Maults & Vaults Tour: Special Young Professional Member Event
Historic Oakland Cemetery 248 Oakland Avenue SE, AtlantaWeek of Events
Join in June! Membership Month
It's Membership Month at Historic Oakland Foundation! Join or renew in June and you'll be entered to win some amazing prizes! Your membership helps Historic Oakland Foundation preserve, restore, enhance, and share Oakland Cemetery, a treasured Atlanta landmark and important neighborhood greenspace. HOF members receive some great benefits in addition to supporting Oakland: Advance ticket…
Sights, Symbols, and Stories Overview Tour
Sights, Symbols, and Stories Overview Tour
Explore the history, gardens, and funerary art of Oakland Cemetery with a 90-minute guided walking tour! Discover the history, the Victorian gardens, and the art and architecture that give Oakland its distinctive character. Oakland is an outdoor museum of Atlanta’s history with over 70,000 residents. Meet the trailblazers, builders, creators, and characters who call Oakland…
The Women of Oakland
The Women of Oakland
This 75-minute tour challenges the myth of Southern womanhood by uncovering the true social and personal histories of Atlanta’s women. Early Atlanta might have been a man’s world, but this city was built with the labor of women. From writers and domestic servants to reformers and mothers, Oakland Cemetery is home to thousands of women.…
Sights, Symbols, and Stories Overview Tour
Sights, Symbols, and Stories Overview Tour
Explore the history, gardens, and funerary art of Oakland Cemetery with a 90-minute guided walking tour! Discover the history, the Victorian gardens, and the art and architecture that give Oakland its distinctive character. Oakland is an outdoor museum of Atlanta’s history with over 70,000 residents. Meet the trailblazers, builders, creators, and characters who call Oakland…
Maults & Vaults Tour: Special Young Professional Member Event
Maults & Vaults Tour: Special Young Professional Member Event
Join us for an exclusive event for our Gravediggers Young Professionals members: "Malts & Vaults: Where Beer Meets History," at Oakland Cemetery. This engaging guided walking tour offers an in-depth taste of Atlanta’s brewing history. The tour begins promptly at 6:30 p.m., so we'll to gather at the main gate by 6:15 p.m. for check-in.…
Sights, Symbols, and Stories Overview Tour
Sights, Symbols, and Stories Overview Tour
Explore the history, gardens, and funerary art of Oakland Cemetery with a 90-minute guided walking tour! Discover the history, the Victorian gardens, and the art and architecture that give Oakland its distinctive character. Oakland is an outdoor museum of Atlanta’s history with over 70,000 residents. Meet the trailblazers, builders, creators, and characters who call Oakland…
History, Mystery, and Mayhem
History, Mystery, and Mayhem
Discover stories that defy explanation during this 75-minute guided tour of Oakland Cemetery! With more than 70,000 souls interred in its hallowed grounds, it’s no mystery that Oakland Cemetery has its share of the surreal. Hear the stories that defy explanation, from mysterious murders to tragic events that have passed into local legend. This tour…