Programs
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.
For special events, see below.
A Falmouth Letter to the Gold Rush
A Falmouth Letter to the Gold Rush—A detailed and poignant letter from the teenage son of Jabez Swift to his father at the California Gold Rush in summer 1849 reveals the hardships faced by families left behind by gold-seekers; included are remarks about an amusing local scandal. The full letter will be shared and illustrated for all who are interested in Falmouth local history in the mid-nineteenth century.
September 24th, 4pm
Tickets: $10 Museums on the Green members, $20 non-member, or donation-based ticket
Presented in memory of John F. Swope (1938-2025), lifelong Falmouth summer resident and lover of history.
Register Here
David S. Martin, Ph.D., is Professor/Dean Emeritus from Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, the world’s only university for deaf students. Previously a teacher, school administrator, and curriculum developer, he holds a B.A. from Yale, an Ed.M. from Harvard, the Certificate of Advanced Study from Harvard, and a Ph.D. from Boston College.
In retirement, he is President of the Marstons Mills (Cape Cod) Historical Society, Treasurer of the Yale Club of Cape Cod, and active in the leadership of the Cape Cod Genealogical Society. He teaches part-time in the Master’s Program in Critical and Creative Thinking at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. He and his wife Susan reside in Marstons Mills.
