This is a partial List of historical and heritage societies

Historical society

A historical society is an organization that collects, researches, interprets and preserves information or items of historical interest. Generally, a historical society focuses on a specific geographical area, such as a county or town or subject, such as aviation or rail. Many historical...

from around the world. The sections provided are not mutually exclusive. Many historical societies websites are their museums' websites. List is organized by county, aviation, and other.

National societies

• Federation of Australian Historical Societies
  Federation of Australian Historical Societies
  The Federation of Australian Historical Societies is the peak body for historical societies throughout Australia. It has eight constituent members, one in each of the Australian states and internal self-governing territories. It lobbies governments on behalf of the sector and has formed alliances...
  
  
• Australian Jewish Historical Society
  Australian Jewish Historical Society
  The Australian Jewish Historical Society was founded in 1938 in Sydney. The first president was Percy J. Marks. At the first business meeting of the Society, the then president of the Royal Australian Historical Society K. R...
  
  
• Australian Railway Historical Society
  Australian Railway Historical Society
  The Australian Railway Historical Society was founded in Sydney in 1933 as The Australasian Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. It aims to foster an interest in the railways, and record and preserve many facets of railway operations. Membership now exceeds 2,500, with Divisions in every...
  
  
• Naval Historical Society of Australia
  Naval Historical Society of Australia
  The Naval Historical Society of Australia offers research facilities to its membership, which is open to all with an interest in the subject. The Society's Victorian Chapter website states that it is "officially recognised and approved by both the Royal Australian Navy and the Department of...
  
  
• Burke and Wills Historical Society

Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

 

• Rockhampton and District Historical Society
• Royal Historical Society of Queensland
  Royal Historical Society of Queensland
  The Royal Historical Society of Queensland is a historical society founded in Brisbane, Australia in 1913. It promotes the study of Australian history especially that of Queensland and adjacent Pacific islands. It maintains an important collection and catalogue of historical research materials and...
  
  

Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

 

• Ambulance Historical Society Victoria
• Royal Historical Society of Victoria
  Royal Historical Society of Victoria
  The Royal Historical Society of Victoria is a community organisation promoting the history of the state of Victoria, Australia. It functions to promote and research the history of that state after settlement, and as an umbrella organisation for more than 300 affiliated societies.It is operated by...
  
  

Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

 

• Mundaring and Hills Historical Society
  Mundaring and Hills Historical Society
  The Mundaring and Hills Historical Society is a local history society for the Mundaring Shire based in Mundaring Western Australia.Affiliated with the Royal Western Australian Historical Society, the Society is a vital conduit for the disparate heritage and history issues in the Shire area...
  
  
• Royal Western Australian Historical Society
  Royal Western Australian Historical Society
  Royal Western Australian Historical Society has for many decades been the main association for Western Australians to collectively work for adequate understanding and protection of the cultural heritage of Perth and Western Australia...
  
  

Provincial and territorial societies

• Alberta Historical Society
• Manitoba Historical Society
  Manitoba Historical Society
  The Manitoba Historical Society is a historical society in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It was created by an act of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in 1879, and describes itself as "the oldest organization in western Canada devoted to the promotion of public interest in, and preservation...
  
  
• New Brunswick Society
• The Newfoundland Historical Society
• Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society
• Ontario Historical Society
• Literary and Historical Society of Quebec
  Literary and Historical Society of Quebec
  -External links:*, managed by the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec.*, virtual exhibit on the history of Canadian learned societies.*, virtual library containing all publications from 1824-1924....
  
  

New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

 

• New Brunswick Historical Society
  New Brunswick Historical Society
  The New Brunswick Historical Society is a historical society based in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Their mandate is specifically the research and documentation of the history of St. John County, New Brunswick and, to a lesser extent, Kings County, New Brunswick.The society was founded in...
  
  
• Carleton County Historical Society
  Carleton County Historical Society
  The Carleton County Historical Society , located in southwest New Brunswick, Canada was established in 1960.It maintains an extensive collection of historical artifacts and archival material...
  
  

Ireland societies

• The College Historical Society
  College Historical Society (Trinity College, Dublin)
  The College Historical Society is one of two main debating societies at Trinity College, Dublin in Dublin, Ireland. It was established within the college in 1770, but traces its origins to the society founded by the philosopher Edmund Burke in Dublin in 1747...
  
   of Trinity College, Dublin
  Trinity College, Dublin
  Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...
  
  
• The Literary and Historical Society of University College Dublin
  University College Dublin
  University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
  
  
• The Galway Archaeological and Historical Society
  Galway Archaeological and Historical Society
  The Galway Archaeological and Historical Society was founded on the 21 March 1900, at the Railway Hotel, Galway. It promotes the study of the archaeology and history of the west of Ireland. Since 1900, the Society has published 60 volumes of the Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical...
  
