Join the Royal Historical Society of Victoria

Members enjoy benefits such as:

• Free use of the Society’s comprehensive Library and valuable collections – rare books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, newspapers, directories, indexes, registers and other items.
• Advice with personal research from our Library and research staff.
• A subscription to History News.
• A subscription to the Victorian Historical Journal.
• Substantial discounted admission to all our events: lectures, talks, tours, guided walking tours, seminars, workshops and conferences.
• Free admission to RHSV exhibitions.
• Member only events – many of our smaller events are for members’ only. These include our History Writers’ Group, tours of significant buildings and regional tours.
• Discounted room hire and image purchase.
• Professional links with over 300 historical and specialist societies.

Our annual membership fees start at:

• $90 for Individual Memberships
• $40 for Student Memberships (student ID required)
• $100 for Family memberships
• $210 for Library/School Memberships

Further discounts apply if you’re an existing financial member of another Member Society affiliated with the RHSV.

See a detailed breakdown of membership costs here.

Membership Publication Options

All members receive our fortnightly Old News eBulletins (a “What’s On”) if you supply an email address.

Digital: Digital delivery means that you will get 2 issues of the Victorian Historical Journal and 6 issues of History News delivered digitally to your email address each year

Digital / Paper: This delivery method means that you will get the 2 issues of the Victorian Historical Journal mailed, in paper copy, to your postal address and the 6 issues of History News will be delivered digitally to your email address each year.

Paper:  You get both the 2 issues of the Victorian Historical Journal and the 6 issues of History News mailed in paper copy to your postal address each year.

*A three year membership attracts a $10 discount per annum on top of any other discounts for digital delivery.

Gift Membership

The membership form includes the option to tick gift membership. Remember to let us know how you want the gift membership delivered – we can send it directly to the gift recipient or to you for personal delivery.