List of historical societies in Massachusetts

The following is a list of historical societies in the state of Massachusetts, United States.^[1]

Organizations

1897 *Proceedings of the Fitchburg Historical Society*, volume 2

Cover of a 1913 publication of the Nantucket Historical Association

Hampden Historical Society building in Massachusetts (photo 2013)

Sharon Historical Society sign and building in Massachusetts (photo 2009)

Historical Society of Old Abington in Plymouth^[1]
Acton Historical Society
Acushnet Historical Society
Adams Historical Society, Massachusetts
Agawam Historical Association^[2]
Alden Kindred of America^[3]
American Antiquarian Society
Amherst Historical Society^[4]
Andover Historical Society, Massachusetts^[1]
Annisquam Historical Society in Gloucester
Arlington Historical Society, Massachusetts
Asbury Grove Historical Society
Ashburnham Historical Society
Ashfield Historical Society
Athol Historical Society
Attleboro Historical Volunteers
Auburn Historical Society
Babson Historical Association
Barnstable Historical Society
Barre Historical Society
Bay State Historical Society
Belchertown Historical Association
Belmont Historical Society
Berkley Historical Society
Berkshire County Historical Society
Berlin Art and Historical Society
Bernardston Historical Society
Beverly Historical Society
Billerica Historical Society
Black Tavern Historical Society of Dudley
Blandford Historical Society
Bolton Historical Society
Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society
Boston Fire Historical Society
The Historical Society, Boston University (active 1998–2014)^[5]^[6]
The Bostonian Society
Bourne Historical Society
Boxborough Historical Society^[7]
Boxford Historical Society
Boylston Historical Society and Museum
Braintree Historical Society
Brewster Historical Society
Old Bridgewater Historical Society
Brighton-Allston Historical Society & Heritage Museum^[8]
Brockton Historical Society
Brookline Historical Society
Buckland Historical Society
Burlington Historical Commission
Cambridge Historical Society
Canton Historical Society
Cape Ann Historical Association
Cape Cod Genealogical Society
Carlisle Historical Society
Centerville Historical Society
Charlemont Historical Society
Charlestown Historical Society
Charlestown Veterans History Project
Chatham Historical Society
Chelmsford Historical Society^[1]
Chelsea Historical Society
Cheshire Historical Commission
Chester Historical Society
Chesterfield Historical Society
Chicopee Historical Society^[9]
Chinese Historical Society of New England
Clinton Historical Society
Cohasset Historical Society 14
Colrain Historical Society
Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Concord Antiquarian Society
Conway Historical Society
Cotuit Historical Society
Cummington Historical Commission
Cuttyhunk Historical Society
Dalton Historical Commission
Danvers Historical Society
Dartmouth Historical and Arts Society
Dedham Historical Society and Museum
Dennis Historical Society
Dighton Historical Society
Dorchester Historical Society
Douglas Historical Society
Dover Historical Society
Dracut Historical Society
Duxbury Rural and Historical Society
East Blackstone Quaker Meeting House & Cemetery Historical Association
East Bridgewater Historical Society
Easthampton Historical Society
Easton Historical Society
Essex Historical Society & Shipbuilding Museum
Essex Institute (active 1848–1992)
Fairhaven Historical Society
Fall River Historical Society
Fitchburg Historical Society
Fort Taber Historical Association
Foxborough Historical Society
Framingham Historical and Natural History Society
Georgetown Historical Society
Goshen Historical Society
Grafton Historical Society
Granby Historical Association
Granville Historical Society
Great Barrington Historical Society and Museum
Historical Society of Greenfield
Groton Historical Society
Hampden Historical Society^[10]
Groveland Historical Society
Hadley Historical Society
Halifax Historical Society
Hamilton Historical Society
Historical Society of the Town of Hampden
Hanover Historical Society
Hanson Historical Society^[10]
Hardwick Historical Society
Harvard Historical Society
Harwich Historical Society
Hatfield Historical Society
Haverhill Historical Society
Heath Historical Society
Hetty Green Historical
Hingham Historical Society
Historic New England
Holbrook Historical Society
Holden Historical Society
Holliston Historical Society
Hopkinton Historical Society
Hubbardston Historical Society
Hudson Historical Society
Hyannis Historical Society
Hyde Park Historical Society^[11]^[10]
Ipswich Historical Society
Jamaica Plain Historical Society^[12]
Jewish Historical Society of Western Massachusetts
Jones River Village Historical Society
Lafayette-Durfee Historical Foundation
Lakeville Historical Society
Lancaster Historical Society
Lanes Cove Historical Association
Historical Society of Lawrence
Lawrence History Center
Lee Historical Society
Leicester Historical Society
Lenox Historical Society
Leominster Historical Society
Leverett Historical Society
Lexington Historical Society
Lincoln Historical Society
Littleton Historical Society
