- You may only register and renew a .museum domain name if you are a museum, a professional association of museums, a person with an interest in or connection to the museum profession or museum activities, or a museum enthusiast.
Good to know when registering
- After a successful registration, the registry locks the domain name against transfers for 60 days. During that period, you can't transfer the domain name to another registrar.
Transfer
Transferring a .museum
- You can't transfer a newly registered .museum domain name during the first 60 days after registration.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- ICANN's transfer rules apply to every change of owner.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- When renewing, you must also meet the conditions: you are a museum, a professional association of museums, someone with a connection to the museum profession, or a museum enthusiast.
Compiled from the registry's rules. Registries sometimes change their rules; if in doubt, the registry's terms take precedence. Updated on 11/11/2026.