2026-27 Falmouth Forum
For more than 30 years, the Falmouth Forum, presented by the Friends of the MBL, has brought free cultural enrichment to our community. This season will feature captivating speakers that will deliver powerful talks with a wide range of subjects.
Lectures are free and open to the public for in-person and virtual attendance. Free parking is available in any MBL lot. No registration required for in-person attendance.
Doors open at 7:00 PM, lectures start at 7:30 PM, unless noted otherwise below.
Cornelia Clapp Auditorium
7 MBL Street
Woods Hole, MA 02543
An optional buffet dinner precedes each Falmouth Forum lecture.
6:00 PM: Swope Center, 5 North Street, Woods Hole
Tickets: $45/each or reserve a table of eight.
Purchase tickets in advance via links below, on sale two weeks prior to the event. Dinner tickets are available until they sell out or until 5:00 PM on the Wednesday prior to the event. We regret that no tickets will be sold at the door.
This page will be updated as more information becomes available.
The Falmouth Forum is supported by the Falmouth Forum Endowment and the Bakalar Endowed Director's Discretionary Fund.
This program is also supported in part by a grant from the Woods Hole Foundation.
Troy Clarkson, Falmouth Enterprise Columnist & Author
Jennifer Madden, Director of Collections & Expositions, Heritage Museums & Gardens
George Scharr, Pre-Concert Lecturer Cape Symphony Orchestra
Joanna Buchthal, Project Lead, Mice Against Ticks
Herman T. Epstein Endowed Memorial Lecture
C.L. Fornari, Author and Radio Host
Elaine Weiss, Author
Michael Mizell Memorial Public History Lecture
Sean O’Neill, Team USA Paralympian