  

United Kingdom societies

• Naval dockyards society
  Naval dockyards society
  The Naval Dockyards Society was founded in 1996 with the objectives of increasing public awareness of historic dockyards and related sites and activities; increasing access to historic dockyards and related sites; monitoring proposed developments at such sites; creating links with related bodies in...
  
   (NDS) UK
• Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) England
• Royal Historical Society
  Royal Historical Society
  The Royal Historical Society was founded in 1868. The premier society in the United Kingdom which promotes and defends the scholarly study of the past, it is based at University College London...
  
   London, England
• Society for Army Historical Research
  Society for Army Historical Research
  The Society for Army Historical Research was founded in 1921 to foster "interest in the history and traditions of British and Commonwealth armies, and to encourage research in these fields." It is one of the oldest societies of its kind. Past members include notable British Field Marshals Wavell,...
  
  
• Crimean War Research Society
  Crimean War Research Society
  The Crimean War Research Society is an international society of professional and amateur historians who research the Crimean War of 1854-56. The Society aims to bring previously unpublished or under researched material concerning the Crimean War to the attention of a wider audience, together with...
  
  

National societies

• American Historical Association
  American Historical Association
  The American Historical Association is the oldest and largest society of historians and professors of history in the United States. Founded in 1884, the association promotes historical studies, the teaching of history, and the preservation of and access to historical materials...
  
  
• American Baptist Historical Society
  American Baptist Historical Society
  The American Baptist Historical Society is the oldest Baptist historical society in the United States.-History:It was created in 1853 after the instigation of John Mason Peck. In 1862, it was chartered under the laws of Pennsylvania. In 1896, a fire destroyed the archives. That same year, Samuel...
  
  
• Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation

State societies

Federal District societies

• Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
• Supreme Court Historical Society
  Supreme Court Historical Society
  The Supreme Court Historical Society is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and communicating the history of the U.S. Supreme Court.-History:...
  
  

California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 

• Historical Society of Long Beach
• Mill Valley Historical Society
• Lompoc Valley Historical Society
• Orange County Historical Society
• Western Sonoma County Historical Society
  Western Sonoma County Historical Society
  The Western Sonoma County Historical Society , founded in 1974 and incorporated in 1978, is a non-profit organization that preserves and maintains the heritage of Sonoma County, California....
  
  
• Shasta Historical Society

Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

 

• Adams County Historical Society
• Aspen Historical Society
• Aurora Historical Society
• Boulder Historical Society
• Columbine Genealogical And Historical Society
• Delta County Historical Society
• Erie Historical Society
• Frisco Historical Society
• Frontier Historical Society
• Grand County Historical Society
• Hinsdale County Historical Society
• Idaho Springs Historical Society
• Johnstown Historical Society
• Leadville Heritage Museum Association
• Littleton Historical Society
• Logan County Historical Society
• Longmont Genealogical Society
• Mesa County Historical Society
• Montrose County Historical Society
• Otero County Historical Society
• Ouray County Historical Society
• Phillips County Historical Society
• Pueblo County Historical Society
• Rio Grande County Historical Society
• Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society
• Sedgewick County Genealogical Society
• Sheridan Historical Society
• Silt Historical Society
• South Park Historical Society
• Summit Historical Society
• Telluride Historical Society
• Trinidad History Society

Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

 

• Amity & Woodbridge Historical Society
• Aspinock Historical Society of Putnam
• Avon Historical Society
• Barkhamsted Historical Society
• Brookfield Historical Society
• Cheshire Historical Society
• Clinton Historical Society (Connecticut)
• Danbury Museum and Historical Society
  Danbury Museum and Historical Society
  The Danbury Museum and Historical Society is a private museum located in Danbury, Connecticut, the purpose of which is to acquire, preserve, exhibit, and interpret the heritage of the greater Danbury area for education, information, and research. The main campus of the museum is located on 43 Main...
  
  
• Darien Historical Society
• East Windsor Historical Society
• Enfield Historical Society
• Fairfield Historical Society
• Farmington Historical Society
• Gaylordsville Historical Society
• The Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich
• Haddam Historical Society
• Killingly Historical Society
• Litchfield Historical Society
• Manchester Historical Society
• Mansfield Historical Society
• Middlebury Historical Society
• Milford Historical Society
• Monroe Historical Society
• New Canaan Historical Society
• New Haven Museum and Historical Society
  New Haven Museum and Historical Society
  The New Haven Museum and Historical Society was founded in 1862 in New Haven, Connecticut for the purposes of preserving and presenting the region’s history...
  
