This tour has been canceled due to anticipated heavy rain. Click here to view additional dates for Discover Green-Wood. Join our expert tour guides aboard our temperature-controlled trolley to explore Green-Wood’s historic landscape and some of its most fascinating permanent residents. If you have never been to the Cemetery this is your opportunity to discover … Read more
Rain Date: October 21st The undeniable truth is, we are all going to die. So why not embrace the inevitable and go dancing to our graves? This year’s Nightfall—the crowning event of Green-Wood’s fall season—is inspired by the danse macabre or dance of death. Dating to the Middle Ages, it describes skeletons enticing kings, cardinals, … Read more
Green-Wood is home to an extraordinary collection of stained-glass windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany, his staff, and his competitors. Together, they represent a full range of nineteenth-century designs and styles. Join Julie Sloan, one of the leading stained-glass experts in the United States; Lindsy Parrott, director and curator of the Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass; … Read more
This event is sold out. Make sure you never miss out on tickets again. Green-Wood members get access to tickets before the general public. Join today. In celebration of LGBTQ History Month, explore what death and memorialization have looked like for queer people throughout Green-Wood’s 185-year history on this special walking tour led by Close … Read more
This Veterans Day, pay tribute to the thousands of veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces, from the Revolutionary War through Iraq, whose memories are memorialized at Green-Wood. Hop aboard the Trolley with Green-Wood Historian Jeff Richman to visit the graves of remarkable servicemen and women and hear their fascinating stories of service … Read more
You don’t need to go any further than Green-Wood to see how obsessed the Victorians really were with the ancient Egyptian world. As soon as the Cemetery was established in 1838, monuments and mausoleums evoking this faraway land began popping up left and right, from pyramids and obelisks to images of gods and sphinxes. Journey … Read more
With over 575,000 permanent residents resting at Green-Wood, there are many whose paths to the afterlife were far from peaceful. Building upon the riveting tales from Crime and Catastrophe Part 1, this trolley tour delves even further into the depths of darkness with more true crime and disaster stories told across the Cemetery grounds. Explore … Read more
This tour has been rescheduled from September 23rd to October 14th due to anticipated heavy rain. Murders, shipwrecks, plane crashes, gangsters: Do we have your attention yet? This nail-biting trolley tour delves deep into some of the finest true crime and disaster stories that Green-Wood has to offer. You will learn about the mysterious death … Read more
Embark on a journey into the realm of the extraordinary, where captivating stories defy belief and enigmatic characters await. Uncover the mysterious life of John Lockitt, whose secret marriage was announced on the same day as his death. Delve into the fascinating tale of Mollie Fancher, the “Brooklyn Enigma,” who was alleged to have survived … Read more
Descubra la rica historia y las tradiciones asociadas con la festividad del Día de los Muertos a través de artesanías, espectáculos, música, actividades y comida para toda la familia.