# List of U.S. state historical societies and museums

The following is a sortable table of U.S. state and federal district historical societies and history museums.

## Table

| State or federal district | Official title | State historical society | State history museum |
| Alabama | State of Alabama | Alabama Historical Commission | Alabama Department of Archives and History |
| Alaska | State of Alaska | Alaska Historical Society | Alaska State Museum |
| Arizona | State of Arizona | Arizona Historical Society | Arizona State Museum |
| Arkansas | State of Arkansas | Arkansas Historical Association | Historic Arkansas Museum |
| California | State of California | California Historical Society | The California Museum |
| Colorado | State of Colorado | History Colorado | History Colorado Center |
| Connecticut | State of Connecticut | Connecticut Museum of Culture and History | Museum of Connecticut History |
| Delaware | State of Delaware | Delaware Historical Society | Delaware History Center |
| Florida | State of Florida | Florida Historical Society | Museum of Florida History |
| Georgia | State of Georgia | Georgia Historical Society | None |
| Hawaiʻi | State of Hawaiʻi | Hawaiian Historical Society | Hawaiian Historical Society |
| Idaho | State of Idaho | Idaho State Historical Society | Idaho State Museum |
| Illinois | State of Illinois | Illinois State Historical Society | Illinois State Museum |
| Indiana | State of Indiana | Indiana Historical Society | Indiana State Museum |
| Iowa | State of Iowa | State Historical Society of Iowa | State Historical Museum of Iowa |
| Kansas | State of Kansas | Kansas Historical Society | Kansas Museum of History |
| Kentucky | Commonwealth of Kentucky | Kentucky Historical Society | Kentucky Museum Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History |
| Louisiana | State of Louisiana | Louisiana Historical Society | Louisiana State Museum Louisiana History Museum |
| Maine | State of Maine | Maine Historical Society | Maine State Museum Maine Historical Society Museum |
| Maryland | State of Maryland | Maryland Historical Society | Maryland Historical Society |
| Massachusetts | Commonwealth of Massachusetts | Massachusetts Historical Society | Commonwealth Museum |
| Michigan | State of Michigan | Historical Society of Michigan | Michigan Historical Center |
| Minnesota | State of Minnesota | Minnesota Historical Society | Minnesota History Center |
| Mississippi | State of Mississippi | Mississippi Historical Society | Museum of Mississippi History |
| Missouri | State of Missouri | State Historical Society of Missouri | Missouri State Museum |
| Montana | State of Montana | Montana Historical Society | Montana Historical Society Museum |
| Nebraska | State of Nebraska | History Nebraska | Nebraska History Museum |
| Nevada | State of Nevada | Nevada Historical Society | Nevada State Museum |
| New Hampshire | State of New Hampshire | New Hampshire Historical Society | New Hampshire Historical Society Museum |
| New Jersey | State of New Jersey | New Jersey Historical Society | New Jersey State Museum |
| New Mexico | State of New Mexico | Historical Society of New Mexico | New Mexico History Museum |
| New York | State of New York | New-York Historical Society | New York State Museum |
| North Carolina | State of North Carolina | North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | North Carolina Museum of History |
| North Dakota | State of North Dakota | State Historical Society of North Dakota | North Dakota Heritage Center |
| Ohio | State of Ohio | Ohio History Connection | Ohio History Center |
| Oklahoma | State of Oklahoma | Oklahoma Historical Society | Oklahoma History Center |
| Oregon | State of Oregon | Oregon Historical Society | Oregon Historical Society Museum |
| Pennsylvania | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | Historical Society of Pennsylvania | State Museum of Pennsylvania |
| Rhode Island | State of Rhode Island | Rhode Island Historical Society | Rhode Island Historical Society |
| South Carolina | State of South Carolina | South Carolina Historical Society | South Carolina State Museum |
| South Dakota | State of South Dakota | South Dakota State Historical Society | South Dakota State Historical Society |
| Tennessee | State of Tennessee | Tennessee Historical Commission | Tennessee State Museum |
| Texas | State of Texas | Texas State Historical Association | Bullock Texas State History Museum |
| Utah | State of Utah | Utah State Historical Society | Utah State Historical Society |
| Vermont | State of Vermont | Vermont Historical Society | Vermont History Museum |
| Virginia | Commonwealth of Virginia | Virginia Historical Society | Virginia Museum of History and Culture |
| Washington | State of Washington | Washington State Historical Society | Washington State History Museum |
| West Virginia | State of West Virginia | West Virginia Division of Culture and History | West Virginia Culture Center and State Museum |
| Wisconsin | State of Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society | Wisconsin Historical Museum |
| Wyoming | State of Wyoming | Wyoming State Historical Society | Wyoming State Museum |
| District of Columbia | District of Columbia | Historical Society of Washington, D.C. | None |