Whales’ Tales: Walking Tour, Lecture & Reception

The Falmouth Museums on the Green, owned and operated by the Falmouth Historical Society, is a two-acre campus that has been serving the residents and visitors of Falmouth since 1900. One of the most popular sites in Falmouth for visitors, it contains the 1790 Dr. Francis Wicks House—a magnificent Federalist-period residence with guided tours demonstrating what life was like for an affluent physician in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; the recently-restored 1730 Conant House—used for exhibits, research and genealogy studies; the Hallett Barn Visitors’ Center—rebuilt in 2002 on the site of an original barn and used a welcoming point for those coming to Falmouth as well as the “Whaling Wives Gift Shop”; the Colonial Gardens—showing off plantings, such as a boxwood tree, that go back to the days prior to the American Revolution; Memorial Park—a tranquil place of refuge that is open to all visitors looking for relaxation; and the recently-opened (2012) Cultural Center—a superb, 3600 square foot structure used for public and private programs and events, public restrooms, kitchen facilities, and as a repository for archival collections to preserve Falmouth’s past. It also has a series of rotating historical exhibits throughout the campus.

Falmouth Museums on the Green

Optional walking tour at 2:30pm, lecture at 4pm, reception & exhibition viewing 5pm

Falmouth Historical Society

Thursday, August 17, 2023Special event at Museums on the Green, Falmouth, MAA 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 appetizersAnytime 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/nonmemberWith walk: $45/member; $60/nonmemberLimited capacity, please pre-register.

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