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The Museum and Barn are open, but not for long! The last day with public hours for this season is Tuesday, October 14th, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. After that, we close the Museum for our long Maine winter. Our volunteers remain busy throughout the year, meeting in-person and online. If there is an artifact or document in our collections you would like to see, we can make that happen.
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The Annual Meeting will be held Saturday, October 18th, at 1:30 p.m.
Remembering the 1775 Burning of Falmouth On a Wednesday morning in October 1775, a flotilla of Royal Navy vessels under the command of Lt. Henry Mowatt opened fire on Falmouth's town center (today Portland's Old Port). Over the course of nine hours, the town was raked by cannon fire—3,000 rounds were expended using incendiary cannonballs to set the town ablaze. When that failed to do the job, marines went ashore and set fire to any buildings that had survived the cannonade. Some of the marines were wounded and one was killed. Most of the town's residents fled before the attack began; only one was injured during the attack. By evening, "the body of the town was in one flame." Falmouth's town center was devastated with more than 400 buildings damaged or destroyed. The presentation will tell the story of events leading up to the destruction, what happened during the attack, and the aftermath.
Please join us! This event is free and open to the public. You need not be a member to attend The presentation is sponsored jointly by Falmouth Memorial Library and the Falmouth Historical Society. |
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Recent Activity
Presentations
• Local History Research (Slides and Speaker's Notes) New!
• Aucocisco (Slides and Speaker's Notes) New!
• The Humphrey Merrill House (Slides and Speaker's Notes
• The Opening Volley (Slides and Speaker's Notes)
• Falmouth's Western Frontier (Slides and Speaker's Notes) • The Story Begins with a Sword (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 2025 (Slides and Minutes)
• Annual Membership Meeting 2024 (Slides and Minutes)
• Annual Membership Meeting 2023 (Slides and Minutes)
• Annual Membership Meeting 2022 (Slides and Minutes)
Retrospectives
• The History of Falmouth School's Campus New!
• Remembering One Who Fell During the Revolution on Memorial Day New!
• Remembering One Who Fell in the "Forgotten War"
• Remembering One Who “Gave the Last Full Measure of Devotion”
• 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
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Museum Hours
Summer (June-October)
The Museum and Barn at 60 Woods Road in Falmouth is open 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on most Tuesdays, or by appointment.
Winter (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.
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