Birding in Peace
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.
$20 – $25
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Gay Green-Wood Walking Tour
Gay Green-Wood Walking Tour
Green-Wood celebrates Pride Month with a special walking tour illuminating permanent residents who have made a lasting impact on American history and culture. You will visit the graves of important LGBT figures including “It’s Raining Men” co-writer, Paul Jabara; sculptor of the “Angel of the Waters” statue atop Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain, Emma Stebbins; activists ... Read more
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Join our expert tour guides to explore Green-Wood’s historic landscape and most fascinating permanent residents. If you have never been to the Cemetery, this is your opportunity to discover the highlights of some of its 478 acres of art, history, and nature! You will tread where George Washington and his troops fought in the Battle ... Read more
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History Happy Hour: Doomed Voyages Pt. 1
History Happy Hour: Doomed Voyages Pt. 1
Whether taking to the sea for a leisurely trip or to make a routine delivery—not all journeys end the way we plan. Learn about the shipwrecks that left a trail of devastation in their wake and are now immortalized at Green-Wood. We’ll encounter the storm-tossed John Minturn, whose sinking claimed the lives of 51 passengers ... Read more
$20 – $25
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Agnes Northrop: Tiffany Stained-Glass Artist
Agnes Northrop: Tiffany Stained-Glass Artist
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), who is interred at Green-Wood, remains a giant among American artists. Best known today for the stained-glass lamps produced in his studio, he also was a painter, interior designer, and a pioneer in American glass. But he could not create all that art alone. Indeed, Agnes Northrop (1857–1953), who went to ... Read more
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(Cancelled) Secret Mausoleum Music Club
(Cancelled) Secret Mausoleum Music Club
This performance has been cancelled due to rain. Those who purchased tickets will be contacted via email about a reschedule date. Everyone loves a good secret, right? Well you won’t want to miss out on this one! Arrive after Green-Wood’s gates close to the public for a night filled with unexpected discoveries, explorations of the ... Read more
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(Cancelled) Green-Wood After Hours
(Cancelled) Green-Wood After Hours
This event has been cancelled due to rain. Long after Green-Wood’s gates close to the public, explore its historic grounds under the cover of night. You’ll weave through the Cemetery’s stunning landscape and visit the graves of fascinating figures in New York and American history. This not-to-be-missed walking tour ends with a visit to the ... Read more
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Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Join our expert tour guides to explore Green-Wood’s historic landscape and most fascinating permanent residents. If you have never been to the Cemetery, this is your opportunity to discover the highlights of some of its 478 acres of art, history, and nature! You will tread where George Washington and his troops fought in the Battle ... Read more
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Birding in Peace
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.
$20 – $25
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Join our expert tour guides to explore Green-Wood’s historic landscape and most fascinating permanent residents. If you have never been to the Cemetery, this is your opportunity to discover the highlights of some of its 478 acres of art, history, and nature! You will tread where George Washington and his troops fought in the Battle ... Read more
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America/Beautiful
America/Beautiful
The Long Story Last year, as America reckoned with the pandemic, racial protests, and political upheaval, pianist Min Kwon looked at her two daughters—whose birthdays fall on Presidents’ Day and the Fourth of July—and asked herself what kind of a country they would grow up in. Out of that reflection came America/Beautiful, a project where ... Read more
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The Latest from Green-Wood’s Restoration Team
The Latest from Green-Wood’s Restoration Team
Keeping 478 acres of mausoleums and monuments upright and in tip-top shape is no small task, but since arriving at Green-Wood in 2016, Neela Wickremesinghe, the Robert A. and Elizabeth Rohn Jeffe Director of Restoration and Preservation at Green-Wood, has risen to the challenge. Along with her two-person team, they have rolled up their sleeves ... Read more
America/Beautiful
America/Beautiful
The Long Story Last year, as America reckoned with the pandemic, racial protests, and political upheaval, pianist Min Kwon looked at her two daughters—whose birthdays fall on Presidents’ Day and the Fourth of July—and asked herself what kind of a country they would grow up in. Out of that reflection came America/Beautiful, a project where ... Read more
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America/Beautiful
America/Beautiful
The Long Story Last year, as America reckoned with the pandemic, racial protests, and political upheaval, pianist Min Kwon looked at her two daughters—whose birthdays fall on Presidents’ Day and the Fourth of July—and asked herself what kind of a country they would grow up in. Out of that reflection came America/Beautiful, a project where ... Read more
America/Beautiful
America/Beautiful
The Long Story Last year, as America reckoned with the pandemic, racial protests, and political upheaval, pianist Min Kwon looked at her two daughters—whose birthdays fall on Presidents’ Day and the Fourth of July—and asked herself what kind of a country they would grow up in. Out of that reflection came America/Beautiful, a project where ... Read more
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Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Join our expert tour guides to explore Green-Wood’s historic landscape and most fascinating permanent residents. If you have never been to the Cemetery, this is your opportunity to discover the highlights of some of its 478 acres of art, history, and nature! You will tread where George Washington and his troops fought in the Battle ... Read more
2 events,
Birding in Peace
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.
