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
Supra-National
Australia Societies
National societies
State and Territory societies
Canada societies
Provincial and territorial societies Greenspond Historical Society Fort Simpson Historical Society North Cumberland Historical Society Lennox and Addington Historical Society P.E.I. Scottish Settlers Historical Society
Ireland societies
Mexico societies
Pakistan societies
Poland societies
Saudi Arabia societies Historical Saudi Historical Society
Turkey societies
United Kingdom societies
National societies
Regional and local societies
United States societies
National societies
State societies 2
Territorial societies
Federal District societies
Local societies Cherokee County Historical Society Arcadia Historical Society
Lompoc Valley Historical Society
Historical Society of Long Beach
Morgan Hill Historical Society
Mill Valley Historical Society
Orange County Historical Society
Pasadena Historical Society
Shasta Historical Society
Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society
Historical Society of Southern California
Western Sonoma County Historical Society 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
St. Vrain Historical Society
Summit Historical Society
Telluride Historical Society
Trinidad History Society 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
Darien Historical Society
Derby 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
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 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
Weston Historical Society
Westport Historical Society
Wilton Historical Society and Heritage Museum
Connecticut Humanities Council - List of Historic Sites, Museums or Organizations 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
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
Indian Rocks Beach Historical Society
Key West Art & Historical Society
Longboat Key Historical Society
Maitland Historical Society
Marco Island Historical Society
Micanopy Historical Society
Naples Historical Society
North Brevard Historical Society
Oakland Park Historical Society
Orange County Historical Society
Oviedo Historical Society, Inc.
Panhandle Preservation Alliance
Pensacola Historical Society
Pompano Beach Historical Society
Santa Rosa Historical Society
Sanford Historical Society
Sanford Historic Trust
Sarasota Historical Society
Seminole County Historical Society
Seminole County Historical Commission
St. Augustine Historical Society
Washington County Historical & Preservation Society Clearwater Historical Society, Orofino Abington Historical Society
Adams County Historical Society
African/African-American Historical Museum (Fort Wayne)
Alexandria-Monroe Township Historical Society
Anson Wolcott Historical Society
Antiquarian and Historical Society of Culver
Balbec Historical Club
Bartholomew County Historical Society
Batesville Area Historical Society
Beech Grove Historical Society
Benton County Historical Society
Besancon Historical Society
Beverly Shores Historical Society
Blackford County Historical Society Museum
Boone County Historical Society
Borden Institute Historical Society
Brown County Historical Society
Canal Society of Indiana
Carmel Clay Historical Society
Carroll County Historical Society
Cass County Historical Society
Center for History (South Bend)
Christian Park Active Community
Clark's Grant Historical Society
Clarksville Historical Society
Clay County Historical Society
Clay Township Historical & Preservation Society
Clinton County Historical Society and Museum
Crawford County Historical and Genealogical Society
Daviess County Historical Society
Dearborn County Historical Society
Decatur Township Historical Society
DeKalb County Historical Society
Delaware County Historical Society
Demotte Historical Society
Dubois County Historical Society
Duneland Historical Society
Dyer Historical Society
East Chicago Historical Society
Elkhart County Historical Society and Museum
Elwood-Pipecreek Historical Society
Ferdinand Historical Society
Floyd County Historical Society
Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society
Fountain County Historical Society
Franklin County Historical Society
Franklin Township Historical Society
Fremont Historical Society
Fulton County Historical Society
Garrett Historical Society
Gary Historical & Cultural Society
Gas City Historical Society
Gibson County Historical Society
Goshen College–Mennonite Historical Library
Goshen Historical Museum
Grabill Historical Society
Grant County Historical Society
Greene County Historical Society
Greentown Historical Society
Griffith Historical Society
Hagerstown Museum and Arts Place
Haley Tower Historical & Technical Society
Hamilton County Historical Society
Hammond Historical Society
Hancock County Historical Society
Hanna Historical Society
Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum
Haubstadt Area Historical Society
Hebron Historical Society
Hendricks County Historical Museum
Henry County Historical Society Museum
Hessville Historical Society
Highland Historical Society
Hillforest
Historic Bremen
Historic Centerville
Historic Connersville
Historic Knightstown
Historic Ladoga
Historic Metamora
Historic New Carlisle
Historical Society of Decatur County
Historical Society of Harrison County
Historical Society of Ogden Dunes
Historical Society of Porter County
Hobart Historical Society
Howard County Historical Society and Museum
Howard Steamboat Museum
Huntertown Historical Society
Huntington County Historical Society
Indiana German Heritage Society
Indiana High School Basketball Historical Society
Indiana Historical Radio Society
Indiana Jewish Historical Society
Indiana Postal History Society
Indianapolis Firefighters Historical Society
Ireland Historical Society
Irvington Historical Society
Jackson County History Center
Jackson Township Historical Society
Jane Ross Reeves Octagon House
Jasper County Historical Society
Jay County Historical Society
Jefferson County Historical Society Museum
Jennings County Historical Society
John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society
Johnson County Historical Society and Museum
Jonesboro Historical Society
Joseph Boggs Society for Historic Preservation
Kankakee Valley Historical Society
Kendallville Historical Society
Kennard Historical Society
Kosciusko County Historical Society
La Porte County Historical Society
LaGrange County Historical Society
Lake County Historical Society and Museum
Lake of the Red Cedars Museum
Lake Station Historical Society
Lawrence County Museum of History
Lawrence County Railroad Historical Society
Lexington Historical Society (Indiana)
Liberty Township Historical Society
Ligonier Historical Society And Museum
Linden-Madison Township Historical Society
Louis H. and Lena Firn Grover Museum
Lyles Station Historic Preservation Corporation
Madison County Historical Society
Marion County Historical Society (Indiana)
Marshall County Historical Society
Martin County Historical Society
Matthews Covered Bridge Historical Society
Merrillville-Ross Township Historical Society
Miami County Historical Society
Michiana Jewish Historical Society
Michigan City Historical Society
Middlebury Community Historical Museum
Middletown Fall Creek Township Historical Society
Mississinewa Battlefield Society
Monon Railroad Historical–Technical Society, Inc.
