Exciting changes are underway at The Green-Wood Cemetery as we get ready to open our new Welcome Center.
As a community space for public programs, a mini-museum, a setting for research and education, and more, the Welcome Center is a space for you!
To be located right across the street from the Main Entrance at 25th Street and Fifth Avenue, it will combine the restored Victorian-era Weir Greenhouse with a new building and serve as a central hub where you can engage with so much of what Green-Wood has to offer. All will be welcome stop by and learn about the Cemetery’s beautiful landscape, unique history, and its core assets of art, history, and nature. Admission is free.
What will this new center feature?
- A visitor welcome and orientation area
- A classroom for 3K-12th grade school programs, community meetings, and more
- A beautifully restored historic greenhouse space
- Two exhibition galleries to engage with Green-Wood’s history
- A Center for Research to access and study the Cemetery’s records
- Environmentally controlled storage for 185+ years of archival documents
- Restrooms
- Staff offices
When will it be open?
The grand opening is planned for spring 2026. We’ll keep you posted on our progress along the way!
Where did funding come from?
Funding for the Education & Welcome Center is made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the NYS Regional Economic Development Council, the NYS Council on the Arts, the NYS Assembly, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the Office of the Mayor, the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President, the NYC City Council, private foundations, and individual donors.
Designed for the Community
The new building has been designed by NYC-based Architecture Research Office, and C&G Partners have been hired to envision the exhibition galleries, the programming of which will be informed by a series of community listening sessions, led by Grain Collective.
For more information email contactus@green-wood.com.