# 6.5.3.2. Exploring historical events
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Registry Administrators, Registry Maintainers, and Registry Contributors can explore the historical events of the Geo-Object Types of the organization they are a part of and Geo-Object Types belonging to other organization that are publicly visible.
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1. Go to the *Historical Events* module either by clicking the module icon on the homepage or by clicking the hamburger menu () in the upper right corner and selecting **Historical Events**.\\
2. In the *History* tab, fill out the following fields of the historical events you would like to explore:
1. *Geo-Object Type:* choose the Geo-Object Type. This could either be the 'before' or 'after' Geo-Object Type for the historical event
2. *Start Date:* type or select the starting date of the range of time of the historical events you would like to explore
3. *End Date:* type or select the end date of the range of time of the historical events you would like to explore. If you would like to explore historical events until the present date, click the **Set as most current** button.\
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(\_Note: f\_or Registry Contributors, the *Historical Events* module will open directly on the *History* tab. The *Manage Historical Events* tab is neither visible nor accessible.)
3. Click the **Submit** button. All historical events involving the selected Geo-Object Type that happened any time between the start and end dates will be shown.\\
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