  
• New Milford Historical Society
• North Stonington Historical Society
• Norwalk Historical Society
• Old Bethlehem Historical Society
• Old Saybrook Historical Society
• Ridgefield Historical Society
• Rowayton Historical Society
• Simsbury Historical Society
• Somers Historical Society
• South Windsor Historical Society
• Stamford Historical Society
• Watertown Historical Society
  Watertown Historical Society
  The Watertown Historical Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the social, commercial and cultural heritage of Watertown, Connecticut, and the surrounding Litchfield County, Connecticut...
  
  
• Weston Historical Society
• Westport Historical Society
• Wilton Historical Society and Heritage Museum
• Connecticut Humanities Council - List of Historic Sites, Museums or Organizations

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

• Delaware Historical Society
  Delaware Historical Society
  The Delaware Historical Society began in 1864 as an effort to preserve documents from the Civil War. Since then, it has expanded into a state-wide historical institution with several venues and a major museum in Wilmington and the historic Read House & Gardens in New Castle.The society...
  
  
• Georgetown Historical Society
• Laurel Historical Society
• Seaford Historical Society

Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

 

• Algier-Sullivan Historical Society
• Altamonte Springs Historical Society
• Baker County Historical Society
• Boca Raton Historical Society
• Cedar Key Historical Society
• Central Florida Society for Historic Preservation
• Citrus County Historical Society
• Clearwater Historical Society
  Clearwater Historical Society (Clearwater, Florida)
  The Clearwater Historical Society is an organization that researches and preserves the past of the city of Clearwater, Florida. In 1983, the Society moved to the historic Plumb House, 1380 South Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Clearwater. The Plumb House is also home of the Plumb House Museum....
  
  
• Dunedin Historical Society
• East Hillsborough Historical Society
• Florida Baptist Historical Society
• Fort Lauderdale Historical Society
• Geneva Historical Society
• Goldenrod Historical Society, Inc.
• Gulf Breeze Area Historical Society
• Gulfport Historical Society
• Historical Society of Avon Park
• Historical Society of Central Florida
  Historical Society of Central Florida
  The Historical Society of Central Florida, formerly the Orange County Historical Society, is a historical society located in Orlando, Florida, United States. Located at the Orange County Regional History Center in the old Orange County Courthouse, the Historical Society collects and preserves the...
  
  
• Indian Rocks Beach Historical Society
• Key West Art & Historical Society
• Maitland Historical Society
• Marco Island Historical Society
• Micanopy Historical Society
• North Brevard Historical Society
• Orange County Historical Society
  Historical Society of Central Florida
  The Historical Society of Central Florida, formerly the Orange County Historical Society, is a historical society located in Orlando, Florida, United States. Located at the Orange County Regional History Center in the old Orange County Courthouse, the Historical Society collects and preserves the...
  
  
• Oviedo Historical Society, Inc.
• Panhandle Preservation Alliance
• Pensacola Historical Society
• Pompano Beach Historical Society
• Santa Rosa Historical Society
• Sanford Historical Society
• Sanford Historic Trust
• Seminole County Historical Society
• Seminole County Historical Commission
• St. Augustine Historical Society
• Washington County Historical & Preservation Society

Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

 

• Atlanta Historical Society
• Roswell Historical Society
  Roswell Historical Society
  The Roswell Historical Society was established to preserve the history of Roswell, Georgia, USA, through preservation of historically significant documents and landmarks....
  
  
• Georgia Historical Society
  Georgia Historical Society
  Georgia Historical Society is the premier independent statewide institution responsible for collecting, examining, and teaching Georgia history...
  
  

Idaho

Idaho

Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

 

• Clearwater Historical Society, Orofino
  Orofino, Idaho
  Orofino is a city in Clearwater County, Idaho, along Orofino Creek and the north bank of the Clearwater River. The population was 3,247 at the 2000 census, and the city is the county seat of Clearwater County...
  
  

Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

 

• Chicago History Museum
• Hamilton County Historical Society
• Theatre Historical Society of America
  Theatre Historical Society of America
  The Theatre Historical Society of America is an IRS-approved 501 non-profit educational organization, located in Elmhurst, Illinois on the second floor of Classic Cinemas historic York Theater....
  
  

Iowa

Iowa

Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

 

• Brooklyn Historical Society
• Massena Historical Society
• State Historical Society of Iowa
  State Historical Society of Iowa
  The State Historical Society of Iowa , a division of the , serves as the official historical repository for the State of Iowa and also provides grants, public education, and outreach about Iowa history and archaeology. The SHSI maintains a museum, library, archives, and research center in Des...
  
  , Des Moines
  Des Moines, Iowa
  Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...
  
