Founded in 1966 as a response to the lack of reliable information about the Island 's past. The Society's local and world-wide Membership is less than 600. Immediately after the Society's formation its first Museum was started in the basement of the Island Hall, a building which contains other meeting rooms and the library.
Research is done in the museum, at home, in libraries and also at universities.
The Society has group membership and Western Provident allows its annual subscription commission to be used to help fund the Society and its Museum. WPA, The Alderney Society, The Museum, High Street, Alderney.