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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  • A Woman’s World: We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby! Lecture by Tamsen George

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

    A Woman’s World: We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby! Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 4pm In an 18th century American family, men were responsible for its support through their work; farming, fishing, trading or skilled labor. Women also had their assigned place and role in the household determined for the “fair sex” by custom and […]

  • Historical Postcards: The Stories They Tell; The Art They Inspire

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

    Historical Postcards: The Stories They Tell; The Art They Inspire Wednesday, April 3rd at 1pm Falmouth Historical Society's Cultural Center 55 Palmer Avenue Falmouth, MA 02540 Free and Open to the Public Thanks to the Falmouth Cultural Council The Falmouth Public Library’s trove of postcards includes depictions of the town throughout the decades (since the […]

  • Free Talk by Author Christie Palmer Lowrance, “Thornton W. Burgess: An Extraordinary Naturalist, Children’s Author, and Cape Codder”

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

    Author Christie Palmer Lowrance will present a talk on: “Thornton W. Burgess: An Extraordinary Naturalist, Children’s Author, and Cape Codder” Wednesday, April 10th at 2pm “In the realm of wildlife conservation and natural history, there is one name in the United States that must not be forgotten: Thornton W. Burgess,” wrote Dr. Theodore H. Reed, […]

  • Whaling in New England

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

    Whaling in New England Thursday, May 9th, 4pm Many different forms of whaling have been used in Cape Cod. Drift, shore, herding, and artic whaling have all been practiced at one time or another. Each specific form of whaling has a small history connected to it. In the early 1800s whaling was among the most […]

  • A Breeze from the Past: Uncovering climate clues from whaling ship logbooks

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

          Photo Credit: Susan Sholi (WHOI); Jayne Doucette (WHOI) A Breeze from the Past: Uncovering climate clues from whaling ship logbooks Caroline C. Ummenhofer1 and Timothy D. Walker1,2 1Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA; 2Department of History, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA, USA Bringing together oceanographer Dr. […]

  • Historian Talk: Military Aircraft Wrecks, Cape Cod

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

    A New England Air Express passenger craft which crashed in the Bahamas, October, 1948.   Historian Talk: Military Aircraft Wrecks, Cape Cod Tuesday, June 25th, 2024, at 4pm OVERVIEW Did you realize that in New England there are so many aircraft wrecks, both military and civilian, that on average there is one every 35 miles […]

  • D-Day and Its Ties to Cape Cod

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

    D-Day and Its Ties to Cape Cod by Joe Yunkna, Cape Cod Military Museum - July 31 at 2pm Learn about the capes' amazing connections to the most important day […]

  • All that Jazz – Author Talk

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

    ALL THAT JAZZ: New York Times bestselling author Larry Tye will be in-conversation with Attorney Joy Rosenthal, executor of Count Basie's estate, on Tye's new book -- The Jazzmen: How Duke […]

  • The Railroad Comes to Falmouth

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

    The Railroad Comes to Falmouth Monday, Sept 9th, 2024, 4pm (rescheduled from July 18th) After the Civil War, the railroad extension to Falmouth and Woods Hole was completed in 1872, […]

  • The Hurricane of 1938: Memories of the Storm of the Century

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

    The Hurricane of 1938: Memories of the Storm of the Century Thursday, September 12, 2024, 4pm In September 1938, New England was hit by a devastating hurricane. There was no […]

  • Becoming Cape Cod: Creating a Seaside Resort

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

    Becoming Cape Cod: Creating a Seaside Resort Jim O’Connell’s talk on “Becoming Cape Cod: The Creation of a Seaside Resort” is based on his book about the history of Cape […]

  • A History of the Falmouth Road Race

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

    Come hear bestselling author Paul Clerici on Thursday, August 14th, at 11 a.m., at the Falmouth Historical Society Museums in the Green, Cultural Center, 55 Palmer St., Falmouth, as he […]