$20 – $25
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Join our expert tour guides to explore Green-Wood’s historic landscape and most fascinating permanent residents. If you have never been to the Cemetery, this is your opportunity to discover the highlights of some of its 478 acres of art, history, and nature! You will tread where George Washington and his troops fought in the Battle ... Read more
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History Happy Hour: Happily Never After Pt. 2
History Happy Hour: Happily Never After Pt. 2
Love and death have inspired artists, writers, and philosophers for millennia. But where do they perfectly intertwine? At a cemetery! This time around, you’ll hear more tales of the lovesick and heartbroken, including tawdry details of dramatic—and doomed—affairs. Learn all about the tortured marriage of William and Regina Steinway, the murder of Harvey Burdell, Augustus ... Read more
$20 – $25
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Surnames in Stone: A Glossary of Green-Wood
Surnames in Stone: A Glossary of Green-Wood
What’s in a name? With over 570,000 permanent residents, Green-Wood’s monuments capture thousands of surnames in stone—from the common to the unusual. Wandering the grounds you’re likely to come upon some names that ring a bell: a local street name, an exotic bird, or an adjective. During the pandemic, Alex Thurman, ever the cataloger and ... Read more
Open Air
Open Air
Intrigued by the notion that cemeteries can act both as spaces for mourning and social engagement, choreographer Loni Landon and experimental harpist Mary Lattimore have created a site-specific performance at Green-Wood exploring the possibilities of rebirth and renewal amid loss. Taking place in Cedar Dell, a unique natural amphitheater with some of the oldest gravestones ... Read more
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Digging into Urban Soils: Research at Green-Wood and NYC
Digging into Urban Soils: Research at Green-Wood and NYC
Soil is just a fancy word for dirt, right? No way! Soil may often be overlooked, but it is essential to the health of the human body and natural environment. It provides essential ecosystem services such as productivity (plants need it to grow!), regulation of water flow, nutrient cycling, biodiversity, and so much more! The ... Read more
Open Air
Open Air
Intrigued by the notion that cemeteries can act both as spaces for mourning and social engagement, choreographer Loni Landon and experimental harpist Mary Lattimore have created a site-specific performance at Green-Wood exploring the possibilities of rebirth and renewal amid loss. Taking place in Cedar Dell, a unique natural amphitheater with some of the oldest gravestones ... Read more
2 events,
Green-Wood After Hours
Green-Wood After Hours
Long after Green-Wood’s gates close to the public, explore its historic grounds under the cover of night. You’ll weave through the Cemetery’s stunning landscape and visit the graves of fascinating figures in New York and American history. This not-to-be-missed walking tour ends with a visit to the Catacombs, which are normally closed to the public. ... Read more
Green-Wood After Hours
Green-Wood After Hours
Long after Green-Wood’s gates close to the public, explore its historic grounds under the cover of night. You’ll weave through the Cemetery’s stunning landscape and visit the graves of fascinating figures in New York and American history. This not-to-be-missed walking tour ends with a visit to the Catacombs, which are normally closed to the public. ... Read more
3 events,
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Join our expert tour guides to explore Green-Wood’s historic landscape and most fascinating permanent residents. If you have never been to the Cemetery, this is your opportunity to discover the highlights of some of its 478 acres of art, history, and nature! You will tread where George Washington and his troops fought in the Battle ... Read more
Green-Wood After Hours
Green-Wood After Hours
Long after Green-Wood’s gates close to the public, explore its historic grounds under the cover of night. You’ll weave through the Cemetery’s stunning landscape and visit the graves of fascinating figures in New York and American history. This not-to-be-missed walking tour ends with a visit to the Catacombs, which are normally closed to the public. ... Read more
Green-Wood After Hours
Green-Wood After Hours
Long after Green-Wood’s gates close to the public, explore its historic grounds under the cover of night. You’ll weave through the Cemetery’s stunning landscape and visit the graves of fascinating figures in New York and American history. This not-to-be-missed walking tour ends with a visit to the Catacombs, which are normally closed to the public. ... Read more
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Birding in Peace
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.