  
• Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance
  Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance
  Preservation Iowa, formerly called the Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance , was founded in 1989 by members of the public concerned about the destruction of significant historic sites and buildings in the state of Iowa....
  
  

Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

 

• Clearwater Historical Society

Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

 

• Maine Historical Society
  Maine Historical Society
  The Maine Historical Society is the official state historical society of Maine and is located in Portland.-History:The Maine Historical Society was founded in 1822 and is the third oldest state historical society after the Massachusetts Historical Society and New York Historical Society...
  
  
• Pejepscot Historical Society
  Pejepscot Historical Society
  The Pejepscot Historical Society, located in Brunswick, is one of the oldest historical societies in the state of Maine. Founded in 1888, the Society's mission is to preserve and celebrate the history of the Pejepscot region, which includes the towns of Brunswick, Harpswell and...
  
  , Brunswick, Topsham & Harpswell history
• Clinton Historical Society (Maine)

Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

 

• Allegany County Historical Society
• Allen Historical Society
• Ann Arrundell County Historical Society
• Calvert County Historical Society
• Caroline County Historical Society
• Dorchester County Historical Society
• Historical Society of Baltimore County
• Historical Society of Carroll County
• Historical Society of Cecil County
• Historical Society of Charles County
• Historical Society of Frederick County
• Historical Society of Harford County
• St. Mary's County Historical Society
• Wicomico Historical Society

Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

 

• Duxbury Rural and Historical Society
  Duxbury Rural and Historical Society
  The Duxbury Rural and Historical Society is a non-profit organization in Duxbury, Massachusetts founded in 1883. Its mission is to "preserve and promote the heritage and rural character of the town of Duxbury and its environs." The DRHS owns several historic buildings, operates a library and...
  
  
• The Historical Society , Boston University
  Boston University
  Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
  
  
• Marlborough Historical Society
• Massachusetts Historical Society
  Massachusetts Historical Society
  The Massachusetts Historical Society is a major historical archive specializing in early American, Massachusetts, and New England history...
  
  
• Old Bridgewater Historical Society
  Old Bridgewater Historical Society
  The Old Bridgewater Historical Society collects, preserves and publishes material relating to the history of the original settlement of Bridgewater, Massachusetts. It possesses many historical materials, including genealogical information and artefacts pertaining to local history.The society was...
  
  
• Old Colony Historical Society
  Old Colony Historical Society
  The Old Colony Historical Society is located at 66 Church Green in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA.Since 1926, the Society has occupied the historic former Bristol Academy school building...
  
  
• Quincy Historical Society
  Quincy Historical Society
  The Quincy Historical Society is located at 8 Adams Street in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA. It was founded in 1893 by Charles Francis Adams, Jr..The society occupies the former Adams Academy building...
  
  
• South End Historical Society
  South End Historical Society
  The South End Historical Society or SEHS, is a non-profit community organization founded in 1966, and dedicated to the preservation of the built environment and revitalization of the South End neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, USA...
  
  
• Historical Society of Old Abington
• Clinton Historical Society (Massachusetts)

Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

 

• Pennington County Historical Society
• Red Lake Falls Historical Society
• Washington County Historical Society

Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

 

• Saint Charles County Historical County
• Monroe County Historical County

Nebraska

Nebraska

Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

 

• Douglas County Historical Society
  Douglas County Historical Society
  The Douglas County Historical Society, or DCHS, is located at 5730 North 30th Street in the General Crook House at Fort Omaha in north Omaha, Nebraska...
  
  
• Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission
  Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission
  The City of Omaha Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission, established in 1977, is a the Omaha city government's a nine-member board responsible for recommending official Omaha Landmarks to the Omaha City Council...
  
  , Omaha
  Omaha, Nebraska
  Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...
  
  
• Washington County Historical Society
• Nebraska State Historical Society
  Nebraska State Historical Society
  The Nebraska State Historical Society is a Nebraska state agency, founded in 1878 to "encourage historical research and inquiry, spread historical information .....
  
  

New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 

• Basking Ridge Historical Society
• Bergen County Historical Society
• Camden County Historical Society
• Chester Historical Society
• Cranford Historical Preservation Advisory Board
  Cranford Historical Preservation Advisory Board
  Cranford Historical Preservation Advisory Board was established on December 28, 1993 by the Township of Cranford, New Jersey, USA to identify and preserve buildings of historic significance.-Purpose:...
  
  
• Ewing Township Historic Preservation Society
• Greater Cape May Historical Society
• Historical Society of Ocean Grove
• Historical Society of Princeton
• Historical Society of the Somerset Hills
• Historical Society of Winslow Township
• Howell Historical Society
• Jewish Historical Society of Metrowest
• Lambertville Historical Society
• Lawnside Historical Society
• Long-A-Coming Historical Society
• Navy Lakehurst Historical Society
• Palisades Amusement Park Historical Society
• Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society

New Mexico

New Mexico

New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...

