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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 Resaearch 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.

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[edit] America

  • New Jersey Lodge of Masonic Research and Education, No. 1786 - warrant issued by the Grand Lodge of New Jersey. Meets second Saturdays of March, June, September and December at 10 a.m. in the Trenton Masonic Temple at 100 Barrack St., Trenton, NJ.
  • 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

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