historical society
Local past keepers
A historical society is an organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the history of a particular place, period, or subject.
Most are local or regional, maintaining archives, historic buildings, and museums: The county historical society runs the old farmstead as a living history site.
Members research genealogy, collect documents, and organize lectures or tours.
Public exhibit space
- archiveStored historical records
- curatorCollection overseer
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- chapterDivision of a book
membership · board · volunteer · docent · historian · archivist · lecture · symposium
Preventing waste or loss
- restorationReturning something to condition
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- documentsFormal written records
photographs · manuscripts · memorabilia · records · safeguarding · stewardship · collection · repository
museum
Public exhibit space
chapter · membership · board · volunteer · docent · historian · archivist · lecture · symposium · exhibit
conservation
Preventing waste or loss
- restorationReturning something to condition
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
documents · photographs · manuscripts · memorabilia · records · safeguarding · stewardship · collection · repository · monuments
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- clubs and societiesneighborhood association, alumni association, fraternal order, book club, garden club
- communityneighbors, neighborliness, neighborhoods, kinship, community centers
- cultural institutionsart museum, national library, museum, public library, library
- Small-Town Lifegeneral store, town square, front porch, church steeple, water tower
- arts organizationsarts council, cultural centers, art guild, arts funding, art collective
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