A research facility and museum open seasonally mid-June to mid-October. hours are 1pm to 4pm Wednesday to Saturday. Tuesday by appointment.
The Society is located in the house originally built by Sylvanus B. Phinney, also founder of the Barnstable Patriot newspaper and still in existence today. The Society purchased this home as it's permanent home from the Jones family of Barnstable. The property encompasses 2.75 acres and is located in close proximity to the Sturgis Library and Tales of Cape Cod, thus creating a campus like setting for the historical buildings within this area of the village.
To chronicle the history of Barnstable and preserve and present that history for future generations.
Sturgis Library
41 miles
Tales of Cape Cod Inc
91 miles
Went for Gregory Williams speaks but stayed for the air conditioning and dessert. Lo...
Zion Union Hertiage Museum Inc.
6 km
Amazing talent and people!! Will definitely be back! The highlight of my Cape cod vis...
John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum
6 km
Nice way to spend part of the day without losing as much time as the bigger museums i...
Cape Cod Maritime Museum
6 km
Fabulous place to visit to get acquainted with traditional boat building. The crew in...
Cape Cod Museum of Art
10 km
Beautiful property. Well kept garden. Quick to go through. Kind staff. Lovely paintin...
Nye Family of America Hmstd
11 km
Excellent tour of house by knowledgeable and interesting guide. A window to the past.
Osterville Historical Society
11 km
Went to a wedding here. It was beautiful. The history was very interesting too.
Cahoon Museum of American Art
14 km
Quaint and interesting look into one of America's older artist couples. Their house i...
Cape Cod Museum Of Natural History
17 km
Enjoyable little natural history museum based around the ecosystem on the cape. The b...
Cape Cod Children's Museum
19 km
This place was great. We had a group of kids from 2 to 8 and they all had fun. I had ...
Barnstable County Fairgrounds
23 km
Always a fun time. It's so hard to have my kids there as the park gets filled with te...
French Cable Station Museum
28 km
It's really cool for anyone interested in this kind of history or just gadgets in gen...
Atwood House & Museum
29 km
Very well done museum. You will learn about the history of the Atwood family, Chatha...
Chatham Railroad Museum
29 km
Fantastic little museum with interesting trinkets and a well-informed curator. I've n...to add Barnstable Historical Society map to your website;
