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A Research Lodge is a Masonic lodge that is devoted to Masonic research. It is a lodge, and as such has a charter from some Grand Lodge. However, it does not confer degrees, and restricts membership to Master Masons of some jurisdiction in amity with the jurisdiction that the research lodge is in.^[1] Related to research Lodges are Masonic research societies, which serve the same purpose but function fundamentally differently. There are Research Lodges in most countries where Freemasonry exists.

The oldest research lodge is Quatuor Coronati #2076, founded in 1886 under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of England. It accepts members from all over the world through its Correspondence Circle.^[2] A book of transactions called Ars Quatuor Coronatorum (which includes the papers given in the lodge) has been published every year since 1886.

Most Research Lodges have some type of Transactions, Proceedings, or even just a newsletter that is published regularly.

Contents 1 America 2 Japan 3 Sweden 4 Turkey 5 References 6 External links

[edit] America

• Kentucky has two research lodges: the Ted Adams Lodge of Research in Paintsville and the William O. Ware Lodge of Research in Covington.
• New Jersey Lodge of Masonic Research and Education, No. 1786 - warrant issued by the Grand Lodge of New Jersey.
• Southern California Research Lodge - chartered under the Grand Lodge of California, the SCRL publishes a monthly newsletter and has an "Entered Apprentice's Program" to encourage new Masons to get interested in scholarly research.^[3]
• Massachusetts Chapter of Research - notable in that it is chartered under a York Rite Royal Arch Chapter, and not a Grand Lodge, and tends to focus on Chapter-specific research.
• Pennsylvania Lodge of Research ^[4]
• El Camino Research Lodge^[5]
• Texas Lodge of Research ^[6]
• Anniversary Lodge of Research #175 - New Hampshire.^[7]
• Iowa Research Lodge #2^[8]
• Civil War Lodge of Research #1865 - Research is specifically on Freemasonry during the American Civil War^[9]

[edit] Japan

• Tokyo Lodge of Research

[edit] Sweden

• Research and Education Lodge No 6 Aurora Borealis, Swedish Masonic Camp^[10]

[edit] Turkey

• Mimar Sinan Lodge

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• List of Research Lodges