Merit Badges

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List of Merit Badges

American Business American Cultures American Heritage American Labor Animal Science Animation Archaeology Archery Architecture Art Astronomy Athletics Automotive Maintenance Aviation Backpacking Basketry * Bird Study Bugling Camping * Canoeing * Chemistry * Chess Citizenship in the Community * Citizenship in the Nation * Citizenship in the World * Climbing Coin Collecting Collections Communication Composite Materials Cooking Crime Prevention Cycling * Dentistry Digital Technology Disabilities Awareness Dog Care * Drafting Electricity * Electronics Emergency Preparedness * Energy Engineering Entrepreneurship Environmental Science * Exploration Family Life * Farm Mechanics Fingerprinting Fire Safety First Aid * Fish and Wildlife Management * Fishing Fly Fishing Forestry * Game Design Gardening Genealogy Geocaching * Geology Golf Graphic Arts Hiking Home Repairs Horsemanship Indian Lore * Insect Study * Inventing Journalism Kayaking Landscape Architecture Law * Leatherwork Lifesaving * Mammal Study * Medicine Metalwork * Mining in Society Model Design and Building * Motorboating * Moviemaking Music Nature Nuclear Science Oceanography * Orienteering * Painting Personal Fitness * Personal Management * Pets * Photography Pioneering Plant Science * Plumbing Pottery Public Health Public Speaking Pulp and Paper Radio Railroading Reading * Reptile and Amphibian Study * Rifle Shooting * Robotics * Rowing * Safety Salesmanship Scholarship * Scouting Heritage Scuba Diving Sculpture Search and Rescue * Shotgun Shooting * Signs, Signals and Codes Skating Small-Boat Sailing Snow Sports Soil and Water Conservation * Space Exploration Sports * Stamp Collecting * Surveying Sustainability Swimming * Textile * Theater * Traffic Safety Truck Transportation Veterinary Medicine Water Sports * Weather Welding Whitewater Wilderness Survival * Wood Carving * Woodwork *

Note:   Merit badges displayed in a bold font are Eagle-required merit badges.

For each merit badge, there is a related book. It is an incredibly valuable resource to have with you while working on any badge. The book provides context, examples, and further enumeration on the topics covered by the requirements. Merit Badge booklets are available in the Troop library for items marked with an *.  See the troop librarian.