cultural legacy
The Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as one of America’s first rural cemeteries. Still an active cemetery, the Green-Wood of today is also a cultural institution, an outdoor museum that tells the history and evokes the cultures of the borough, the city and the nation. Today, Green-Wood’s 478 acres serve as the final resting place for over 570,000 permanent residents.
FROM THE vault
KEYS OF GREEN-WOOD
LETTERHEADS FROM THE ARCHIVES
GREEN-WOOD THEN AND NOW
countless stories
NOTABLE residents
Civil war biographies
World War I Biographies
WORLD WAR II PROJECT
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Mystery Solved!
It is always exciting to solve a mystery that you have been working on for years. So it was recently with this question: who…
Nobody Living Knew–An Historic Discovery!
In 2014, the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) mounted an exhibition, “”Palaces for the People: Guastavino and the Art of Structural…
Pete Hamill: Brooklynite, Journalist, Friend of “The Green-Wood”
Pete Hamill, Brooklynite, journalist, friend of “The Green-Wood,” now lies at The Green-Wood Cemetery. Hamill was a legend–a high school dropout who became a…
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Archives
For general information on Green-Wood’s Institutional archives and for internship and volunteer opportunities, please email us at Archives@green-wood.com.
Collections
For general information on Green-Wood’s Collection of art and artifacts, to schedule a research visit, or to inquire about rights and reproduction, please email us at Collections@green-wood.com.
Photo Credits (from top, left to right, approximate, excluding thumbnails): Header from GWHF, Freedom Lots by Art Presson, Archives from GWC, Collections by Stacy Locke, Greenealogy by Art Presson