Special Announcements
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.
Our winter schedule for guided walking tours is in effect. We have one tour at 2:00 p.m. each Saturday and one at 2:00 p.m. each Sunday. Just come to the Visitors Center to join the tour. Private group tours may be arranged as well. Call or e-mail Mary Woodlan to arrange a tour: 404 688-2107, ext. 15 or mwoodlan@oaklandcemetery.com.
New Volunteer Orientation
On Saturday, January 28, from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm a general orientation will be held for those interested in becoming an Oakland volunteer. Please click here to read about becoming a volunteer at Oakland.
African American History Tours
The City of Atlanta is again sponsoring African American History tours of Oakland Cemetery during the month of February. The tours will be on Saturday, February 11th, from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm and on Tuesday, February 21st, from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. Please come to the Visitors Center in the Bell Tower building to join the tour. The tour is free.
2012 Special Events
Details about our 2012 special events will be posted soon.
Guided Walking Tours
Beginning December 3rd and going until mid-March we will only have the 2:00 p.m. tours on Saturdays and Sundays. Reservations are not required.
Please see: Guided Walking Tours for additional information.
Our Twilight Tours have ended for the year. Please plan to join us when they resume in March 2012. The schedule for the 2012 tours will be posted after the first of the year.
Please see: Twilight Tours for additional information.
Private group tours are available throughout the year. Advance reservations are required. Contact Mary Woodlan at 404-688-2107 ext. 15.
Discover the Enchantment of Historic Oakland Cemetery
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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