Programs
Campus Tours at the Museums (June-Oct 8)
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday from 10-2
We also host historical walking tours year round.
For special events, see below.
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April 2023
Town Green Scavenger Hunt: An Ongoing Free Family Program
Reserve your take home booklet and pickup during office hours Monday to Friday 10am to 3pm at the Conant House located at 65 Palmer Avenue Falmouth, MA. Please call beforehand to confirm at 508-548-4857 x10 Free thanks to the generosity of the estate of Caroline S. Lloyd. This booklet is geared to children ages 6-12. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Join the Falmouth Museums on the Green during April vacation week to learn more about our historic…
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*Wicks House tours are closed on May 30th & 31st and June 2nd & 7th. Conant House will be open for tours for free.*
*Wicks House tours are closed on May 30th & 31st and June 2nd & 7th. Conant House will be open for tours for free.*
Find out more »June 2023
Grave Undertakings: A Walk through Falmouth’s Old Burying Ground
From the most respected minister to the lowliest outcast, everyone in Falmouth ended up in the graveyard eventually. See their markers and hear their stories as our tour guide leads you through this hidden gem of a cemetery. NOTE: Please park in the 300 Committee lot at 157 Locust Street. Use the crosswalk to cross Locust St. and head towards the large boulder of the Mariners’ Memorial. Opposite the Memorial, across Mill Rd., join your tour guide at the top…
Find out more »23rd Annual Heritage Award Celebration
Saturday, June 10th, 2023 23rd ANNUAL HERITAGE AWARD CELEBRATION A Community Celebration Honoring Brenda Swain for her 19 years of service with the Falmouth Service Center, which opened in 1983. Enjoy cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and camaraderie as we go back to 1983 at this fabulous Falmouth fete, honoring a resident who has made a lasting impression on our community. Saturday, June 10th | 5 -7pm, Presentation at 5:45pm, $83/Ticket Dress your Best - 80's Attire is Encouraged! The Cultural Center…
Find out more »2023 Katharine Lee Bates Poetry Fest
Museums on the Green of Falmouth Historical Society Presents 2023 KATHARINE LEE BATES POETRY FEST Write a poem! Win a prize! (Prizes include gift certificates) The Poetry Fest will be held Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 4 PM at our Cultural Center, 55 Palmer Ave., Falmouth, MA Hope to see you there! It is fun; it is free. Refreshments included. 2023 student entry form 2023 adult entry form 2023 adult entry form
Find out more »Cooking with Margaret Conant
Cooking with Margaret Conant Thursday, June 15 2023 at 5:30pm Falmouth Museums on the Green $20 Non-Members/$10 Museum Members Step back more than one hundred years into Margaret Conant’s kitchen, a room that would have been the heart of the historic Conant house, now owned by the Falmouth Historical Society located on Falmouth’s Village Green. In the 1920s, Margaret and her husband William ran a boarding house on the premises; this was a perfect fit for Margaret because she was…
Find out more »Arts Alive Weekend at The Falmouth Museums on the Green (Falmouth Historical Society)
Arts Alive Weekend at The Falmouth Museums on the Green (Falmouth Historical Society) Saturday June 17th 10am to 2pm The Falmouth Museums on the Green (Falmouth Historical Society) will offer free tours on Saturday June 17th from 10am to 2pm, with tours leaving every half hour (last tour at 1:30pm). The tours will feature the historic c. 1790 Dr. Francis Wicks House. The tour travels through time from 1790-1960 to hear about different periods of the house's history. Self guided galleries will be…
Find out more »Art & Wellness: Stretch and Sketch Series
The Falmouth Historical Society is thrilled to present a new exciting Art & Wellness Stretch and Sketch Series. The programs start with a short 20-minute art talk given by the Society’s Director, American art historian, Rachel Lovett, about different paintings in our collection followed by a 45 minute yoga session in the beautiful garden paired with the theme of the painting talk. Amy Littlefield will lead a yoga and meditation class, accessible for all levels. The practice will help students…
Find out more »July 2023
Cape Cod Learning Tours – Talk-Oh Tuesdays – Lectures Every Tuesday Night
Cape Cod Learning Tours - Lectures Every Tuesday Night Talk-Oh Tuesdays A weekly series featuring local scientists, historians and naturalists that will entertain and inform you! From the energy producing plankton to "How to Understand Everything" (really). Every Tuesday 7:00-8:30pm, Museums on the Green, July 5 to August 29 $20 Ticket ($15 for Museums on the Green Members) Enter coupon code FoMG and it will take 25% off of their purchase for our MoG Members Purchase Tickets Here: https://www.learningtoursofamerica.com/store/p68/Summer_of_Science%21.html
Find out more »August 2023
Falmouth in the Civil War
Wednesday, August 9th at 4pm with Michael McNaught While Falmouth produced nobody as heroic as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, colonel of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (immortalised in the movie “Glory”), it sent its fair share of combat soldiers and sailors to the Union forces during the Civil War. Since Falmouth was a staunchly abolitionist town, this talk will discuss some of those who fought and died for the Union cause. In this special lecture given by Falmouth resident Michael McNaught come hear…
