Spring Fling
Barnstable Historical Society 3087 Main Street, Barnstable, MAOpening Day! Strawberries, Champagne, Chocolate, and a rousing game of Croquet
Flag Day
Barnstable Historical Society 3087 Main Street, Barnstable, MAAn Educational Event for the Third Graders of a Barnstable School
4th of July Parade
BHS will be in the Barnstable Village 4th of July Parade
Enjoy a Little Scandal Before Dinner
Sorry to announce this event was cancelled. Please join us on August 11th to start our local real crime drama history series.
An Afternoon in the Garden with local poet and author Mary Blair Petiet
Barnstable Historical Society 3087 Main Street, Barnstable, MACelebrate nature's beauty in Mary's words - with a bit of champagne and apricots! Meet us in the gardens of the Phinney/Jones House, Route 6A Barnstable Village Thursday July 29 […]
Enjoy a Little Scandal Before Dinner
Barnstable Historical Society 3087 Main Street, Barnstable, MAJoin historian Nancy Shoemaker for an evening of tales and wails
The Courthouse Cannons, The Story
1717 Meetinghouse 2049 Meetinghouse Way, West Barnstable, MaThe British attacked Falmouth. Now they have their sights on Barnstable! Learn from Historian; Jeffrey Crocker, about what happened next…and the history about the two cannons that sit proudly on […]
Cobb’s Hill Cemetery Tour
On the corner of Millway and Main St. you’ll find Barnstable’s second oldest graveyard with its first known burial in 1715. “Meet” a woman who “conversed with the spirits of […]
BHS Annual Meeting
Barnstable Historical Society 3087 Main Street, Barnstable, MAJoin us at the BHS Phinney-Jones House for our Annual Meeting. 1. BHS Annual Meeting call to order 2. Roll Call of Directors 3. 2022 Board and Officer appointments 4. […]
2021 Fall Clean Up Day Monday October 18
Barnstable Historical Society 3087 Main Street, Barnstable, MAFall Clean up Day Come on down and help close up the gardens for the season. Join Jamie in the gardens and help him start a new burn pile! Bring […]
Old Jail Halloween
The Olde Jail 3365 Main Street, Barnstable, MAJoin us for a Scare! During Barnstable’s Halloween Parade Day, October 30, stop by and visit the Old Jail on Cobb’s Hill, next to the Coast Guard Heritage Museum. Built […]
The Barnstable Patriot Exhibit @ Sturgis Library – November
Sturgis Library 3090 Main Street, Barnstable, MAMany of us look forward to the Friday delivery of the weekly edition of the Barnstable Patriot. Did you know it is Cape Cod’s oldest newspaper? Sylvanus B. Phinney published […]