 

• Historical Society of New Mexico
• Albuquerque Historical Society
• Los Alamos Historical Society
• Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico - Roswell

New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 

• Allegany Historical Society for the town and village
• Baker's Bridge Historical Society of Alfred Station
• Bohemia Historical Society
• Brooklyn Historical Society
  Brooklyn Historical Society
  Founded in 1863, the Brooklyn Historical Society is a museum, library, and educational center preserving and encouraging the study of Brooklyn's rich 400-year past. The Brooklyn Historical Society houses materials relating to the history of Brooklyn and its people. These holdings supply...
  
  
• Brunswick Historical Society
  Brunswick Historical Society
  Brunswick Historical Society is the local historical society serving the town of Brunswick, New York, United States. It was organized in 1974 and officially chartered in 1981. It moved into its first and current home, the Garfield School in Eagle Mills, in 1988...
  
  
• Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
  Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Building
  The Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society is located on Nottingham Court in the city of Buffalo, just east of Elmwood Avenue, north of the Scajaquada Expressway, in the northwest corner of Delaware Park. It occupies the building constructed in 1901 as the New York State pavilion for that...
  
  
• Clinton Historical Society (Clinton, New York)
  Clinton Historical Society (Clinton, New York)
  The Clinton Historical Society, in Clinton, in Oneida County, New York is a historical society that focuses on Town of Clinton in Oneida County, and surrounding area....
  
  
• Greater Astoria Historical Society
  Greater Astoria Historical Society
  The Greater Astoria Historical Society is a non-profit cultural and historical organization located in Astoria, Queens, New York, dedicated to preserving the past and promoting the future of the neighborhoods that are part of historic Long Island City, including; the Village of Astoria,...
  
  
• New-York Historical Society
  New-York Historical Society
  The New-York Historical Society is an American history museum and library located in New York City at the corner of 77th Street and Central Park West in Manhattan. Founded in 1804 as New York's first museum, the New-York Historical Society presents exhibitions, public programs and research that...
  
  
• New York State Historical Association
  New York State Historical Association
  The New York State Historical Association is a private, non-governmental educational organization founded in 1899 to encourage research, educate general audiences, and start a library and museum of manuscripts, artwork, and other objects associated with the history of New York State, USThe...
  
  
• Rensselaer County Historical Society
  Rensselaer County Historical Society
  The Rensselaer County Historical Society is a non-profit, historical society and museum, to promote the study of the history of the Rensselaer County, NY. RCHS was founded in 1927, and originally operated out of a single room in the Troy Public Library, collecting manuscripts and published...
  
  
• Sagtikos Manor Historical Society
• Schenectady County Historical Society
  Schenectady County Historical Society
  The Schenectady County Historical Society, located in Schenectady, New York, was established on July 14, 1905, under the Membership Corporation Laws of the State of New York. The Society is an independent not-for-profit corporation, not a unit of government...
  
  
• White Plains Historical Society

Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

 

• Berea Historical Society
• Marion County Historical Society
  Marion County Historical Society
  The Marion County Historical Society is located in Marion, Ohio. In addition to operating Heritage Hall, a comprehensive museum dedicated to the preservation of Marion County Ohio history, the Society also operates the Rinker-Howser Resource Center, Linn School House and Seiter Cabin...
  
  
• Western Reserve Historical Society
  Western Reserve Historical Society
  The Western Reserve Historical Society was founded in 1867, making it the oldest cultural institution in Northeast Ohio. WRHS is located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.-About:...
  
  

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

 

• Blairsville Historical Society
• Germantown Historical Society
• Historical Society of Berks County
  Historical Society of Berks County
  Founded in 1869, the Historical Society of Berks County is a museum and library located in Reading, Pennsylvania. The Society's mission, as described on its website, is "to focus attention on the unique local history, the vast material culture, and the diverse cultural heritage of Berks County by...
  
  
• Historical Society of Frankford
  Historical Society of Frankford
  The Historical Society of Frankford is a historical society and museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1905 in the Frankford neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia. Its mission is to collect, preserve, and tell the history of Frankford and that of Northeast Philadelphia...
  
  
• Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
  Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
  The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania is a cultural organization in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After several attempts during the early and mid-century to establish a historical society, an organization called Old Residents of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania was formed on January 10, 1859...
  
  
• Hummelstown Historical Society
• Lehigh County Historical Society
  Lehigh County Historical Society
  Lehigh County Historical Society is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1904, dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting the history of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley...
  
