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.
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Whales’ Tales: Walking Tour, Lecture & Reception
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Special event at Museums on the Green, Falmouth, MA
A fun fundraiser!
An immersion into Falmouth’s whaling history. Learn more about the men – and women and children – from Falmouth who went whaling around the world. Participate in as many of the offerings as you want.
2:30 – 3:30 PM – a short walk to Locust St. to see some captains’ homes and hear their stories, with John Bissonnette, a descendant of one of the whaling Lawrence brothers, as your guide. (very limited space)
4:00 PM – talk by Carolyn Partan, a researcher on Falmouth whaling, on the women and children who went on voyages.
5:00 – 6:00 PM – Reception with drinks and appetizers
Anytime between 2:30 and 6 PM: View the exhibition “Better Together: Falmouth Families at Sea 1852 – 1886” on Falmouth’s whaling families.
Check out the outline of the whaleship on our lawn and imagine life aboard. Answers to your questions from our volunteers.
Without walk: $35/member; $50/nonmember
With walk: $45/member; $60/nonmember
Limited capacity, please pre-register.
