Museums on the Green Opening Day

The Falmouth Historical Society and the Museums on the Green, 55-65 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth, MA, will open for the summer and fall public visitation season on Tuesday, May 22. The Museums will be open Tuesday through Friday, 10 am to 4 pm and on Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm. Admission is $5 for adults.  Children under 12 are free. Members of the Historical Society, as well as members of Highfield Hall, can tour for free as well. 

The Museums feature the 1730 Conant House, which includes exhibits on Falmouth’s maritime and whaling past; Falmouth-born author, Katharine Lee Bates, writer of (among other things) “America the Beautiful”; and other rotating exhibits.  The 1790 Dr. Francis Wicks House showcases a Federal-period house demonstrating how a post-Revolutionary War-era doctor would have lived. (Guided tours of the Wicks House are required.)  The Hallett Barn Visitor’s Center has rotating exhibit spaces, including Falmouth’s role in the Civil War.  

The first week, all admissions will be no charge.  And, all through the season, any resident of Falmouth will be admitted at no charge on Fridays. 

For more information, call the Historical Society at 508-548-4857 or log onto the website: www.falmouthhistoricalsociety.org.