Find out more »September 2023
Nooks and Crannies Tour: The Hidden Spaces at the Museums on the Green
Thursday, September 7 at 4:30-5:30pm $20 Non-Member/$10 Members. Back by popular demand go behind the scenes for an original tour with the Museums’ Executive Director, Rachel Lovett and Research Manager Meg Costello to explore historic spaces not normally open on the public in the 1790 Wicks and 1730 Conant House. Participants will see the remnants of beautiful wallpaper in closets, look at etchings made in glass windows with diamond rings, and even hear quirky stories about eccentric former occupants. Come…
Find out more »51st Annual Antique Sale
51st Annual Antiques Sale - Saturday, September 9th 10am to 3pm Come on down for the popular annual Antique Sale at the Falmouth Museums on the Green, now in its 51st year. Explore over 45 vendors, tour the museums, and enjoy strolling the grounds of the beautiful one acre campus. Admission is $10 and includes entertainment, kids activities, and entry into the galleries. Spend the day and enjoy food and drinks available for purchase on site. The event is a…
Find out more »Art After Hours: The History of Wallpaper
Thursday, September 14 at 4pm $20 Non-Members/ $10 Members. Includes appetizers and wine. Limited capacity. Join wallpaper specialist Robert M. Kelly as he delves into the fascinating world of historic wallpapers. Special emphasis will be given to the wallpaper located in the 1790 Dr. Francis Wicks House. This French wallpaper dates to c. 1800. Captain Nathaniel Eldred imported it for his West Falmouth house. It depicts 18th century France with classical statuary, buildings, and a Chinese bridge. The paper is rare and can only be found in…
Find out more »Looking for America: Sculptor Hiram Power’s Falmouth Legacy
Tuesday, September 26th at 4pm The program is offered Free and Open to the Public Courtesy of the Falmouth Historical Society Board of Trustees. In the rotunda of the Main Falmouth Library sits an elegant sculpture hidden in plain sight. Executed by world-renowned American-born sculptor Hiram Powers (1805-1873) the piece sits delighting the viewer in relative obscurity. Falmouth Museums on the Green’s Executive Director Rachel Lovett shares her research on Powers, his notable works, and how this elegant piece came…
Find out more »October 2023
Cape Cod Noir
Thursday, October 5 at 5pm $20 Non-Members/ $10 Members. Includes appetizers and wine. Limited capacity. Join author Dana Cameron as she talks about Cape Cod Noir, a collection of fictional short stories from authors about the area’s more wicked side. Hear about the writing process and delve into her research about what Cape Cod stories inspired the writers.
Find out more »Sins, Sips, and Secrets
Saturday, October 21 from 5 to 8pm $30 Non-Members/ $15 Members. Includes appetizers and wine. Limited capacity. This October we invite you to join us for a night at the Museum. On an interactive tour, participants will visit the 1790 Dr. Francis Wicks House to hear a different story in each room of Falmouth’s nefarious and unearthly past. Using first person accounts, diaries, and newspaper records, you will hear things about the actual fears about the night, wayward travelers, and…
Find out more »On the Road to the Mayflower
"On the Road to the Mayflower " is a prequel to the author's popular presentation "In the Wake of the Mayflower" about the Pilgrim experience in America. Karen Rinaldo is a visual historian from Falmouth whose reputation has been built around historical events. Kevin Doyle is a retired combat veteran who is a writer and lecturer on historic places and events. The presentation opens with photographs of the magnificent flowers and timeless row houses that line the canals of Holland.…
Find out more »Wicked at Wicks: A Children’s Halloween Celebration at the Falmouth Museums on the Green
Friday, October 27 4pm to 5:30pm $10 per child. Member’s children are $5. Come down to the Falmouth Museums on the Green for a fun family Halloween event. The event will include trick-or-treating at several historic properties on our campus including the 1790 Dr. Francis Wicks House, pumpkin painting, storytelling, and a costume parade. Participants will also have the opportunity to learn about local history, including stories about Halloween in Falmouth in years past. Come dressed to impress and enjoy…
Find out more »Sins, Sips, and Secrets
Saturday, October 28 from 5 to 8pm $30 Non-Members/ $15 Members. Includes appetizers and wine. Limited capacity. This October we invite you to join us for a night at the Museum. On an interactive tour, participants will visit the 1790 Dr. Francis Wicks House to hear a different story in each room of Falmouth’s nefarious and unearthly past. Using first person accounts, diaries, and newspaper records, you will hear things about the actual fears about the night, wayward travelers, and…
Find out more »November 2023
The Bells of Falmouth
Our meeting in November will feature a talk by Mr. Kenneth Peal, a retired engineer, who has been exploring bells in Falmouth for many years. He will tell us about some of Falmouth’s bells and the gems of history that they bring. They include church bells, school bells, fire bells and even a bell that was saved from a WHOI research ship before it went to the scrap yard. He will introduce us to how bells work, how they are…
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