1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Every Wednesday a new historic trolley tour at Green-Wood. Tours last approximately two hours and feature the beauty of Green-Wood’s grounds, the Cemetery’s history, its bird life, the most fascinating tales of its permanent residents, views of Manhattan’s skyline, The Green-Wood Historic Fund’s Civil War Project and its preservation program, and ... Read more
1 p.m. Green-Wood’s Great Women Walking Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSaturday, May 7, 2011 Join us on the day before Mother’s Day to celebrate some of the most colorful and influential women of the 19th and early 20th centuries who are buried here. Matilda Tone, wife of the Irish patriot; pioneering doctors Susan McKinney Steward and Mary Jacobi; abolitionist Abigail Hopper Gibbons; and actresses Laura ... Read more
1 p.m. Birds, Blooms and Beauty Mother’s Day Walking Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesBirds, Blooms and Beauty Mother’s Day Tour »
(Postponed) Members-Only Screening, ‘Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child’
The Historic Chapel at Green-Wood 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesThis event has been postponed. A new date will be announced shortly. Plus wine, cheese, and Q&A with the film's producer and a special guest TBA. Centered on a rare interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat over 20 years ago, this definitive documentary chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of the ... Read more
1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Every Wednesday a new historic trolley tour at Green-Wood. Tours last approximately two hours and feature the beauty of Green-Wood’s grounds, the Cemetery’s history, its bird life, the most fascinating tales of its permanent residents, views of Manhattan’s skyline, The Green-Wood Historic Fund’s Civil War Project and its preservation program, and ... Read more
9 a.m. Call for Volunteers: Civil War 150th Anniversary
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSaturday, May 14, 2011 We need you! As we prepare for the celebration of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, we need as many hands as we can get. Help us place candles on the graves of our Civil War veterans. Spend a spring day at Green-Wood and know that you’re helping to honor the ... Read more
11 a.m. A Community of Souls Walking Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSaturday, May 14, 2011 Green-Wood, a National Historic Landmark and great outdoor museum, is also a community of souls. Visiting Green-Wood’s monuments and memorials is a unique chance to relate our own modern lives to the shared struggles and joys of those who went before us. In this tour, led by Green-Wood’s Manager of Education ... Read more
1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 Every Wednesday a new historic trolley tour at Green-Wood. Tours last approximately two hours and feature the beauty of Green-Wood’s grounds, the Cemetery’s history, its bird life, the most fascinating tales of its permanent residents, views of Manhattan’s skyline, The Green-Wood Historic Fund’s Civil War Project and its preservation program, and ... Read more
1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 Every Wednesday a new historic trolley tour at Green-Wood. Tours last approximately two hours and feature the beauty of Green-Wood’s grounds, the Cemetery’s history, its bird life, the most fascinating tales of its permanent residents, views of Manhattan’s skyline, The Green-Wood Historic Fund’s Civil War Project and its preservation program, and ... Read more
11 a.m. Civil War Exhibition Opening: “Honoring Their Sacrifice”
The Historic Chapel at Green-Wood 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSaturday, May 28, 2011 Gathered from private collections, as well as from our own Green-Wood Historic Fund collections, this exhibition features fascinating memorabilia from the Civil War, much of it never before displayed in public. See, up close, two authentic Civil War cannons, life-sized zinc sculptures of Union soldiers, and genuine Civil War uniforms; hear ... 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.
