.museum domains

The .MUSEUM domain name extension allows you to create your own museum focused website with the perfect name. Wiith .MUSEUM you will be able to register a custom and easy to remember domain name.

This tld is perfect to creating a museum official website, an online museum website or even guides for museums around the world.

Rates and features

.museum

44,95 €

There are no restrictions for such domains.

Registration period extension

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	44,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	44,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	44,95 €	1 year(s)	2 dominitis
Restore	60,00 €	Does not include renewal	-

Features
Domain length:	1 - 63 characters
Transfer system:	The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

Regulations

.museum domain life cycle

				42 days	30 days	5 days
	Domain registration		Expiration date				Deletion date
Domain available		Domain active		Renew grace period	Redemption period	Pending delete		Domain available

Renew Grace Period
Redemption Period
Pending Delete

Permitted characters

.museum domains permit characters from 'a' to 'z', numbers from '0' to '9' and hyphens '-'.
A hyphen '-' is not permitted in the first or last position of the domain name.
Two consecutive hyphens are not permitted in the 3rd and 4th position.

Residency requirements

This extension doesn't have any residency requirements.

Technical requirements

.MUSEUM domains require the DNS to be active on different subnets and to be authoritative for the domain at the time of registration. You can check if they pass these minimum requirements using our Zone Check tool.

Registrations

.museum domain registrations are immediate.

Transfers

To be able to complete .MUSEUM domain transfers you'll need your current registrar to give you the domain's AuthCode or EPP-Key, with it you'll be able to verify your domain's ownership.

Transfers can take between 5 and 7 days to complete. Some registrars allow to accept transfers manually, contact your current registrar and find out if they offer this service, in this case the transfer will complete the same day.

More information about .MUSEUM domain transfers

The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

Renewals

You can renew your .MUSEUM domain at any moment, this process can take between 20 and 30 minutes to complete.

Cancellations

It's possible to ask for the cancellation of your .MUSEUM domain, you'll have to do it opening a ticket (support area). Please note the domain cancellation involves no refund of the domain registration fee.

DNS modifications

DNS modification is immediate, please note they must propagate through the network, this process can take up to 6-12 hours to complete, until then the domain will still point to the previous DNS servers.

DNSSEC

We allow the usage of DNSSEC on .museum domains, thanks to it your domain will be able to take advantage of an additional security layer that DNS servers that are compatible with this tecnology can provide.
You can obtain more information at: What is DNSSEC and how does it work

Domain owner change

Since December 1st, 2016, in order to proceed with an ownership change of .MUSEUM domains, it's necessary that both the current and new owner accept this change. Once the ownership change is completed the domain is locked for transfers for a 60-day period, during this time the domain won't be able to be transferred to another registrar.

More information: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/transfer-policy-2016-06-01-en