  
• Manheim Historical Society
• Moravian Historical Society
  Whitefield House and Gray Cottage
  Whitefield House and Gray Cottage, also known the Ephrata Tract, are two historic homes located at Nazareth, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. They were both built about 1740, by Moravian settlers who moved to Nazareth after the failure of their mission to Native Americans and Europeans in the...
  
  
• Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society
  Jacob Mixsell House
  Jacob Mixsell House, also known as the Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society, is a historic home located at Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1833, and is a 2 1/2 story brick building in the Late Federal style. A rear addition was built about 1850...
  
  
• Presbyterian Historical Society
• Radnor Historical Society

Rhode Island

Rhode Island

The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

 

• Newport Historical Society
  Newport Historical Society
  The Newport Historical Society is a historical society in Newport, Rhode Island that was chartered in 1854 to collect and preserve books, manuscripts, and objects pertaining to Newport's history.-History of the Society:...
  
  
• Preservation Society of Newport County
  Preservation Society of Newport County
  The Preservation Society of Newport County is a private, non-profit organization based in Newport, Rhode Island. It is Rhode Island's largest and most-visited cultural organization. The organization's mission is to preserve the architectural heritage of Newport County, Rhode Island, including...
  
  

South Carolina

South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

 

• Beech Island Historical Society
  Beech Island Historical Society
  Beech Island Historical Society is a non-profit historical society and museum dedicated to the history of Beech Island, and its county, Aiken County, both of which are situated in the U.S. state of South Carolina.-U.S...
  
  
• Parris Island Historical and Museum Society

Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 

• East Texas Historical Society
• Historical Society of the Episcopal Church
  Historical Society of the Episcopal Church
  The Historical Society of the Episcopal Church , formerly the Church Historical Society, was founded in Philadelphia in 1910. This voluntary society includes scholars, writers, teachers, ministers as well as others interested in its goals and objectives...
  
  
• Texas Jewish Historical Society‎
• West Texas Historical Association
  West Texas Historical Association
  The West Texas Historical Association is an organization of both academics and laypersons dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of the total history of West Texas, defined geographically as all Texas counties and portions of counties located west of Interstate 35.-Formation of the...
  
  

Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

 

• Alta Historical Society
• Delta County Historical Society
• Draper Utah Historical Society
• Fort Harmony Historical Society
• Iron County Historical Society
• Morgan County Historical Society
• Park City Historical Society
• Riverton Historical Society
• Smithfield Historical Society
• Summit County Historical Society
• Tooele County Historical Society
• Utah State Historical Society
  Utah State Historical Society
  The Utah State Historical Society, founded in 1897 and now part of the Government of Utah, United States, encourages the research, study, and publication of Utah history....
  
  
• West Jordan Historical Society
• West Valley Historical Society
• Washington County Historical Society

Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

 

• Augusta County Historical Society
• Cape Charles Historical Society
• Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society
• Orange County Historical Society

Washington 

• Ballard Historical Society
• Seattle Historical Society
• Adams County Historical Society
• Asotin County Historical Society
• Benton County Historical Society
• Chelan County Historical Society
• Clallam County Historical Society
• Clark County Historical Society
• Columbia County Historical Society
• Cowlitz County Historical Society
• Douglas County Historical Society
  Douglas County Historical Society
  The Douglas County Historical Society, or DCHS, is located at 5730 North 30th Street in the General Crook House at Fort Omaha in north Omaha, Nebraska...
  
  
• Ferry County Historical Society
• Franklin County Historical Society
• Garfield County Historical Society
• Grant County Historical Society
• Grays Harbor County Historical Society
• Island County Historical Society
• Jefferson County Historical Society
• King County Historical Society
• Kitsap County Historical Society
• Kittitas County Historical Society
• Klickitat County Historical Society
• Lewis County Historical Society
• Lincoln County Historical Society
• Mason County Historical Society
  Mason County Historical Society
  Mason County Historical Society, located in Ludington, Michigan, is a private, non-profit, educational organization. It is a museum dedicated to preserving the local history of Mason County, Michigan....
  
  
• Okanogan County Historical Society
• Pacific County Historical Society
• Pend Oreille County Historical Society
• Pierce County Historical Society
• San Juan County Historical Society
• Skagit County Historical Society
• Skamania County Historical Society
• Snohomish County Historical Society
• Spokane County Historical Society
• Stevens County Historical Society
• Thurston County Historical Society
• Wahkiakum County Historical Society
• Walla Walla County Historical Society
• Whatcom County Historical Society
• Whitman County Historical Society
• Yakima County Historical Society

Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

• Bay View Historical Society
  Bay View Historical Society
  The Bay View Historical Society was established in 1979 to preserve the character and heritage of the neighborhood of Bay View in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.- Description :...
  
