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, IHCInternational Historical Club, IHC, Official web-site in RussianInternational Historical Club, IHC, Official web-site in English 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
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
Argentina National Academy of History of Argentina
Australia
National societies
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
South Australia Kangaroo Island Pioneers Association Royal Geographical Society of South Australia South Australia Police Historical Society
Tasmania Tasmanian Historical Research Association
Victoria Royal Historical Society of Victoria Eltham District Historical Society
Heidelberg Historical Society
Western Australia The Royal Western Australian Historical Society is the overarching society for the whole state.
Perth: Heritage Perth
Bayswater Historical Society Canning Districts Historical Society City of South Perth Historical Society Cockburn Historical Society Colonial Bottle Collectors Club Darlington Historical Group Fremantle History Society Jewish Historical and Genealogical Society of WA Kalamunda and Districts Historical Society Maritime Archaeological Association WA Maylands Historical and Peninsula Association Melville Historical Society Midland and Districts Historical Society Mundaring and Hills Historical Society Perth Electric Tramway Society Rockingham District Society Scout Heritage Centre of WA Swan-Guildford Historical Society WA Police Historical Society Wanneroo and Districts Historical Society
Peel: Jarrahdale Heritage Society Kwinana Heritage Group Mandurah Historical Society Murray Districts Historical Society Serpentine Historical Society
Wheatbelt: Beverley Historical Society Bindoon and Districts Historical Society Brookton and Districts Historical Society Carnamah Historical Society Cervantes Historical Society Corrigin Historical Society Cunderdin Historical Society Goomalling Historical Society Koorda and Districts Museum & Historical Society Moora Historical Society Narembeen Historical Society Northam and Districts Historical Society Nungarin Heritage Machinery and Army Museum Toodyay Historical Society Wongan Hills and Districts Museum and Historical Society Yilgarn Historical Society The York Society
South West: Augusta Historical Society Australind and Districts Historical Society Bridgetown Historical Society Bunbury Historical Society Busselton Historical Society Denmark Historical Society Donnybrook Historical Society Friends of Donnelly Village Harvey Historical Society Manjimup Historical Society Margaret River and District Historical Society Walpole-Nornalup Historical Society
Great Southern: Albany Historical Society Broomehill Historical Society Katanning Historical Society Kojonup Historical Society Plantagenet Historical Society
Mid West: Birdwood Military Museum and Society Geraldton Historical Society Irwin Districts Historical Society Morowa District Historical Society Northampton Historical Society
Kimberley: Broome Historical Society Kununurra Historical Society Wyndham Historical Society
Goldfields-Esperance: Eastern Goldfields Historical Society Esperance Bay Historical Society Ravensthorpe Historical Society
Gascoyne: Gascoyne Historical Society
Pilbara: Pilbara Railways Historical Society
Austria
Belgium See: List of historical societies in Flanders (in Dutch)
Brazil See: List of historical and geographical institutes of Brazil (in Portuguese) Associação Nacional de História (ANPUH)
Canada
National societies Canadian Historical Association
Provincial and territorial societies
Alberta Old Glenora Conservation Association Edmonton and District Historical Society
British Columbia
Sea Island Heritage Society Vancouver Historical Society West Vancouver Historical Society
Manitoba Manitoba Historical Society
New Brunswick New Brunswick Historical Society Carleton County Historical Society
Newfoundland and Labrador French Shore Historical Society Greenspond Historical Society
Nova Scotia Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society
Ontario Ontario Historical Society York Pioneers
Quebec Literary and Historical Society of Quebec
Saskatchewan Prince Albert Historical Society
Chile Sociedad Chilena de Historia y Geografía (in Spanish)
China
Czech Republic Český národní komitét historiků
Denmark
Royal Nordic Society of Antiquaries
Egypt
Finland See also: List of local associations in Finland (in Finnish); focused on local cultural heritage and history
Archaeological Society of Finland Finnish Antiquarian Society
France See: Société de l'histoire de France
French Polynesia Tahitian Historical Society
Germany See: List of historical societies in Germany (in German), List of history workshops in Germany (in German), and List of local history societies in North Rhine-Westphalia (in German)
Geschichte Für Alle Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands
Ghana Historical Society of Ghana
Guatemala Academia de Geografía e Historia de Guatemala (in Spanish)
Honduras Sociedad de Geografía e Historia de Honduras (in Spanish)
Hungary Hungarian Historical Society
India Pune Aitihasik Vastu Smriti Historians India Society (HIS) Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) Indian History and Culture Society (IHCS)
Ireland
Italy
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 (est. 1975)
Netherlands See: List of historical societies in the Netherlands (in Dutch)
Royal Netherlands Historical Society Historisch Genootschap, Utrecht
New Zealand Tauranga Historical Society (Est. 1952)
Norway
Pakistan Pakistan Museum of Natural History
Philippines Philippine Historical Association
Poland Polish Historical Society (Poland)
Portugal
British Historical Society of Portugal
Russia See also: Historical societies of the Russian Empire (in Russian)
Saudi Arabia
South Africa Southern African Historical Society
Spain Real Academia de la Historia
Sweden See: Swedish local history associations (in Swedish)
Switzerland See: Historical societies in Switzerland (in German)
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
Uruguay Instituto Histórico y Geográfico del Uruguay (in Spanish)
Venezuela Academia Nacional de la Historia
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 & 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
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