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

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Supra-national

Argentina

Australia

National societies

State and territory societies

[New South Wales]

[Northern Territory]

[Queensland]

[South Australia]

[Tasmania]

Victoria">Victoria (Australia)">Victoria

[Western Australia]

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

Belgium

See: List of historical societies in Flanders

Brazil

See: List of historical and geographical institutes of Brazil

Canada

National societies

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]

[New Brunswick]

[Newfoundland and Labrador]

  • French Shore Historical Society
  • Greenspond Historical Society

[Nova Scotia]

[Ontario]

[Quebec]

[Saskatchewan]

Chile

  • Sociedad Chilena de Historia y Geografía

Czech Republic

  • Český národní komitét historiků

Denmark

Finland

See also: List of local associations in Finland ; focused on local cultural heritage and history

France

See:

French Polynesia

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

Guatemala

  • Academia de Geografía e Historia de Guatemala

Honduras

  • Sociedad de Geografía e Historia de Honduras

Hungary

India

Lithuania

Mexico

Moldova

Morocco

  • Association Marocaine pour La Recherche Historique

Netherlands

See: List of historical societies in the Netherlands
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New Zealand

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Norway

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Pakistan

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

See: Swedish local history associations

Switzerland

See: Historical societies in Switzerland

Turkey

United Kingdom and Crown dependencies

National societies

Uruguay

Venezuela

Aviation historical societies

United States

Other countries

Denominational societies

Time-period oriented societies

United States

Subject matter-based historical societies

Canada

India

United Kingdom

United States