Longmeadow Historical Society
Lowell Historical Society
Lunenburg Historical Society
Lynn Museum & Historical Society^[7]
Lynnfield Historical Society
Magnolia Historical Society
Malden Historical Society
Manchester Historical Museum (formerly Manchester Historical Society)
Mansfield Historical Society
Marblehead Museum & Historical Society
Marion Natural History Society
Marlborough Historical Society
Marshall Street Historical Society
Marshfield Historical Society
Marstons Mills Historical Society
Mattapoisett Historical Society
Maynard Historical Society
Medfield Historical Society
Medford Historical Society
Medway Historical Society
Melrose Historical Society
Mendon Historical Society
Methuen Historical Society
Middleborough Historical Association
Middleton Historical Society
Military Historical Society of Massachusetts
Millbury Historical Society
Milton Historical Society
Monson Historical Society
Monterey Historical Society
Mount Washington Historical Society
Nahant Historical Society
Nantucket Historical Association^[10]
Narragansett Historical Society in Templeton
Natick Historical Society
Needham Historical Society
New Bedford Historical Society
New Braintree Historical Society
New Marlborough Historical Society
Historical Society of Old Newbury
Historic Newton
North Adams Historical Society
North Andover Historical Society
North Attleborough Historical Society
North End Historical Society, Boston^[13]
North Reading Historical and Antiquarian Society
Northborough Historical Society
Northbridge Historical Society
Northfield Historical Society
Historic Northampton^[14]
Norton Historical Society
Norwell Historical Society
Norwood Historical Society
Old Colony Historical Society
Orange Historical Society
Orleans Historical Society
Osterville Historical Society
Otis Historical Society
Palmer Historical and Cultural Center
Peabody Historical Society
Pelham Historical Society
Pembroke Historical Society
Pepperell Historical Society
Petersham Historical Society
Historical Society of Phillipston
Photographic Historical Society of New England
Plainfield Historical Society
Plymouth Antiquarian Society
Plympton Historical Society
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
Princeton Historical Society
Quincy Historical Society
Ramapogue Historical Society
Raynham Historical Commission
Raynham Historical Society
Reading Antiquarian Society
Rehoboth Antiquarian Society
Richmond Historical Society
Rochester Historical Society
Roslindale Historical Society, Boston^[15]
Roxbury Historical Society, Boston^[16]
Rowe Historical Society
Rowley Historical Society
Village Improvement and Historical Society of Royalston
Rumford Historical Association
Rutland Historical Society
Salem Historical Society
Salisbury Historical Society
Sandwich Historical Society and Glass Museum
Sandy Bay Historical Society and Museum in Gloucester
Sandwich Historical Society and Glass Museum
Historical Society of Santuit & Cotuit
Saugus Historical Society
Scituate Historical Society
Sharon Historical Society
Shelburne Historical Society
Sherborn Historical Society
Shirley Historical Society
Shrewsbury Historical Society^[7]
Shutesbury Historical Commission
Sippican Historical Society in Marion
Somerset Historical Society
Somerville Historical Society
South End Historical Society, Boston
South Gardner Historical Society
South Hadley Historical Society
South Shore Historical Society
Southampton Historical Society
Southborough Historical Society
Southbridge Historical Society
Southwick Historical Society
Spencer Historical Society
Sterling Historical Society
Stoneham Historical Society
Stoughton Historical Society
Stow Historical Society
Sudbury Historical Society
Sutton Historical Society
Swampfield Historical Society
Swampscott Historical Society
Swansea Historical Society
Swift River Historical Society
Swift River Valley Historical Society
Tewksbury Historical Society
Topsfield Historical Society
Townsend Historical Society
Truro Historical Society
Tyngsboro Dunstable Historical Society
Uxbridge Historical Society
Valley Womens History Collaborative
Wakefield Historical Society
Walpole Historical Society
Waltham Historical Society
Ware Historical Society
Wareham Historical Society
Historical Society of Watertown
Wayland Historical Society
Webster-Dudley Historical Society
Wellesley Historical Society
Wellfleet Historical Society
West Barnstable Historical Society
West Boylston Historical Society
West End Museum, Boston
West Newbury Historical Society
West Stockbridge Historical Society
Westborough Historical Society
Western Hampden Historical Society
Westford Historical Society
Westminster Historical Society
Weston Historical Society
Westport Historical Society
Westwood Historical Society
Weymouth Historical Society
Whately Historical Society
Williamsburg Historical Society
Winchendon Historical Society
Winchester Historical Society
Winthrop Improvement and Historical Association
Woburn Historical Society
Worcester Historical Fire Society
Worcester Historical Museum (formerly Worcester Historical Society)
Worthington Historical Society
Historical Society of Old Yarmouth

