Programs
Campus Tours at the Museums (May-Oct)
May 24th – October 18th, 2024
Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday
We also host historical walking tours year round. Click here for the current schedule of historical walking tours.
For special events, see below.
The Very Unmerry Christmas Tour
Museums on the Green 55-65 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth, MA, United StatesThe Very Unmerry Christmas Tour Monday, December 16th, 2024 at 3pm - SOLD OUT Merry Christmas? I do not think so! Join the Falmouth Historical Society’s Executive Director Rachel Lovett and Research Manager Meg Costello on an informative and comical journey to hear how New Englanders did not actually celebrate Christmas until the mid to […]
January with Jane: A Jane Austen Tea & Tour
Museums on the Green 55-65 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth, MA, United StatesJanuary with Jane: A Jane Austen Tea & Tour Calling all lovers of Jane Austen, Bridgerton, and Patrick O’Brian novels! At first glance, nineteenth century Falmouth would seem totally unlike the genteel English society portrayed by Jane Austen. Here on Cape Cod, rugged farmers and sailors struggled to survive, while cannonballs flew and fortunes were […]
A HOUSE RESTORED – The Tragedies and Triumphs of Saving a New England Colonial
Museums on the Green 55-65 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth, MA, United StatesA HOUSE RESTORED The Tragedies and Triumphs of Saving a New England Colonial Shop Class as Soulcraft meets A Place of My Own in this lyrical meditation of a woodworker steadfastly repairing a historic home. Old houses share their secrets only if they survive. Trading the corporate ladder for a stepladder, Lee McColgan commits to […]
If Our Walls Could Talk – Protect Our Past film
Museums on the Green 55-65 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth, MA, United StatesIF OUR WALLS COULD TALK Documentary: 27 minutes The historic houses lining the streetscape of Cape Cod have stood the test of time as they still stand strong. Their walls were built with tightly ringed durable hard woods plus blood, sweat and tears. Embedded in them are clues to their past revealing intriguing stories about those who lived and sometimes died […]
Slavery and Abolitionism on Cape Cod
Museums on the Green 55-65 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth, MA, United StatesSlavery and Abolitionism on Cape Cod, June 11, 2025 at 4pm From the era of the Puritans right through to the end of the Revolutionary War, Boston was a central hub for the slave trade. Slaves were brought on board ships from the African coast with regularity, often mastered by Cape Cod Sea captains. The […]
