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Campus Tours at the Museums (May-Oct)

June 6th – October 17th, 2025

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.

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  • Robertson Dinsmore, “Lightships of Cape Cod”

    Cultural Center 55 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth, MA, United States

    Illustrated talk on lightships which were floating lighthouses positioned where land based lighthouses could not be built.  They marked the entrance to harbor channels and the navigational routes around reefs and shoals.  The first American lightship was in 1820 and the number grew to a maximum of 55 lightships by 1900 compared to 1,460 lighthouses. […]

    $5.00