Programs
The 1730 Conant House is open all year, Monday-Friday, 10 am to 3 pm for self-guided tours to see our exhibit, “Falmouth: Changing with the Times”. Our Cultural Center rotates exhibits throughout the year. Additionally, the Museums on the Green offers a full range of adult and family programs, including our 2019 Lecture Series. Costs to most lectures are $ 5 for members and $ 10 for non-members, and are usually held at our Cultural Center, 35 Katharine Lee Bates Road, Falmouth unless otherwise noted. We also offer historical trolley rides on Wednesdays during the fall (reservations required), and in the Spring and Summer, walking tours of Falmouth on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 10 am (weather permitting).
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March 2020
Entries Welcome for Katharine Lee Bates Community Poetry Fest
CALLING ALL POETS! We are now accepting entries for our annual Katharine Lee Bates Poetry Fest, which was established over two decades ago to celebrate literacy, originality and creativity and to remember the Falmouth-born poet who wrote, among many other works, “America the Beautiful.” Submissions from poets of all ages are welcome. Poems must be original, unpublished works of 25 lines or less. Each entrant can submit up to three different poems. The submission deadline is before 3 pm on…
Find out more »April 2020
Re-enactor Sheryl Faye as Susan B. Anthony: RESCHEDULED TO AUGUST 15, 2020
SUSAN B. ANTHONY Re-Enactor, Sheryl Faye This is going to be the best party ever. One of the most famous women in American history is celebrating her 200th birthday this year—and you’re invited. Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. The famous social reformer and activist devoted her life to racial, gender and educational equality and played a prominent role in the women’s suffrage movement. We can only imagine the stories she’ll tell: perhaps she’ll share…
Find out more »May 2020
POSTPONED UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR: “Coast to Coast in 48 Hours” with Anne Barrett
COAST TO COAST IN 48 HOURS On July 7, 1929, Charles Lindbergh’s dream of coast-to-coast travel came true. That’s when Transcontinental Air Transport (T.A.T.) began providing passenger service between New York and Los Angeles using airplanes by day and trains by night. The ambitious trip across the country on what would become known as the “The Lindberg Line” took 48 hours, cutting the 72 hour travel time by rail alone by two-thirds. A one-way ticket cost $338, more than half…
Find out more »POSTPONED UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR: “Mayflower” with Nathaniel Philbrick
MAYFLOWER A Story of Courage, Community, and War In Partnership with the “Falmouth Reads Together” program Lawrence School 113 Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth Forget everything you know about America’s beginning. The Pilgrims. The Mayflower. The Colony. The Indians. The first Thanksgiving. We’re starting over. In this electrifying book, first published in 2006, Nathaniel Philbrick delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of the settlement of Plymouth Colony. It’s not the simple story of piety and sacrifice we know. It’s a 55-year epic…
Find out more »POSTPONED UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR: “Sudden Courage” with Ronald Rosbottom
SUDDEN COURAGE Youth in France Confront the Germans from 1940-1945 On June 14, 1940, German tanks rolled into Paris. Eight days later, France accepted a humiliating defeat and foreign occupation. Most citizens adapted; many even allied themselves with the new fascist leadership. Yet others refused to capitulate and joined the French Resistance. But,this is not your typical war story. It’s a coming-of-age story during war. Among this shadow army of Jews, immigrants, communists, workers, writers, police officers and shop owners…
Find out more »POSTPONED UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR: “Furious Hours” with Casey Cep
FURIOUS HOURS Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee There are two stories here. The first goes back to the 1970s, down into the Deep South. Reverend Willie Maxwell, a rural preacher, was accused of murdering five of his family members to collect the money from the insurance policies he took out on them. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last…
Find out more »POSTPONED UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR: “When the Sky Fell” with Michael Deibert
WHEN THE SKY FELL: Hurricane Maria and the United States in Puerto Rico The sky fell on Puerto Rico in September 2017. Hurricane Maria devastated the island. The unprecedented category 5 hurricane knocked out its entire power grid and most of its water supply. More than 3,000 people died; those who survived waited desperately in the wreckage for help from the United States. Their pleas were largely ignored. In this gripping account, author and investigative journalist Michael Deibert reveals Puerto…
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