After the End
Describe your loss. This simple prompt will be asked of each visitor to After the End, a new site-specific installation in Green-Wood’s Historic Chapel.
After the End
Describe your loss. This simple prompt will be asked of each visitor to After the End, a new site-specific installation in Green-Wood’s Historic Chapel.
After the End
Describe your loss. This simple prompt will be asked of each visitor to After the End, a new site-specific installation in Green-Wood’s Historic Chapel.
Latent Teloneum
Since January 2021, Heidi Lau, Green-Wood’s artist in residence, has been creating ceramic sculptures in a studio space on the first floor of the Fort Hamilton Gatehouse. Just above her a large attic sat relatively quiet except for spiders busily weaving their webs. Nearing the end of her residency, Lau has invited Nikholis Planck for a two-person exhibition in the attic, which has been unlocked for the public’s viewing.
Discover Green-Wood: Trolley Tour
Join our expert tour guides aboard Green-Wood’s trolley to explore the Cemetery’s historic landscape and most fascinating permanent residents. If you have never been to Green-Wood, this is your opportunity to discover its 478 acres of art, history, and nature! You will tread where George Washington and his troops fought in the Battle of Brooklyn, ... Read more
Birding in Peace
Before our gates open to the general public, birding expert Rob Jett leads these peaceful Sunday morning walking tours to discover the many birds that call Green-Wood home.
After the End
Describe your loss. This simple prompt will be asked of each visitor to After the End, a new site-specific installation in Green-Wood’s Historic Chapel.
Latent Teloneum
Since January 2021, Heidi Lau, Green-Wood’s artist in residence, has been creating ceramic sculptures in a studio space on the first floor of the Fort Hamilton Gatehouse. Just above her a large attic sat relatively quiet except for spiders busily weaving their webs. Nearing the end of her residency, Lau has invited Nikholis Planck for a two-person exhibition in the attic, which has been unlocked for the public’s viewing.
After the End
Describe your loss. This simple prompt will be asked of each visitor to After the End, a new site-specific installation in Green-Wood’s Historic Chapel.
Death Cafe: After the End Edition
“The moon is a stone and the sky is full of deadly hardware, but oh God, how beautiful anyway.” —Margaret Atwood In this special edition Death Cafe, we will be joined by artists Candy Chang and James Reeves, whose newest collaboration, After the End, is currently on view in Green-Wood’s Historic Chapel. Candy and James ... Read more
History Happy Hour: A Grave Concern Part 2
Once a burial takes place, it’s all about resting in peace for eternity, right? Well, that wasn’t always the case! In the nineteenth century, the shockingly profitable “resurrection” business emerged. Grave robbers sneakily stole bodies from cemeteries under the cover of night to sell them to physicians, teachers, and scientists. Fortunately, Green-Wood’s extensive records do ... Read more
Discover Green-Wood: Trolley Tour
Join our expert tour guides aboard Green-Wood’s trolley to explore the Cemetery’s historic landscape and most fascinating permanent residents. If you have never been to Green-Wood, this is your opportunity to discover its 478 acres of art, history, and nature! You will tread where George Washington and his troops fought in the Battle of Brooklyn, ... Read more
Building the Brooklyn Bridge: In 3D!
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-aac31fa.ugb-heading{margin-top:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important}}With Author/Historian Jeff Richman It’s a New York City icon like you’ve never seen it before! Jeff Richman, Green-Wood’s historian and author of the newly released book Building the Brooklyn Bridge 1869-1883: An Illustrated History with Images in 3D, will take you on a virtual journey through how the Brooklyn Bridge came ... Read more
Green-Wood’s public programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, as well as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
