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.

2023 Programs

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  • Winter Walk: In Search of the Captain’s Best Mate

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

    Saturday, January 28th at 2pm In this winter walking tour, discover the homes of sea captains and their families including those featured in our exhibition, Better Together: Falmouth Families at Sea […]

  • Better Together: Falmouth Families at Sea 1852-1886

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

    Exhibition Opening Members Only Reception at Conant House on Saturday, January 28, 3pm to 4:30pm. Remarks at 3:30pm. In nineteenth century Falmouth the life of a Whaling Captain was full […]

  • Winter Walk: From Falmouth with Love

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

    Saturday February 11th at 10am This February discover love stories connected to Falmouth’s more amorous past in honor of Saint Valentine’s Day. The tour will explore diverse sets of couples whose […]

  • Love Letter to Cape Cod Film Event

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

      Falmouth Historical Society Members Event, Free. General Public $20. Includes wine and chocolate treats. Enjoy Valentine's Day this year by celebrating the treasures of Cape Cod's architectural history! Protect […]

  • Winter Walk: From Falmouth with Love

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

    Saturday February 18th at 10am This February discover love stories connected to Falmouth’s more amorous past in honor of Saint Valentine’s Day. The tour will explore diverse sets of couples whose […]

  • Make and Take Program: Faces of Falmouth

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

    The Falmouth Museums on the Green is pleased to offer a free children’s program on Saturday, February 25. This program is part one of a four part Winter/Spring series for […]

  • Remember My Name – Celebrating the Women of Falmouth

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

    In honor of Women’s History Month, these walking tours delve into the less familiar history of Falmouth as we introduce you to a few of the notable women who made […]

    $5 – $20

  • Remember My Name – Celebrating the Women of Falmouth

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

    In honor of Women’s History Month, these walking tours delve into the less familiar history of Falmouth as we introduce you to a few of the notable women who made […]

    $5 – $20

  • The Medical World of Dr. Francis Wicks of Falmouth

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

    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 […]

    $10 – $20

  • Dearly Departed: The Art of Mourning Past & Present

    Falmouth Art center 137 Gifford Street, Falmouth, MA

    This exhibition is in conjunction with the Falmouth Art Center.  Dearly Departed: The Art of Mourning Past & Present is open to the public from March 31 to April 24 in […]

  • 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 […]

  • Town Green Scavenger Hunt: An Ongoing Free Family Program

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

      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 […]

    Free

  • 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 […]

    $10 – $20

  • Opening Day 2023!

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

    Come see us on our Opening Day of the Season!

  • Falmouth Garden Club Plant Sale

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

    Featuring a variety of mature perennials! Garden Club members are busy potting up favorite plants from their gardens. Don't miss the opportunity to add them to your collection. Happening at the Museums […]

  • Grave Undertakings: A Walk through Falmouth’s Old Burying Ground

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

    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 […]

    $10 – $20

  • Grave Undertakings: A Walk through Falmouth’s Old Burying Ground

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

    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 […]

    $10

  • 23rd Annual Heritage Award Celebration

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

    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. […]

    $83

  • 2023 Katharine Lee Bates Poetry Fest

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

    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 […]

  • Cooking with Margaret Conant

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

    Cooking with Margaret Conant Thursday, June 15 2023 at 5:30pm, Falmouth Museums on the Green Step back more than one hundred years into Margaret Conant’s kitchen, a room that would […]

    $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 […]

  • Art & Wellness: Stretch and Sketch Series

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

    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 […]

  • Outcasts: the Penikese Island Leper Hospital 1904-1921

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

    Outcasts: the Penikese Island Leper Hospital 1904-1921 A partnership program with the Falmouth Jewish Congregation and the Falmouth Museums on the Green July 24 at 5pm Free and Open to […]

