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historical society

organization that collects, researches, interprets and preserves information or items of historical interest
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historical society

Summary

historical society ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (142 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • historical society's field of work was history[2].
  • historical society is a type of GLAM[3].
  • historical society is a type of learned society[4].
  • historical society is a type of voluntary association[5].
  • historical society is a type of association[6].
  • historical society is a type of club[7].
  • historical society's Commons category is recorded as Historical societies[8].
  • historical society comprises historical society museum[9].
  • historical society's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Historical societies[10].
  • historical society's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • historical society's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • historical society's different from is recorded as Historical Association[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include GLAM[3], learned society[4], voluntary association[5], association[6], and club[7].

Use and Application

historical society comprises it museum[9].

Why It Matters

historical society ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (142 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Historical and Geographic Institute of Goiás Institute of History Belgrade

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Field of work → history
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → GLAM, learned society, voluntary association +2
    Topic's main category → Category:Historical societies
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3668, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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