Programs

  • Program 1 [2018]

    RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION: THE HISTORIC FUND IS WORKING TO COMPLETE THE RESTORATION OF THE WEIR GREENHOUSE, WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1895 AS A COMMERCIAL FLORIST LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM GREEN-WOOD'S MAIN ENTRANCE. THE RESTORED GREENHOUSE WILL FUNCTION AS PART OF THE EDUCATION AND WELCOME CENTER FOR VISITORS TO GREEN-WOOD.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $2.1M

  • Program 2 [2018]

    PUBLIC EVENT AND TOURS: THE GREEN-WOOD HISTORIC FUND PRODUCES OVER 200PUBLIC PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THESE INCLUDE TROLLEY TOURS, WALKING TOURS, BOOK TALKS, CONCERTS, ART INSTALLATIONS, CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION WORKSHOPS, ARBORETUM EDUCATION PROGRAMS, BIRDWATCHING TOURS, PROGRAMS ON ARCHIVES AND GENEALOGY ("GREENEALOGY") AND UNIQUE EVENING PROGRAMS ALL DESIGNED TO BUILD PUBLIC AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF THE CEMETERY. GREEN-WOOD BELIEVES THAT CEMETERIES ARE NOW - AS THEY WERE DESIGNED TO BE IN THE 19TH CENTURY - PLACES FOR CITY DWELLERS AND TOURISTS ALIKE TO COMMUNE WITH NATURE, SEE BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF SCULPTURE AND ARTISTRY, AND REFLECT ON THE UNIVERSAL THEMES OF A MEANINGFUL LIFE, TEMPORALITY, AND COMMEMORATION.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $471.4K

  • Program 3 [2018]

    HISTORIC COLLECTION AND ARCHIVES: GREEN-WOOD'S DIVERSE HISTORIC COLLECTION IS COMPOSED OF ITEMS RANGING FROM CABINET CARDS TO STEREOVIEW PHOTOGRAPHS TO OIL PAINTINGS TO 19TH-CENTURY BASEBALL PROGRAMS. EVERY ITEM IS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT TO GREEN-WOOD, RELATING EITHER TO A GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY "PERMANENT RESIDENT OR TO THE HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION ITSELF. TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, GREEN-WOOD IS THE ONLY CEMETERY IN THE NATION WITH A COLLECTION OF THIS SCOPE AND SIZE. ITEMS FROM THE COLLECTION ARE FEATURED IN GREEN-WOOD'S OWN EXHIBITIONS AND ALSO LOANED TO OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS FOR DISPLAY. FURTHER, GREEN-WOOD'S INSTITUTIONAL ARCHIVES COMPRISE AN IMMENSE COLLECTION OF METICULOUSLY PRESERVED RECORDS, ALL CONNECTED TO OVER HALF A MILLION INDIVIDUALS (570,000 IN TOTAL) INTERRED AT GREEN-WOOD. THESE DOCUMENTS REPRESENT AN IMPORTANT AND VOLUMINOUS CONTRIBUTION TO RESEARCHERS EVERYWHERE. THE RECORDS RELATE BOTH TO FAMOUS INDIVIDUALS AND ALSO TO THE UNCELEBRATED PERSONS, THE CARPENTERS, THE BANKERS, THE GROCERS, THE TEACHERS, THE DOCKWORKERS, THE NURSES, ETC. WHO ALSO PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $154.1K