2025-26 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
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.
An optional buffet dinner precedes each Falmouth Forum lecture.
6:00 PM: Swope Center, 5 North Street, Woods Hole
Tickets: $42/each or reserve a table of eight
See links below to purchase tickets. 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.
Nipam H. Patel, Director, Marine Biological Laboratory
Elizabeth York, The Cahoon Museum of American Art
Mike Barrett and Paul Speer, Resilient Woods Hole
Dana Mohler-Faria, President Emeritus, Bridgewater State University
Ruth A. Potee, MD, Behavioral Health Network Franklin County House of Corrections
Suni Williams, American Astronaut
Michael Mizell Memorial Public History Lecture
Documentary & Panel Discussion
Herman T. Epstein Endowed Memorial Lecture
Miles O'Brien, Independent Journalist and Filmmaker
John W. Rowe, Professor of Health Policy and Aging, Columbia University