Preserve, Present, Celebrate, and Share the history of the Cape Cod town of Falmouth

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The Museums on the Green’s 2018 lecture series begins on February 20 and February 22, when we welcome Richard Thomas to discuss “Why Bob Dylan Matters” and Robertson Dinsmore discussing “Lightships of Cape Cod”. Both of these begin at 2 pm. Click on our Calendar page to find out all of our programs.

Our 2018 Heritage Award Dinner is April 25, 2018, and we will be focused on education. Our honorees are Falmouth Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) and David Willard, retiring chairperson of the Cape Cod Five Foundation. Tickets are available for this event, to be held at the Coonamessett Inn in Falmouth.

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Thanks for a Great Year!

The Museums on the Green’s 2017 visitation season has ended, but we are still hard at work! The 1730 Conant House is where our offices are located, our research library is found and where the exhibition “Falmouth: Changing with the Times” is located. You can visit the Conant House on Tuesday through Friday, 10 am to 3 pm. And, our Cultural Center will be hosting programs all winter long. Just go to our Calendar page to see what is coming up next!  Thanks for your ongoing patronage and support.  The 1790 Dr. Francis Wicks House will be reopening for public visitation in June 2018.

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Visit with the Night Watchman Returns Saturday, October 28

For one night only on October 28, spirits from Falmouth’s past come alive during this spine-tingling tour of the Museum campus. Produced by Peter Cook and Lisa Rudy of Not My Monkeys Productions, and featuring an all-ages cast from the local theater community. Historical Halloween fun for the whole family!

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William McComiskey


Today, we remember William McComiskey, the first Falmouth serviceman to die in WWII. He left behind his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Foster McComiskey, two brothers, and four sisters. He was 27.

William grew up on Wild Harbor Road in North Falmouth, and attended Falmouth schools. Employed as a mechanic at Noye’s Garage in North Falmouth, he did odd jobs around town, but enlisted in the Navy on February 15, 1942. His name is listed on a marker in Honolulu Memorial Cemetery, along with thousands of others who were buried at sea or on remote islands. The woman in the photograph, which looks as if it could be Nobska Beach, was his girlfriend, Martha “Marty” Bragg; the photos were recently donated to Falmouth Historical Society by one of Martha’s descendants.

On this Memorial Day, as we should every day, we honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice, and those they left behind.

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The Doughboys Go to War


J. Robert Kershaw, a graduate of Falmouth’s Lawrence High School, was working as a gardener in Quissett when he found himself drafted by the army in 1917. He would later write a memoir about his wartime service. Check out our latest edition of Untold Tales of Falmouth to step back 100 years and relive the experiences of a Falmouth man sent to the trenches “over there.”

The Great War theme continues this season with our new exhibit, “The Doughboys Go to War,” on view in the Hallett Barn Visitor Center through November 17. Open M-F, 10-3; Sat, 10-1.