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d American Association for State and Local History (2002), Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.), AltaMira Press – via Internet Archive
^ "Agawam Historical Association — Commonwealth Historical Collaborative". Commonwealth Historical Collaborative. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
^ "About". Alden Kindred of America. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
^ "Amherst Historical Society and Museum — Commonwealth Historical Collaborative". Commonwealth Historical Collaborative. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
^ Vanke, Jeffrey (October 1999). "The Historical Society's First Convention". Historical Speaking. 1 (1): 7. doi:10.1353/hsp.1999.0006. S2CID 159653823. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
^ "Historic". The Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Social Networks and Archival Context, United States: SNAC Cooperative, retrieved June 26, 2025
^ "By-Laws of BAHS&HM". BAHistory.org. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
^ "About". Chicopee Historical Society. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Nonprofit Explorer", propublica.org, New York: ProPublica, retrieved June 26, 2025
^ "History of the Hyde Park Historical Society". HydeParkHistoricalSociety.org. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
^ "About - Jamaica Plain Historical Society". JPHS.org. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
^ "Boston". NorthEndBoston.org. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
^ "About". Historic Northampton. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
^ "Home". RoslindaleHistoricalSociety.org. Archived from the original on June 4, 2002. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
^ "About RHS - Roxbury Historical Society". RoxburyHistoricalSociety.org. June 26, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2022.

External links

Digital Public Library of America. Assorted items related to historical societies in Massachusetts
Library of Congress, Massachusetts: Local History & Genealogy Resource Guide, Research Guides, Washington DC

[AASLH-1] American Association for State and Local History (2002), Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.), AltaMira Press – via Internet Archive

[2] "Agawam Historical Association — Commonwealth Historical Collaborative". Commonwealth Historical Collaborative. Retrieved October 23, 2022.

[3] "About". Alden Kindred of America. Retrieved October 23, 2022.

[4] "Amherst Historical Society and Museum — Commonwealth Historical Collaborative". Commonwealth Historical Collaborative. Retrieved October 23, 2022.

[5] Vanke, Jeffrey (October 1999). "The Historical Society's First Convention". Historical Speaking. 1 (1): 7. doi:10.1353/hsp.1999.0006. S2CID 159653823. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

[6] "Historic". The Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

[snac-7] Social Networks and Archival Context, United States: SNAC Cooperative, retrieved June 26, 2025

[8] "By-Laws of BAHS&HM". BAHistory.org. Retrieved October 24, 2022.

[9] "About". Chicopee Historical Society. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

[ProPublica-10] "Nonprofit Explorer", propublica.org, New York: ProPublica, retrieved June 26, 2025

[11] "History of the Hyde Park Historical Society". HydeParkHistoricalSociety.org. Retrieved October 23, 2022.

[12] "About - Jamaica Plain Historical Society". JPHS.org. Retrieved October 23, 2022.

[13] "Boston". NorthEndBoston.org. Retrieved October 24, 2022.

[14] "About". Historic Northampton. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

[15] "Home". RoslindaleHistoricalSociety.org. Archived from the original on June 4, 2002. Retrieved October 24, 2022.

[16] "About RHS - Roxbury Historical Society". RoxburyHistoricalSociety.org. June 26, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2022.

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