  
• Beloit Historical Society
• Brown County Historical Society
• Buffalo County Historical Society
• Burlington Historical Society
• Dane County Historical Society
• Greenfield Historical Society
  Greenfield Historical Society
  The Greenfield Historical Society was established to preserve the history of Greenfield, Wisconsin in Milwaukee County.The organization maintains a presence along the Honey Creek on 56th & Layton Avenue in Greenfield.- Description :...
  
  
• Hales Corners Historical Society
• La Crosse County Historical Society
• Marathon County Historical Society
  Marathon County Historical Museum
  The Marathon County Historical Museum is museum located in Wausau, Wisconsin in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located at the Cyrus Carpenter Yawkey House, a house listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The house is a significant example of Classical Revival...
  
  
• Milton Historical Society
• Milwaukee County Historical Society
  Milwaukee County Historical Society
  The Milwaukee County Historical is the largest of a network of local historical societies in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1935 and is located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin in a former bank building that was deeded to the county in the 1960s...
  
  
• Oak Creek Historical Society
  Oak Creek Historical Society
  The Oak Creek Historical Society was established in 1964 to preserve the history of Oak Creek, Wisconsin.The organization maintains a museum complex consisting of five historic buildings and a gift shop, on the grounds of Forest Hill Memorial Park in Oak Creek.- Buildings :* Blacksmith Shop —...
  
  
• Rock County Historical Society
• Sheboygan Society of Model Railroad Engineers
• Shorewood Historical Society
• South Milwaukee Historical Society
• Washington County Historical Society
• Wauwatosa Historical Society
• West Allis Historical Society

United States

• Aircraft Engine Historical Society, Huntsville, Alabama
  Huntsville, Alabama
  Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 Census....
  
  
• American Aviation Historical Society
  American Aviation Historical Society
  The American Aviation Historical Society is a non-profit organization that primarily publishes a quarterly aviation journal. The society also maintains an extensive library of aviation-related photographs and documents. AAHS has had an educational program in promoting American aviation through...
  
  , Santa Ana, California
  Santa Ana, California
  Santa Ana is the county seat and second most populous city in Orange County, California, and with a population of 324,528 at the 2010 census, Santa Ana is the 57th-most populous city in the United States....
  
  
• B-26 Marauder Historical Society, at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona
  Tucson, Arizona
  Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
  
  
• Colorado Aviation Historical Society
  Colorado Aviation Historical Society
  The Colorado Aviation Historical Society is located in Denver, Colorado and founded in 1966. CAHS home is at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum...
  
  , Denver, Colorado
  Denver, Colorado
  The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
  
  
  • Cortez Aviation Heritage Society (Official site), Cortez, Colorado
    Cortez, Colorado
    The city of Cortez is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 8,482 at the 2010 census...
    
    
  • Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society
    Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society
    The Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society , Pueblo, Colorado hosts a large collections of military aircraft in Colorado, USA through the operation of the Weisbrod Museum and the International B-24 Memorial Museum ,together as the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum.The Society is a volunteer group of...
    
    , Pueblo, Colorado
    Pueblo, Colorado
    Pueblo is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The population was 106,595 in 2010 census, making it the 246th most populous city in the United States....
    
    
• Florida Aviation Historical Society
• Hawaii Aviation Preservation Society
• Maine Aviation Historical Society
• Massachusetts Aviation Historical Society
• New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society
  New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society
  The New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society is a non-profit group that preserves the history of flight in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It operates a historical museum alongside a runway at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, located in the 1938 terminal and control tower of the airport....
  
  
• Oregon Aviation Historical Society

Other countries

• Air-Britain
  Air-Britain
  Air-Britain, traditionally sub-titled 'The International Association of Aviation Enthusiasts', is a non-profit aviation society founded in July 1948. In April 1968 the association was incorporated into a company limited by guarantee, Air-Britain Ltd...
  
  , United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
  
  
• Aviation Historical Society of Australia, Australia
  Australia
  Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
  
  
• Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand, New Zealand
  New Zealand
  New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
  
  
• Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory, Canada
  Canada
  Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
  
  
• Bod? Aviation Historical Society, Norway
  Norway
  Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
  
  
• European Aviation Historical Society
• Historical Aviation Society of Ireland
  Historical Aviation Society of Ireland
  The Historical Aviation Society of Ireland was founded in 2004 as the interim group in Ireland to establish a sustainable infrastructure for aviation heritage in Ireland.- Background :...
  
