Preserving Falmouth's Heritage The Falmouth Historical Society 






Welcome to The Falmouth Historical Society.  Preservation has been our mission since we were founded in 1966.  And it still is.   Our members volunteer their time to promote interest in the history of Falmouth, Maine, through our collections and outreach to the community.  We provide educational programs, assist with research into local families and history, and conduct tours of the Falmouth Heritage Museum.  The Society is a non-profit organization.


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    Upcoming Events

    18 May 2024 9:00 AM • Falmouth Heritage Museum
    27 May 2024 9:45 AM • Falmouth Memorial Library to Pine Grove Park
    04 Jun 2024 9:00 AM • Falmouth Heritage Museum


    Recent Activity

    Annual Meeting   Newsletters
     

    Rich Meserve (left) managing the Zoom meeting.  Betsy Whitcomb (center) and Sue Farnham (right) speaking about the history of Mast Road.

       
    Our winter newsletter is out!  New!

    This year's Annual Meeting was held in-person and online in the Council Chambers at Falmouth Town Hall on Tuesday, January 23rd, at 7:00 p.m.

    Links to the slides for the Annual Membership Meeting and the two presentations (Falmouth's Western Frontier and The Story Begins with a Sword) are below under Presentations.  You can also view the full slide deck and the full minutes/speaker's notes containing all three.  Minutes and speaker's notes will be posted when approved by the Board.

     

    If you missed our autumn newsletter, here it is!


    Other recent newsletters can be found here.

     Presentations


       •  Falmouth's Western Frontier (Slides and Speaker's Notes New!

       •  The Story Begins with a Sword (Slides and Speaker's Notes New!

       •  An Early Falmouth Family (Slides and Speaker's Notes)

       •  First Summer Colony (Slides and Speaker's Notes)

       •  Maps of Falmouth  (Slides and Speaker's Notes)
         Highlights from Acquisitions 2021  (Slides and Speaker's Notes)

         Historic Sites on the Foreside  (Slides and Speaker's Notes)

         Proprietors Map of 1732  (Slides)

         Bucknam Tavern  (Slides)

         A Marriage Made in Boston (Slides)

         Tidewater Farm (Slides)

         Town History (Slides and Speaker's Notes)

       •  Annual Membership Meeting 2024 (Slides and Minutes New!

       •  Annual Membership Meeting 2023 (Slides and Minutes)

         Annual Membership Meeting 2022 (Slides and Minutes)


     Retrospectives


       •  Remembering One Who “Gave the Last Full Measure of Devotion”  

       •  Remembering the Greatest Generation on Memorial Day

       •  Maine’s First Newspaper Tells Us About Life in Falmouth Two Centuries Ago

       •  Two Pictures Recall the Life of a Falmouth Schoolmaster

       •  Falmouth Hunkers Down in Response to Pandemic, Again

       •  Falmouth in 1820



    Falmouth Heritage Museum

     Find Us


    The Falmouth Heritage Museum is at 60 Woods Road in Falmouth (just beyond the town transfer station).   Click on map to enlarge.


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    You can also reach us at info@thefhs.org.

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     Museum Hours


    Notice: Closed for WinterWinter (October-May)


    The Museum is closed due to the high cost of utilities and maintenance for a 19th-century house during a Maine winter.  Safety of our visitors and volunteers is a concern—despite our best efforts to clear snow and ice, the area around the steps is often treacherous.


    Until the Museum reopens next spring, our volunteers are busy online responding to requests from our community.  If there is something in our collections you would like to see, we can make that happen.

    Summer (May-October)


    The Museum and Barn at 60 Woods Road in Falmouth is open 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on most Tuesdays, or by appointment

     Falmouth Heritage Bookstore


    Give the gift of Falmouth History!


    New!  Shop at our online bookstore for local pickup or delivery in Maine and New Hampshire. Our online bookstore is always open.


    Consider a gift membership!  

     The Falmouth Heritage Bookstore


     Please support our generous sponsors!
     
     Sponsor logo: Falmouth Lions Club  

    Sponsor logo: Majco Roofing

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    Falmouth Heritage Museum
    60 Woods Road, Falmouth, Maine 04105
    Telephone: (207) 781-4727
    Email:
    info@thefhs.org

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    The Falmouth Historical Society
    190 US Route One PMB 367
    Falmouth, ME 04105

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