TUNES FROM THE TOMBS
May 19th - 1:00pm - 8:00pm & May 20th 1:00pm – 7:00pm
A Weekend of Music and Spirits Benefiting Historic Oakland Cemetery!
Visit our Tunes from the Tombs page here for more information.
We will not be offering guided walking tours to the public on Saturday, May 19th or Sunday, May 20th. Please join us for our Tunes from the Tombs music festival. Click here for more information.
2012 Special Events
Tunes From the Tombs - May 19 and 20
Sunday in the Park - October 7
Run Like Hell 5K & Run Like Heck Fun Run - October 20
Capturing the Spirit of Oakland Halloween Tours- October 25, 26, 27 & 28. Tickets to go on sale July 15, 2012.
Visitors Center and Museum Shop
Our Visitors Center and Museum Shop is open daily. Come see our unique gift items and books. Our shop hosts can help you locate burial plots of ancestors who reside at Oakland. Click here for more information about our Visitors Center.
Private Events
We can help you host an event that's to die for. Whether it's for two or two thousand guests, the Historic Oakland Foundation can help you plan a party, wedding or other private event in one of the most beautiful, and most unique venues in Atlanta, Historic Oakland Cemetery.
Recently selected by the Atlanta Journal Constitution as Atlanta's Best Picnic Spot, Oakland's acres of Victorian gardens offer a variety of spectacular locations for your special occasion. Our Private Events team will work with you to help assure that everything goes well. Need a caterer? We've got connections! Assistance with logistics? We're here to help!
Call Phil Hulst, Private events Coordinator, at 404 784-3222 or email him at phulst@oaklandcemetery.com to discuss your entertainment needs. He can also meet with you in person and show you why Oakland is the place to host your event.
Cell Phone Tours
We now have two cell phone tours. In addition to our African American Voices cell phone tour we now have the Oakland's Timeless Gardens cell phone tour available.
Guided Walking Tours
Less than a mile from the heart of downtown Atlanta, a hidden treasure, a secret sanctuary, welcomes you. This garden cemetery, founded in 1850, is the final resting place of many of Atlanta's settlers, builders, and most noted citizens like Bobby Jones, Margaret Mitchell, and Maynard Jackson. It is also a showplace of sculpture and architecture, and a botanical preserve with ancient oaks and magnolias. Here in this peaceful place the full scope of the city's rich and fascinating history unfolds before you.
From a hilltop in Oakland Cemetery, General John B. Hood watched the Battle of Atlanta, and nearby lie soldiers from both sides who died in it. From that point you will have one of the best views of Atlanta's growing skyline, and you will begin to understand the people who came together to make Atlanta what it is today.
Spend an hour or a day exploring Oakland on your own or with a knowledgeable tour guide. Come learn about the men and women who laid the foundation for today's Atlanta. Pass through the gates of Oakland and you will discover Atlanta's history, from the beginning.
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