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.

• Comité International d'Histoire de l'Art
• Haitian American Historical Society
• Historians without Borders
• History News Network
• International Association for Media and History
• International Committee of Historical Sciences
• International Commission for the History of Towns
• International Council on Archives
• International Historical Club, IHC^[1][2]
• International Economic History Association
• International Social History Association
• International Association for the History of Religions
• International Intelligence History Association
• International Water History Association
• International Students of History Association
• International Big History Association
• Medieval Chronicle Society
• Network of Concerned Historians
• The Theosophical Society

• 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

• The Australian Historical Association
• Federation of Australian Historical Societies
• Australian Jewish Historical Society
• Australian Association for Maritime History
• Australian Catholic Historical Society
• Australian Railway Historical Society
• Naval Historical Society of Australia
• Australian Garden History Society
• Military Historical Society of Australia

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

• Historical Society of the Northern Territory

• Royal Historical Society of Queensland

• Kangaroo Island Pioneers Association
• South Australia Police Historical Society

• Tasmanian Historical Research Association

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

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

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

• Canadian Historical Association

• Old Glenora Conservation Association

• Sea Island Heritage Society

• Manitoba Historical Society

• New Brunswick Historical Society
• Carleton County Historical Society

• Greenspond Historical Society

• Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society

• Ontario Historical Society
• York Pioneers

• Literary and Historical Society of Quebec

• Prince Albert Historical Society

• Association of Chinese Historians

• Český národní komitét historiků

• Tahitian Historical Society

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

• Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands

• Historical Society of Ghana

• Hungarian Historical Society

• Pune Aitihasik Vastu Smriti

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

• Lithuanian Institute of History

• Academia Mexicana de la Historia, National Academy

• Association of Historians of Moldova

• Association Marocaine pour La Recherche Historique

• Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap

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

• Pakistan Museum of Natural History

• Polish Historical Society (Poland)

• Academia Portuguesa da Historia

• Historical Saudi Historical Society

• Southern African Historical Society

• Philippine Historical Association

• Turkish Historical Society

• 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

• Aircraft Engine Historical Society, Huntsville, Alabama
• American Aviation Historical Society, Santa Ana, California
• B-26 Marauder Historical Society, at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona
• Colorado Aviation Historical Society, Denver, Colorado
  • Cortez Aviation Heritage Society, Cortez, Colorado
  • Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society, Pueblo, Colorado
• Florida Aviation Historical Society
• Hawaii Aviation Preservation Society
• Maine Aviation Historical Society
• Massachusetts Aviation Historical Society
• Missouri Aviation Historical Society, St. Louis, Missouri
• New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society
• Oregon Aviation Historical Society
• United States Airways Heritage Association

• 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

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

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

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

• Kokborok tei Hukumu Mission

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

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

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

• 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)