  , Ireland
• Canadian Aviation Historical Society, Canada
• Civil Aviation Historical Society, Australia (Air Services Australia)
• Ontario Aviation Historical Society, Canada
• Swedish Aviation Historical Society, Sweden
  Sweden
  Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
  
  
• Ulster Aviation Society, Northern Ireland
  Northern Ireland
  Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
  
  
• West Beach Aviation Group, Australia
  Australia
  Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
  
  

Denominational societies

• Baptist History & Heritage Society
• Disciples of Christ Historical Society
• The Archives of the Episcopal Church
• Presbyterian Historical Society
• United Church of Christ Archives
• General Commission on Archives and History, United Methodist Church

United States

• American Antiquarian Society
  American Antiquarian Society
  The American Antiquarian Society , located in Worcester, Massachusetts, is both a learned society and national research library of pre-twentieth century American History and culture. Its main building, known also as Antiquarian Hall, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark...
  
  

• The Historical Society
• Medieval Academy of America
  Medieval Academy of America
  The Medieval Academy of America is the largest organization in the United States promoting excellence in the field of medieval studies. It was founded in 1925 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts...
  
  
• Plymouth Antiquarian Society
  Plymouth Antiquarian Society
  The Plymouth Antiquarian Society is a historical organization in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Society, founded in 1919, owns and maintains the Harlow House, the Spooner House, the Hedge House, and an ancient Native American site, Sacrifice Rock....
  
  

United Kingdom

• Historical Diving Society
  Historical Diving Society
  The Historical Diving Society was formed in 1990 in the United Kingdom by a group of enthusiasts whose aim is to preserve and protect diving heritage. The Society has since grown into an international organisation with affiliated national societies across the world...
  
  
• Historical Maritime Society
  Historical Maritime Society
  The Historical Maritime Society is a United Kingdom - based historical reenactment organisation researching and portraying life in Horatio Nelson's Royal Navy...
  
  
• Jewish Historical Society of England
  Jewish Historical Society of England
  The Jewish Historical Society of England was founded in 1893 by several Anglo-Jewish scholars, including Lucien Wolf, who became the society's first president. Early president of the JHSE included Hermann Adler, Joseph Jacobs, Frederick David Mocatta, and Isidore Spielmann...
  
  
• Plastics Historical Society
  Plastics Historical Society
  The Plastics Historical Society was formed in 1986 and aims to encourage the study of all historical aspects of plastics and other polymers, including synthetic fibres, rubber and elastomers. It is an independent society, affiliated to the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and is based...
  
  
• Nautical Archaeology Society
  Nautical Archaeology Society
  The Nautical Archaeology Society is a charity registered in England and Wales and in Scotland and is a company limited by guarantee.The charitable aims and object of the company are to further research in Nautical Archaeology and publish the results of such research and to advance education and...
  
  
• Railway and Canal Historical Society
  Railway and Canal Historical Society
  The Railway and Canal Historical Society was founded in the United Kingdom in 1954 to bring together all those interested in the history of transport, with particular reference to railways and waterways in Britain, its main objects being to promote historical research and to raise the standard of...
  
  
• Sandhurst Historical Society

United States

• Anthracite Railroads Historical Society
  Anthracite Railroads Historical Society
  Anthracite Railroads Historic Society, Inc. is a non-profit organization founded in 1974 to preserve historic anthracite hauling railroads of eastern Pennsylvania...
  
  
• Conrail Historical Society
  Conrail Historical Society
  The Conrail Historical Society, Inc., is a 501 non-profit organization based in Marysville, Pennsylvania. The Society exists to preserve and restore equipment, items pertaining to, and photographs of the Consolidated Rail Corporation , specifically and of American railroading in general...
  
  
• Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society
  Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society
  The Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society, Inc. is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the history of the St...
  
  
• Filipino American National Historical Society
  Filipino American National Historical Society
  The Filipino American National Historical Society was created out of a need to document Filipino American history for succeeding generations...
  
  
• Great Northern Railway Historical Society
• MCRD Museum Historical Society
• National Railway Historical Society
  National Railway Historical Society
  The National Railway Historical Society is a non-profit organization established in 1935 in the United States to promote interest in, and appreciation for, the historical development of railroads. It is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and organized into 16 regions and...
  
  
• North Jersey Electric Railway Historical Society
• Polish Historical Society (United States)
• Ulster & Delaware Railroad Historical Society
  Ulster & Delaware Railroad Historical Society
  The Ulster & Delaware Railroad Historical Society is a chapter of the National Railway Historical Society . It focuses on the history of the railroads and related social, economic, and cultural institutions of the Catskill and Hudson Valley regions...
  
  
• United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey
• The Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society

See also

• List of genealogical societies
  Family History Society
  A family history society is a society, often charitable or not-for-profit, that allows member genealogists and family historians to profit from shared knowledge. Large societies often own libraries, sponsor research seminars and foreign trips, and publish journals...
  
  
• List of halls and walks of fame
• List of Royal Societies