$20 – $25
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Join our expert tour guides to explore Green-Wood’s historic landscape and most fascinating permanent residents. If you have never been to the Cemetery, this is your opportunity to discover the highlights of some of its 478 acres of art, history, and nature! You will tread where George Washington and his troops fought in the Battle ... Read more
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Rooftop Films Presents: October Country (with Live Score)
Rooftop Films Presents: October Country (with Live Score)
As part of Rooftop Films’s 25th Summer Series, gather amid the open air and lush greenery of the Cemetery for a screening of October Country, a film by Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher, with a world premiere live score. Shot over a year from one Halloween to the next, October Country is a deeply personal, beautifully rendered portrait of ... Read more
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Pioneering Photographers of Green-Wood
Pioneering Photographers of Green-Wood
It’s easy to take photography for granted when everyone has a camera in their pocket--but the medium has been around for an even less time than Green-Wood has! And there are some really fascinating permanent residents here who played key roles in the emergence of photography. Join our historian, Jeff Richman, for a virtual tour ... Read more
Secret Mausoleum Music Club
Secret Mausoleum Music Club
Everyone loves a good secret, right? Well you won’t want to miss out on this one! Arrive after Green-Wood’s gates close to the public for a night filled with unexpected discoveries, explorations of the past, and enthralling music—all set in New York’s most enchanting landscape. Each meeting of the Secret Mausoleum Music Club is a ... Read more
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Mortality and Me: Green-Wood’s Book Club
Mortality and Me: Green-Wood’s Book Club
It can be difficult to engage in conversations about death: Will I say the wrong thing? Am I going to offend someone? Who wants to discuss that morbid stuff anyway? Green-Wood’s book club, Mortality & Me, will help make death, dying, and end-of-life matters an easier subject to talk about through compelling books that tackle ... Read more
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Green-Wood After Hours
Green-Wood After Hours
Long after Green-Wood’s gates close to the public, explore its historic grounds under the cover of night. You’ll weave through the Cemetery’s stunning landscape and visit the graves of fascinating figures in New York and American history. This not-to-be-missed walking tour ends with a visit to the Catacombs, which are normally closed to the public. ... Read more
Green-Wood After Hours
Green-Wood After Hours
Long after Green-Wood’s gates close to the public, explore its historic grounds under the cover of night. You’ll weave through the Cemetery’s stunning landscape and visit the graves of fascinating figures in New York and American history. This not-to-be-missed walking tour ends with a visit to the Catacombs, which are normally closed to the public. ... Read more
3 events,
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Join our expert tour guides to explore Green-Wood’s historic landscape and most fascinating permanent residents. If you have never been to the Cemetery, this is your opportunity to discover the highlights of some of its 478 acres of art, history, and nature! You will tread where George Washington and his troops fought in the Battle ... Read more
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Rooftop Films Presents: Cemetery Shorts
Rooftop Films Presents: Cemetery Shorts
Rooftop Films and Green-Wood invite you to gather for a cinematic meditation on the living, the dead, and those caught in between the two. Whether it’s contemplating the mortality of a pet turtle, embalming a beloved one to sustain its spirit in the flesh, or killing in the name of life—the characters in these short films ... Read more
Green-Wood After Hours
Green-Wood After Hours
Long after Green-Wood’s gates close to the public, explore its historic grounds under the cover of night. You’ll weave through the Cemetery’s stunning landscape and visit the graves of fascinating figures in New York and American history. This not-to-be-missed walking tour ends with a visit to the Catacombs, which are normally closed to the public. ... Read more
2 events,
Birding in Peace
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.
$20 – $25
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Join our expert tour guides to explore Green-Wood’s historic landscape and most fascinating permanent residents. If you have never been to the Cemetery, this is your opportunity to discover the highlights of some of its 478 acres of art, history, and nature! You will tread where George Washington and his troops fought in the Battle ... Read more
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Annie Tinker: Tireless Suffragist and Women’s Rights Champion
Annie Tinker: Tireless Suffragist and Women’s Rights Champion
Despite being born into wealth, Annie Tinker (1884-1924) was not one to rest on her family’s laurels. She used her privilege to contribute time and resources to social movements—with women’s rights resting particularly close to her heart. She regularly led an all-women’s cavalry unit through Central Park and in women’s suffrage parades, lobbying that they ... Read more
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All That Remains: The Moth Mainstage, Live at Green-Wood
All That Remains: The Moth Mainstage, Live at Green-Wood
The things we love, the things we fight for, the things we leave behind, and all of the questions we ask ourselves in a lifetime leave a trace, a whisper, a tug on our hearts. But they also give us strength and endurance, and the ability to see the light at the end of the ... Read more
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All That Remains: The Moth Livestreamed from Green-Wood
All That Remains: The Moth Livestreamed from Green-Wood
The things we love, the things we fight for, the things we leave behind, and all of the questions we ask ourselves in a lifetime leave a trace, a whisper, a tug on our hearts. But they also give us strength and endurance, and the ability to see the light at the end of the ... Read more
1 event,
Green-Wood After Hours
Green-Wood After Hours
Long after Green-Wood’s gates close to the public, explore its historic grounds under the cover of night. You’ll weave through the Cemetery’s stunning landscape and visit the graves of fascinating figures in New York and American history. This not-to-be-missed walking tour ends with a visit to the Catacombs, which are normally closed to the public. ... Read more
2 events,
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
Join our expert tour guides to explore Green-Wood’s historic landscape and most fascinating permanent residents. If you have never been to the Cemetery, this is your opportunity to discover the highlights of some of its 478 acres of art, history, and nature! You will tread where George Washington and his troops fought in the Battle ... Read more
Green-Wood After Hours
Green-Wood After Hours
Long after Green-Wood’s gates close to the public, explore its historic grounds under the cover of night. You’ll weave through the Cemetery’s stunning landscape and visit the graves of fascinating figures in New York and American history. This not-to-be-missed walking tour ends with a visit to the Catacombs, which are normally closed to the public. ... Read more