Monroe County History Center
Monroeville Historical Society
Montgomery County Historical Society (Indiana)
Montpelier Historical Society
Morgan County History and Genealogy Association
Munster Historical Society
New Paris Historical Society
Newton County Historical Society
Noble County Historical Society
North Manchester Center for History
Ohio County Historical Society and Museum
Orange County Historical Society (Orange County, Indiana)
Orestes Historical Society
Osceola Historical Society
Owen County Historical and Genealogical Society
Parke County Historical Society and Museum
Pekin Historical Society
Pendleton Historical Museum
Perry Township Pioneer Cemetery Society
Perry Township-Southport Historical Society
Pike County Museum
Pike Township Historical Society
Portage Community Historical Society
Posey County Historical Society
Pulaski County Historical Society
Putnam County Historical Society
Randolph County Historical & Genealogical Society
Remington Historical Society
Ripley County Historical Society
Rush County Museum
Russiaville Historical Society
Schererville Historical Society
Scotland Historical Society
Scott County Historical Society
Shelby Township Historical Association
Sheridan Historical Society
Shipshewana Area Historical Society
Shirley Historical Society
Society of Indiana Pioneers
South Lake County Agricultural Historical Society
Southwestern Indiana Historical Society
Spencer County Historical Society
St. John Historical Society
Starke County Historical Society
Steuben County Historical Society
Stone's Trace Historical Museum
Sugar Creek Historical Society
Sullivan County Historical Society
Summitville Van Buren Township Historical Society
Surveyors Historical Society
Swiss Heritage Village & Museum
Switzerland County Historical Society
Tell City Historical Society
The History Center (Fort Wayne)
The Wanatah Historical Society
Three Creeks Historical Association
Tippecanoe County Historical Association
Tipton County Historical Society
Topeka Area Historical Society
Union County Historical Society
Upland Area Historical Society
Vanderburgh County Historical Society
Vermillion County Historical Society
Vigo County Historical Society
Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society
Wabash County Historical Society
Wakarusa Historical Society and Museum
Walkerton Area Historical Society
Warren County Historical Society
Washington County Historical Society (Indiana)
Wayne County Historical Museum
Wayne Township Historical Society
Wells County Historical Society Museum
West Baden Historical Society
Westfield-Washington Historical Society
Westville Community Historical Society
White County Historical Society
Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society
Whitley County Historical Society
Yorktown Mt. Pleasant Township Historical Alliance
Zionsville Historical Society 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
Historical Society of Kent County
Historical Society of Talbot County
St. Mary's County Historical Society
Wicomico Historical Society Lake Odessa Area Historical Society Saint Charles County Historical County
Monroe County Historical County Boone County Historical SocietyBoone County Historical Society
Manchester Historic Association Basking Ridge Historical Society
Bergen County Historical Society
Camden County Historical Society
Chester Historical Society
Cranford Historical Preservation Advisory Board
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
Longport Historical Society Albuquerque Historical Society
Los Alamos Historical Society
Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico - Roswell The Chapel Hill Historical Society
Moore County Historical Association Oklahoma City/County Historical Society
Tulsa Historical Society 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
West Jordan Historical Society
West Valley Historical Society
Washington County Historical Society (Utah) Augusta County Historical Society
Cape Charles Historical Society
Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society
Orange County Historical Society 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
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
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
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
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
Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory, Canada
Bod? Aviation Historical Society, Norway
European Aviation Historical Society
Historical Aviation Society of Ireland, Ireland
Canadian Aviation Historical Society, Canada
Civil Aviation Historical Society, Australia (Air Services Australia)
Ontario Aviation Historical Society, Canada
Swedish Aviation Historical Society, Sweden
Ulster Aviation Society, Northern Ireland
West Beach Aviation Group, Australia
Denominational societies
Time-period oriented societies
United States
Other historical societies
Canada Miles Canyon Historical Society
India
United Kingdom
United States
See also
References
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)