List of historical societies


This is a partial list of historical and heritage societies from around the world. The sections provided are not mutually exclusive. Many historical societies websites are their museums' websites. List is organized by location and later by specialization.

International societies

Global

  • Comité International d'Histoire de l'Art
  • Haitian American Historical Society
  • Historians without Borders
  • History News Network
  • International Association for Media and History
  • International Committee of Historical Sciences
  • International Commission for the History of Towns
  • International Council on Archives
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  • International Economic History Association
  • International Social History Association
  • International Intelligence History Association
  • International Water History Association
  • International Students of History Association
  • Medieval Chronicle Society
  • Network of Concerned Historians
  • The Theosophical Society

    Supra-national

  • Archives and Records Association
  • Asian Association of World Historians
  • European Association of History Educators
  • Global Alliance for Preserving the History of WWII in Asia
  • House of European History
  • International Association of Historians of Asia
  • Platform of European Memory and Conscience
  • Western History Association
  • World History Association

    Argentina

  • National Academy of History of Argentina

    Australia

National societies

  • Federation of Australian Historical Societies
  • Australian Jewish Historical Society
  • Australian Association for Maritime History
  • Australian Catholic Historical Society
  • Australian Railway Historical Society
  • Naval Historical Society of Australia
  • Australian Garden History Society
  • Military Historical Society of Australia

    State and territory societies

[New South Wales]

The Royal Western Australian Historical Society is the overarching society for the whole state.
Perth:
  • Heritage Perth
  • Bayswater Historical Society
  • Canning Districts Historical Society
  • City of South Perth Historical Society
  • Cockburn Historical Society
  • Colonial Bottle Collectors Club
  • Darlington Historical Group
  • Fremantle History Society
  • Jewish Historical and Genealogical Society of WA
  • Kalamunda and Districts Historical Society
  • Maritime Archaeological Association WA
  • Maylands Historical and Peninsula Association
  • Melville Historical Society
  • Midland and Districts Historical Society
  • Mundaring and Hills Historical Society
  • Perth Electric Tramway Society
  • Rockingham District Society
  • Scout Heritage Centre of WA
  • Swan-Guildford Historical Society
  • WA Police Historical Society
  • Wanneroo and Districts Historical Society
Peel:
  • Jarrahdale Heritage Society
  • Kwinana Heritage Group
  • Mandurah Historical Society
  • Murray Districts Historical Society
  • Serpentine Historical Society
Wheatbelt:
  • Beverley Historical Society
  • Bindoon and Districts Historical Society
  • Brookton and Districts Historical Society
  • Carnamah Historical Society
  • Cervantes Historical Society
  • Corrigin Historical Society
  • Cunderdin Historical Society
  • Goomalling Historical Society
  • Koorda and Districts Museum & Historical Society
  • Moora Historical Society
  • Narembeen Historical Society
  • Northam and Districts Historical Society
  • Nungarin Heritage Machinery and Army Museum
  • Toodyay Historical Society
  • Wongan Hills and Districts Museum and Historical Society
  • Yilgarn Historical Society
  • The York Society
South West:
  • Augusta Historical Society
  • Australind and Districts Historical Society
  • Bridgetown Historical Society
  • Bunbury Historical Society
  • Busselton Historical Society
  • Denmark Historical Society
  • Donnybrook Historical Society
  • Friends of Donnelly Village
  • Harvey Historical Society
  • Manjimup Historical Society
  • Margaret River and District Historical Society
  • Walpole-Nornalup Historical Society
Great Southern:
  • Albany Historical Society
  • Broomehill Historical Society
  • Katanning Historical Society
  • Kojonup Historical Society
  • Plantagenet Historical Society
Mid West:
  • Birdwood Military Museum and Society
  • Geraldton Historical Society
  • Irwin Districts Historical Society
  • Morowa District Historical Society
  • Northampton Historical Society
Kimberley:
  • Broome Historical Society
  • Kununurra Historical Society
  • Wyndham Historical Society
Goldfields-Esperance:
  • Eastern Goldfields Historical Society
  • Esperance Bay Historical Society
  • Ravensthorpe Historical Society
Gascoyne:
  • Gascoyne Historical Society
Pilbara:
  • Pilbara Railways Historical Society

