Programs

Campus Tours at the Museums

Open June 5th – October 16th, 2026

Monday 10-2pm, Tuesday 10-2pm, Friday 10-2pm, Saturday 10-4pm

We also host historical walking tours year round. Click here for the current schedule of historical walking tours.

For special events, see below.

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  • The Art of Mourning Past & Present

    Falmouth Art center 137 Gifford Street, Falmouth, MA

    Free and Open to the Public at the Falmouth Art Center. Event is Sponsored by Oak Grove Cemetery Association of Falmouth, Inc. Join Falmouth Historical Society’s Executive Director, Rachel Lovett, for a half hour lecture on early 19th century mourning art. This lecture is in conjunction with the exhibition Dearly Departed: The Art of Mourning Past & Present […]

  • Saving the Land that Feeds Us: A Joint Event with Farming Falmouth & the Falmouth Historical Society

    Museums on the Green 55-65 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth, MA, United States

    Thursday, April 27th 5:30pm to 7pm Falmouth’s history -- and its future -- is connected to the land. This special joint event will take guests behind the scenes and into Falmouth’s agricultural past to view the Museum’s collection of farm tools. Drinks will be served with a flight of appetizers, many with a local twist. Guests […]

    $125

  • Whaling Wives of Falmouth

    Museums on the Green 55-65 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth, MA, United States

    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 […]

    $10 – $20

  • Cape Cod Learning Tours – Talk-Oh Tuesdays – Lectures Every Tuesday Night

    Museums on the Green 55-65 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth, MA, United States

    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 11 to August 29 Advance registration required: $10 General public, […]

  • Art After Hours: The History of Wallpaper

    Museums on the Green 55-65 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth, MA, United States

    Thursday, September 14 at 4pm This event is now free and open to the public in memory of Grace Hauser. Includes appetizers and wine. Limited capacity, please pre-register. 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 […]

    Free

  • Falmouth in the Civil War-CANCELLED

    Museums on the Green 55-65 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth, MA, United States

    *PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS Tuesday, September 19th at 4pm with Michael McNaught While Falmouth produced nobody as heroic as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, colonel of the 54th Massachusetts  Volunteer Infantry (immortalized in the movie “Glory”), it sent its fair share of combat soldiers and sailors to the Union forces during […]

    $10 – $20

  • Washburn at War

    Museums on the Green 55-65 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth, MA, United States

    WASHBURN AT WAR: Saturday, November 11 at 2pm $20 Non Member/$10 Members, please pre-register as space is limited The lecture will appeal to anyone interested in the goings on during World War Two on the Cape. We cover the big stories, visits to Washburn by Gen. Patton and Heavy Weight, Champ Joe Louis. There are […]

    $10 – $20