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List of historical societies

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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

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Global

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Supra-national

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Australia

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National societies

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State and territory societies

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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

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Canada

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National societies

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Ontario Historical Society, in 1914

Provincial and territorial societies

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  • Old Glenora Conservation Association
  • Sea Island Heritage Society
  • Greenspond Historical Society

China

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  • Association of Chinese Historians

Czech Republic

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  • Český národní komitét historiků

Finland

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Germany

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  • Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands

Ghana

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Hungary

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India

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Ireland

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Scrabo Tower, on the Ards peninsula

Lithuania

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Mexico

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Moldova

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Morocco

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  • Association Marocaine pour La Recherche Historique

Netherlands

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  • Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap

New Zealand

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Pakistan

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Poland

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Portugal

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  • Academia Portuguesa da Historia

Saudi Arabia

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  • Historical Saudi Historical Society

South Africa

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Philippines

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Turkey

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United Kingdom and Crown dependencies

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National societies

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Regional and local societies

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United States

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Aviation historical societies

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United States

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Other countries

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Denominational societies

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Time-period oriented societies

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United States

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Subject matter-based historical societies

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Canada

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India

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United Kingdom

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United States

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ International Historical Club, IHC, Official web-site in Russian
  2. ^ International Historical Club, IHC, Official web-site in English
  3. ^ "Gascoyne Historical Society". Trove. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  4. ^ "ANPUH - BRASIL - Associação Nacional de História". anpuh.org.br. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  5. ^ Ards Historical Society, official site]

Further reading

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  • 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)