Editing Masonic lodge (section)

==Types==
===Blue lodge===
''{{vanchor|Blue lodge}}s'', ''craft lodges'' or ''ancient craft lodges'' are those that work the first three Masonic degrees: ''Entered Apprentice'', ''Fellowcraft'', and ''Master Mason'', rather than the [[Masonic appendant bodies|appendant Masonic orders]] such as [[York Rite]] and [[Scottish Rite]]. The term "craft lodge" is used in [[Great Britain]]. The ''blue lodge'' is said to refer to the traditional colour of regalia in lodges derived from English or Irish Freemasonry. Although the term was originally frowned upon, it has gained widespread and mainstream usage in America in recent times.<ref>[http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/encyclopedia_freemasonry.html Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry]</ref>

===Research lodge===
''[[Research Lodge|Research lodges]]'' have the purpose of furthering Masonic scholarship. [[Quatuor Coronati Lodge]], in London, is an example of a research lodge; it has a strictly limited membership and receives visitors and papers from all over the world. Many jurisdictions have well-established research lodges, which usually meet less frequently than blue lodges and do not confer degrees.

===Lodge of Instruction===
In Great Britain, a ''lodge of instruction'' (LOI) may be associated with a Lodge, but is not constituted separately.  The lodge of instruction provides the officers and those who wish to become officers an opportunity to rehearse ritual under the guidance of an experienced brother; there may also be lectures around the ritual and the symbolism in the lodge within a Lodge of Instruction, in order to develop the knowledge and understanding of the membership.

In some jurisdictions in the United States, the lodge of instruction serves as a warranted lodge for candidate instruction in other aspects of Freemasonry besides ritual rehearsal, as well as hosting a speaker on topics both Masonic and non-Masonic.

===Mother lodge===
In Great Britain, the term ''mother lodge'' is used to identify the particular Lodge where the individual was first "made a Mason" (i.e. received his Entered Apprentice degree). 'Mother lodge' may also refer to a lodge that sponsors the creation of a new lodge, the ''daughter lodge'', to be warranted under the jurisdiction of the same grand lodge; specific procedures pertaining to this vary throughout history and in different jurisdictions. [[Lodge Mother Kilwinning]] No 0 in the [[Grand Lodge of Scotland]] is known as the Mother Lodge of Scotland, having been referred to in [[William Schaw#Masonic Statutes|the Schaw Statutes]] of 1598 and 1599, and having itself warranted other lodges at a time when it did not subscribe to a grand lodge.

===Virtual lodge===
[[File:HK Zetland Hall.jpg|thumb|right|[[Zetland Hall]], a Masonic lodge in [[Hong Kong]]]]

The 21st century has seen the rise of internet virtual lodges that meet online rather than in person. Examples are the Internet Lodge No. 9659, Lodge Ireland, and Castle Island Virtual Lodge No. 190. The ability to hold remote lodge meetings allows those who are distant to continue to attend, whether they are military servicemen serving overseas or they inhabit a sparsely populated region. Virtual lodges were held often during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], though most lodges have resumed regular in-person meetings as of 2024.