Programs
Campus Tours at the Museums (May-Oct)
May 24th – October 18th, 2024
Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday
We also host historical walking tours year round. Click here for the current schedule of historical walking tours.
For special events, see below.
Calendar of Events
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Open for the 2024 Season!
We will be open to the public from May 24th - October 18th We are excited to welcome you all back starting May 24th and to now be offering free general museum admission for the 2024 season thanks to our friends at the Highland Street Foundation! Included in general museum admission is a guided […]
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Guided Historical Walking Tour – Locust Street
Guided Historical Walking Tour – Locust Street
The "Locust Street Walking Tour" on Monday, May 27th at 10:30am, leaving from the Hallett Barn Visitors Center (please arrive 15 minutes ahead of time). Locust Street: Home to Many Mariners This walk focuses on the homes, adventures, and families of several whaling captains, along with the original settlement area of Falmouth, local soldiers from […]
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Guided Historical Walking Tour – Depot Ave
Guided Historical Walking Tour – Depot Ave
The "Depot Ave Walking Tour" on Monday, May 27th at 10:30am, leaving from the Hallett Barn Visitors Center (please arrive 15 minutes ahead of time). View our Historical Walking Tour page for more information. https://museumsonthegreen.org/2022-historic-walking-tours/
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Village Green Walking Tour – Saturdays
Historical Walking Tours of the 2024 season The "Village Green Walking Tour" on Saturdays, at 10:30am, leaving from the Hallett Barn Visitors Center (please arrive 15 minutes ahead of time). Village Green: Famous Residents, Falmouth Firsts, Favorite Spots Learn about several famous Falmouth citizens, see a house full of Falmouth Firsts, and visit one of […]
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Locust Street Walking Tour – Mondays
Historical Walking Tours of the 2024 season The "Locust Street Walking Tour" on Mondays, at 10:30am, leaving from the Hallett Barn Visitors Center (please arrive 15 minutes ahead of time). Locust Street: Home to Many Mariners This walk focuses on the homes, adventures, and families of several whaling captains, along with the original settlement area […]
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Depot Ave Walking Tour – Tuesdays
Historical Walking Tours of the 2024 season The "Depot Ave Walking Tour" on Tuesdays, at 10:30am, leaving from the Hallett Barn Visitors Center (please arrive 15 minutes ahead of time). Falmouth’s maritime past is proudly remembered, but there’s more to the history of our town. When the railroad arrived in 1871, Falmouth’s link to the […]
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Exhibition Opening of From Cape Cod to Normandy: Falmouth’s Role in WWII’s D-Day Invasion
Exhibition Opening of From Cape Cod to Normandy: Falmouth’s Role in WWII’s D-Day Invasion
From Cape Cod to Normandy: Falmouth's Role in World War II's D-Day Invasion The Falmouth Historical Society, in collaboration with the Cape Cod Military Museum, is honored to present a compelling new exhibition that explores Falmouth's vital role in the historic D-Day invasion during World War II. The show opens Thursday, June 6th, 2024, and […]
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Historical Walking Tour – Fridays
Historical Walking Tours of the 2024 season Fridays, at 10:30am, leaving from the Hallett Barn Visitors Center (please arrive 15 minutes ahead of time). Fridays – Rotating between Grave Undertakings, Scandals and Women’s History. View our Historical Walking Tour page for more information. Women's History - 10:30am on July 12, 19, Aug 9, Sept […]
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25th Annual Katharine Lee Bates Poetry Fest 2024
25th Annual Katharine Lee Bates Poetry Fest 2024
Museums on the Green of Falmouth Historical Society Presents 2024 KATHARINE LEE BATES POETRY FEST Write a poem! Win a prize! (Prizes include gift certificates) Your poem must be received by Thursday, May 16, by 3 PM, Either deliver it in person to our offices (side door at Conant House), 65 Palmer Ave. Falmouth, MA […]
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Scandals, Crimes, and Disasters Walking Tour – Fridays
Scandals walking tour on Fridays at 10:30am on June 14, July 5, Aug 2, 23, Sept 13, 27, leaving from the Hallett Barn Visitors Center (please arrive 15 minutes ahead of time). Free! Are there ever any “things that are best forgotten?” Perhaps, but we believe that revisiting past scandals can remind us that history […]
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Golden Lane Concert – Irish Traditional Music, Songs, & Dance
Golden Lane Concert – Irish Traditional Music, Songs, & Dance
Golden Lane Concert - Irish Traditional Music, Songs, & Dance Monday, June 17th at 5pm "A CELEBRATION of the IRISH in FALMOUTH" Golden Lane is a group of musicians from the Cape and South Coast areas who perform traditional Irish dance tunes and songs. Instruments are uilleann (Irish) pipes, whistle, fiddle, banjo, guitar, bodhrán […]
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A Breeze from the Past: Uncovering climate clues from whaling ship logbooks
A Breeze from the Past: Uncovering climate clues from whaling ship logbooks
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. […]
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Old Burying Ground: Grave Undertakings – Cemetery Walking Tour – Fridays
Historical Walking Tours of the 2024 season The Cemetery Walking Tour will be held on Fridays at 5:30pm, note the meeting location below - June 7th, 21st, July 26th, Aug 16th, & Aug 30th, Oct 4th. Old Burying Ground: Grave Undertakings* 5:30pm From the most respected minister to the lowliest outcast, everyone in Falmouth ended […]
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Tour the Gardens at the Museums on the Green this Summer
The Falmouth Historical Society and the Falmouth Garden Club are pleased to provide an opportunity to tour the spectacular gardens at the Museums on the Green this summer! A walking tour of each of the 5 gardens in this beautiful location will be delivered by two Falmouth Garden Club members. The garden designs and plants […]
Historian Talk: Military Aircraft Wrecks, Cape Cod
Historian Talk: Military Aircraft Wrecks, Cape Cod
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 […]
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Women’s History Guided Historical Walking Tour – Fridays
Historical Walking Tours of the 2024 season The Women's History walking tour will be held on Fridays, June 28th, July 19th, August 9th, & Sept 6th at 10:30am, leaving from the Hallett Barn Visitors Center (please arrive 15 minutes ahead of time). Free! This walking tours delves into the less familiar history of Falmouth as […]
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24th Annual Heritage Award Celebration
24th Annual Heritage Award Celebration
June 29th, 2024 THE HERITAGE AWARD You're cordially invited to join us for a delightful British-themed soirée as we celebrate Michael McNaught and his remarkable contributions to our community at the 2024 Falmouth Historical Society’s Heritage Award Celebration on June 29th. Don your afternoon tea best and prepare for an evening filled with fun activities […]