  • Wish You Were Here: Postcards from the Past

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

    Wish You Were Here: Postcards from the Past Wednesday, July 26 3pm to 5pm Free and Open to the Public thanks to the Falmouth Cultural Council. Limited capacity, please pre-register. […]

  • Highland Street Foundation – August Adventures – Free Day

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

      Tours of the fabulous c.1790 Wicks House and Conant House galleries will be available 10am to 2pm along with a walking tour of the Village Green at 10:30am. We'll […]

  • A History of the Falmouth Road Race

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

    “A History of the Falmouth Road Race" Wednesday, August 16th Admission by Voluntary Donation. Space Limited Please Pre-Register on Eventbrite. Come hear bestselling author Paul Clerici on Wed., August 16, […]

  • Whales’ Tales: Walking Tour, Lecture & Reception

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

    Thursday, August 17, 2023 Special event at Museums on the Green, Falmouth, MA A fun fundraiser! An immersion into Falmouth’s whaling history. Learn more about the men – and women and children - from Falmouth who went whaling around the world. Participate in as many of the offerings as you want. 2:30  – 3:30 PM […]

  • Peter Cottontail Hop

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

    Peter Cottontail Hop Thursday, August 24th 10am to 11:30am Join the Falmouth Historical Society and the Thornton Burgess Green Briar Nature Center and Jam Kitchen for a family program that […]

    $20

  • Nooks and Crannies Tour: The Hidden Spaces at the Museums on the Green

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

    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 to the public in the 1790 Wicks and 1730 Conant House.  Participants will see the remnants […]

    $10 – $20

  • 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 […]

    Free

  • Annual Antiques & Crafts Sale – Postponed due to Hurricane

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

      *UPDATE 9/13/23: We made a collective decision that it would be in the best interest of the museum staff/volunteers, our vendors, and participants to postpone the Antiques & Crafts […]

  • 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 […]

    $10 – $20

  • Looking for America: Sculptor Hiram Power’s Falmouth Legacy

    Falmouth Public Library 300 Main Street, Falmouth, MA, United States

    Tuesday, September 26th at 4pm The program is offered Free and Open to the Public Courtesy of the Falmouth Historical Society Board of Trustees. All are welcome. Please register as […]

  • Cape Cod Noir

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

    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 […]

    $10 – $20

  • On the Road to the Mayflower

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

    "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 […]

    $10 – $20

  • Bizarre & Eerie Events in War

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

    Bizarre & Eerie Events in War Wednesday, October 25th at 4pm $20 Non Member/$10 Members, please pre-register as space is limited. Experience the surreal and supernatural occurrences during wartime. We go […]

    $10 – $20

  • Sins, Sips, and Secrets

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

    Saturday, October 28 from 4 to 7pm $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 […]

    $15 – $30

  • The Bells of Falmouth

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

    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 […]

    $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 […]

    $10 – $20

  • Giving Tuesday

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

    Giving Tuesday: Donate using PayPal Your contribution allows us to protect our artifacts, maintain our properties, and continue our mission of preserving and sharing the history of Falmouth. We are […]

  • Greens & Gifts Sale

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

    Greens & Gifts Sale Saturday, December 2 9am to 3pm Join the Falmouth Museums on the Green & the Falmouth Garden Club for a day of shopping to pick up […]

  • Deck the Halls: A Design Event for Kids

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

    Deck the Halls: A Design Event for Kids Saturday, December 2nd from 1pm to 3pm. Drop in, activity takes about 15 to 30 mins, depending on the child. Cultural Center, […]

  • Christmas Antiques & Crafts Market

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

    Christmas Antiques & Craft Market - Saturday, December 9th 11am to 4pm A New England Christmas postcard comes to life this year when the  Falmouth Historical Society presents an afternoon […]

    $10

  • The Very Unmerry Christmas Tour

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

    The Very Unmerry Christmas Tour Thursday December 21st, 2023 at 4pm This tour is now sold out, however, if there is enough interest the museum can run the tour in […]