    Austria

Belgium

See: List of historical societies in Flanders

Brazil

See: List of historical and geographical institutes of Brazil

National societies

  • Canadian Historical Association

    Provincial and territorial societies

[Alberta]

  • Old Glenora Conservation Association
  • Edmonton and District Historical Society

    [British Columbia]

  • Sea Island Heritage Society
  • Vancouver Historical Society
  • West Vancouver Historical Society

    [Manitoba]

  • Manitoba Historical Society

    [New Brunswick]

  • New Brunswick Historical Society
  • Carleton County Historical Society

    [Newfoundland and Labrador]

  • French Shore Historical Society
  • Greenspond Historical Society

    [Nova Scotia]

  • Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society

    [Ontario]

  • Ontario Historical Society
  • York Pioneers

    [Quebec]

  • Literary and Historical Society of Quebec

    [Saskatchewan]

  • Prince Albert Historical Society

    Chile

  • Sociedad Chilena de Historia y Geografía

    China

Czech Republic

Finland

See also: List of local associations in Finland ; focused on local cultural heritage and history
  • Archaeological Society of Finland
  • Finnish Antiquarian Society

    France

See:
  • Société de l'histoire de France

    French Polynesia

  • Tahitian Historical Society

    Germany

See: List of historical societies in Germany, List of history workshops in Germany, and List of local history societies in North Rhine-Westphalia

Ghana

  • Historical Society of Ghana

    Guatemala

  • Academia de Geografía e Historia de Guatemala

    Honduras

  • Sociedad de Geografía e Historia de Honduras

    Hungary

  • Hungarian Historical Society

    India

  • Pune Aitihasik Vastu Smriti
  • Historians India Society
  • Indian Council of Historical Research
  • Indian History and Culture Society

    Ireland

Italy

Lithuania

  • Lithuanian Institute of History

    Mexico

  • Academia Mexicana de la Historia, National Academy

    Moldova

  • Association of Historians of Moldova

    Morocco

  • Association Marocaine pour La Recherche Historique

    Netherlands

See: List of historical societies in the Netherlands

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

See: Swedish local history associations

Switzerland

See: Historical societies in Switzerland

Turkey

  • Turkish Historical Society

    United Kingdom and Crown dependencies

National societies

  • Anglo-Norman Text Society
  • Black and Asian Studies Association
  • British Record Society
  • British Records Association
  • Canterbury and York Society
  • Catholic Record Society
  • Crimean War Research Society
  • Hadrianic Society
  • Harleian Society
  • Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
  • List and Index Society
  • Naval Dockyards Society
  • Navy Records Society
  • Past and Present Society
  • Royal Historical Society
  • Scottish History Society
  • Scottish Record Society
  • Selden Society
  • Society for Army Historical Research
  • Society of Antiquaries of London
  • Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
  • Stair Society
  • The Historical Association

    Regional and local societies

United States

Uruguay

United States

  • Aircraft Engine Historical Society, Huntsville, Alabama
  • American Aviation Historical Society, Santa Ana, California
  • B-26 Marauder Historical Society, at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona
  • Colorado Aviation Historical Society, Denver, Colorado
  • *Cortez Aviation Heritage Society, Cortez, Colorado
  • *Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society, Pueblo, Colorado
  • Florida Aviation Historical Society
  • Hawaii Aviation Preservation Society
  • Maine Aviation Historical Society
  • Massachusetts Aviation Historical Society
  • Missouri Aviation Historical Society, St. Louis, Missouri
  • New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society
  • Oregon Aviation Historical Society
  • United States Airways Heritage Association