School Programs

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The Green-Wood Cemetery is a 478-acre cemetery, arboretum, historic landmark, and public art space. Green-Wood offers unique, standards-based programs that will captivate students in grades 3K through 12 in Brooklyn’s most unique outdoor classroom! Bring your class to the gravesites of influential, fascinating, and unsung witnesses to history; explore trees and wildlife in our environmental education programs; or sketch and analyze the distinctive art and architecture that covers our grounds.

Explore program options below and click the green button here when you’re ready to start the booking process!

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Program Details

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Green-Wood school programs take place at the Cemetery and are led by experienced Green-Wood educators. Programs include discussion, inquiry-based exploration, and/or a hands-on component. All programs are tailored to specific grade levels and support a variety of DOE and other curriculum-based standards. We conduct walking programs and ones using our historical trolley.

Group Logistics:

  • Each guided Green-Wood school program can accommodate a group size of up to 35 students and their adult chaperones. We follow DOE guidelines as per required student-to-adult chaperone ratios. 
  • Walking programs range from 75 to 90 minutes and take place completely outdoors, rain or shine. Walking programs can be scheduled Monday through Friday between 10am and 1pm. We can typically accommodate two groups simultaneously every weekday, pending availability. Note that none of Green-Wood’s walking programs are ADA compliant; however, we will do our best to create mobility aid-friendly program routes whenever possible.
  • Trolley programs last 90 minutes to two hours and take place partially outside and partially on the trolley, rain or shine. The trolley is ADA compliant and can accommodate up to two wheelchairs.
  • Green-Wood school programs start and end near one of Green-Wood’s four entrances. Green-Wood is very big, and our entrances are not near each other. It is ESSENTIAL that you arrive at the correct entrance gate for your program. Please refer to your booking request or confirmation form for the correct entrance gate and address where you will meet your educator.
  • If traveling by yellow bus, please ensure the bus driver has the correct address for your starting location gate.
  • Arrival at the wrong Green-Wood entrance gate may result in program delays or cancellation. Groups are encouraged to arrive 15 minutes early to check in and use the restroom.

Program Rates

  • Walking program prices
    • Title 1: $120
    • Public: $180
    • Private/Non-NYC: $250
  • Trolley program prices
    • Title 1: $250
    • Public: $325
    • Private/Non-NYC: $400

If your school is located in Assembly District 44, you may be entitled to a free program courtesy of Assembly Member Robert Carroll. Please indicate that you are an AD44 school on your booking request form.

Custom Programs

If you are interested in a program theme not listed above or wish to customize any of the above programs, Green-Wood’s director of education, Rachel Walman, would be happy to work with you! Please contact education@green-wood.com at least four weeks in advance of your ideal program date. Custom program pricing will be determined based on the length and content of the program.

Registration

To request your school program, please click the “REQUEST A SCHOOL PROGRAM” button above. Programs MUST be booked and paid for (or purchase order number issued) a minimum of two weeks in advance.

Questions? Please email education@green-wood.com.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, please email education@green-wood.com.