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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March 2023
Women’s History Month
Women's History Month Course - Activities
Find out more »The Medical World of Dr. Francis Wicks of Falmouth
In honor of National Doctor’s Day, this talk offers an introduction to medical ideas and practices in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Massachusetts, both among physicians like Francis Wicks, who lived and worked in Falmouth, as well as midwives, bonesetters, surgeons, and non-credentialed practitioners who made medicines at home. The Society owns the house where Wicks lived. The talk will be given by Dr. Olivia Weisser is Associate Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She has a Ph.D.…
Find out more »April 2023
Town Green Scavenger Hunt: A Family Event
Saturday, April 15th at 10am Non-members: $5 per child, which includes the cost of supplies. Members’ children free. This event 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 village green, laid out in 1749. In this hands-on experience families will receive a map and guidebook for a self-directed tour of the area around the Green. The guidebook will…
Find out more »America: Sculptor Hiram Powers’ Falmouth Legacy
Tuesday, April 18th at 4pm $20 Non-Members/ $10 Members. Includes appetizers and wine. Limited capacity. 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 into the collection of the Falmouth Library. Register Here
Find out more »Town Green Scavenger Hunt: A Family Event
Saturday, April 22 at 10am Non-members: $5 per child, which includes the cost of supplies. Members’ children free. This event 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 village green, laid out in 1749. In this hands-on experience families will receive a map and guidebook for a self-directed tour of the area around the Green. The guidebook will…
Find out more »Saving the Land that Feeds Us: A Joint Event with Farming Falmouth & the Falmouth Historical Society
Thursday, April 27th 5:30pm to 7pm. $125 per person includes talk, drink and meal. The history of Falmouth is connected to the land. In this special joint program, participants will have an opportunity to go behind the scenes at view the Society’s special collection of farming implements and hear stories of Falmouth’s agricultural past. Then participants are invited to sample local farm to table appetizers and drinks and listen to lectures on sustainable agriculture in the community. Register Here
Find out more »May 2023
Whaling Wives of Falmouth
Thursday, May 4 at 4pm $20 Non-Members/ $10 Members. Includes appetizers and wine. Limited capacity. Back by popular demand whaling scholar Carolyn Partan will illustrate the adventurous lives of ship captain’s wives who went to sea in the mid to late nineteenth century. This lecture in conjuncture with the special exhibition, Better Together: Falmouth Families at Sea 1852-1886. Register Here
Find out more »June 2023
Katharine Lee Bates Poetry Festival
Save the Date - More coming soon!
Find out more »August 2023
51st Annual Antique Sale
51st Annual Antiques Sale - Sunday, August 27 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 »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 »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 »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 »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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