List of historical societies explained

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
• International Historical Club, IHC^{[1] [2]}
• International Economic History Association
• International Social History Association
• International Association for the History of Religions
• International Intelligence History Association
• International Water History Association
• International Students of History Association
• International Big History Association
• Medieval Chronicle Society
• Network of Concerned Historians
• The Theosophical Society

Supra-national

• Archives and Records Association (covers United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland)
• Asian Association of World Historians
• European Association of History Educators (EUROCLIO)
• 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

Australia

National societies

• The Australian Historical Association
• 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

• Royal Australian Historical Society
• Brewarrina Historical Society, Brewarrina
• St George Historical Society, St George (Sydney)

Northern Territory

• Historical Society of the Northern Territory

Queensland

• Royal Historical Society of Queensland

• Kangaroo Island Pioneers Association
• South Australia Police Historical Society

Tasmania

• Tasmanian Historical Research Association

Victoria

• Royal Historical Society of Victoria
• Eltham District Historical Society
• Geelong Historical Society
• Heidelberg Historical Society

Western Australia

The Royal Western Australian Historical Society is the overarching society for the whole state.

Perth

• Heritage Perth
• Bassendean Historical Society
• 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^[3]

Pilbara

• Pilbara Railways Historical Society

Brazil

• Associação Nacional de História (ANPUH)^[4]

Canada

National societies

• Canadian Historical Association

Provincial and territorial societies

Alberta

• Old Glenora Conservation Association

• Sea Island Heritage Society

• Manitoba Historical Society

• New Brunswick Historical Society
• Carleton County Historical Society

Newfoundland and Labrador

• Greenspond Historical Society

• Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society

Ontario

• Ontario Historical Society
• York Pioneers

• Literary and Historical Society of Quebec

• Prince Albert Historical Society

China

• Association of Chinese Historians

Czech Republic

• Český národní komitét historiků

Finland

• Archaeological Society of Finland
• Finnish Antiquarian Society
• Finnish Historical Society

Germany

• Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands

Ghana

• Historical Society of Ghana

Hungary

• Hungarian Historical Society

India

• Pune Aitihasik Vastu Smriti

Ireland

• Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
• Galway Archaeological and Historical Society
• Irish Historical Society
• Kilkenny Archaeological Society
• Ards Historical Society, in Newtownards^[5]

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

• Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap

New Zealand

• Tauranga Historical Society (Est. 1952)
• The New Zealand Historical Association

Pakistan

• Pakistan Museum of Natural History

Poland

• Polish Historical Society (Poland)

Portugal

• Academia Portuguesa da Historia

Saudi Arabia

• Historical Saudi Historical Society

South Africa

• Southern African Historical Society

Philippines

• Philippine Historical Association

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 (Wales)
• List and Index Society
• Naval Dockyards Society (NDS)
• Navy Records Society
• Past and Present Society
• Royal Historical Society
• Scottish History Society
• Scottish Record Society
• Selden Society (English law)
• Society for Army Historical Research
• Society of Antiquaries of London
• Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
• Stair Society (Scots law)
• The Historical Association

Regional and local societies

United States

See main article: List of historical societies in the United States.

Aviation historical societies

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

Other countries

• Air-Britain, United Kingdom
• Aviation Historical Society of Australia, Australia
• Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand, New Zealand
• Tramway Historical Society, New Zealand
• Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory, Canada
• Bod? Aviation Historical Society, Norway
• Canadian Aviation Historical Society, Canada
• Ontario Aviation Historical Society, Canada
• Aviation Archaeology in Greece, Greece
• European Aviation Historical Society
• Historical Aviation Society of Ireland, Ireland
• Civil Aviation Historical Society, Australia (Air Services Australia)
• Swedish Aviation Historical Society, Sweden
• Ulster Aviation Society, Northern Ireland
• West Beach Aviation Group, Australia
• Instituto de Historia y Cultura Aeronáuticas, Spain

Denominational societies

• American Baptist Historical Society
• Baptist History and Heritage Society
• Disciples of Christ Historical Society
• Evangelical & Reformed Historical Society (German Reformed Church)
• Historical Society of the Episcopal Church
• Lutheran Historical Society of the Mid-Atlantic
• National Episcopal Historians and Archivists
• Presbyterian Historical Society

Time-period oriented societies

United States

• American Antiquarian Society

• The Historical Society
• Medieval Academy of America
• Plymouth Antiquarian Society

Subject matter-based historical societies

Canada

• Canadian Society for the History of Medicine
• Miles Canyon Historical Society
• Photographic Historical Society of Canada

India

• Kokborok tei Hukumu Mission

United Kingdom

• Historical Diving Society
• Historical Maritime Society
• Jewish Historical Society of England
• Plastics Historical Society
• Nautical Archaeology Society
• Railway and Canal Historical Society

United States

• Anthracite Railroads Historical Society
• Conrail Historical Society
• Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society
• Filipino American National Historical Society
• Great Northern Railway Historical Society
• John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society
• MCRD Museum Historical Society
• National Railway Historical Society
• North Jersey Electric Railway Historical Society
• Polish Historical Society (United States)
• The Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society
• Theatre Historical Society of America
• Ulster & Delaware Railroad Historical Society
• United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey

See also

• List of genealogical societies
• List of Antiquarian Societies
• List of halls and walks of fame
• List of Royal Societies
• Text publication society

Further reading

• Boyd, Julian P. "State and local historical societies in the United States." The American Historical Review 40.1 (1934): 10–37.
• Dunlap, Leslie W. American historical societies, 1790-1860 (1944).
• Jones, Houston Gwynne, ed. Historical Consciousness in the Early Republic: The Origins of State Historical Societies, Museums, and Collections, 1791-1861 (North Caroliniana Society and North Carolina Collection, 1995)
• Schumacher, Ryan. "The Wisconsin Magazine of History: A Case Study in Scholarly and Popular Approaches to American State Historical Society Publishing, 1917–2000." Journal of Scholarly Publishing 44.2 (2013): 114–141.
• Whitehill, Walter Muir. Independent historical societies: an enquiry into their research and publication functions and their financial future (Harvard Univ Pr, 1962)

Notes and References

1. http://turn.usite.pro/ International Historical Club, IHC, Official web-site in Russian
2. http://turn.do.am/ International Historical Club, IHC, Official web-site in English
3. Web site: Gascoyne Historical Society . 2020-08-12 . Trove.
4. Web site: ANPUH - BRASIL - Associação Nacional de História . 2023-03-06 . anpuh.org.br.
5. http://www.ardshistoricalsociety.org.uk/ Ards Historical Society