824 S. Dudley St.Memphis, TN 38104901-774-3212
OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday 8 am - 4:30 pm | Saturday 8 am - noon
Elmwood Cemetery's grounds are open every day from 8 am till 4:30 pm. There is no admission charge.
Cradle Gardening Sign Up & Orientation
25 Mar
9 AM - 10 AM
If you love Elmwood Cemetery and are passionate about gardening, then this program is for you. Help bring flowers back to the oldest active garden-style cemetery in Memphis!
What are cradles? These oblong, marble monuments were installed as memorial markers many years ago. They've ...
The Marvelous Women of Elmwood Cemetery
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
The very first person to be buried at Elmwood was a woman. Civil Rights activists, a beauty queen, suffragists, an explorer, and so many more: the women buried at Elmwood Cemetery lived incredibly diverse lives. They contributed to our world, shaping it and improving it for all.
We inv...
Cemetery Walk
29 Mar
12 PM - 12:30 PM
It might be winter, but that's not stopping us! Shake off the dust mid-day and join...
April Fools: Famous People Not Buried at Elmwood
1 Apr
10:30 AM - 12 PM
Who are the famous people buried at Elmwood? Not these folks! Join us for a 90-minute walking tour of the cemetery, and we'll visit sites where people like Andrew Jackson, Mick Jagger, and Abraham Lincoln are absolutely not buried. That's not to say they don't have a connection to Elmwood, tho...
Easter Egg Hunt
8 Apr
9 AM - 10 PM
Join us on Saturday, April 8th, for an Easter Egg Hunt at Elmwood Cemetery. This ev...
Stone Cleaners Orientation & Demonstration
10 AM - 12 PM
The headstones and markers at Elmwood Cemetery are beautiful and delicate. We invit...
Thursday Twilight Tours
13 Apr
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
All new! Join us on select Thursday evenings this April and May for our brand-new Thursday Twilight Tours!
Thursday Twilight Tours will cover a part of Elmwood that we haven't deeply delved into before and are designed to last one hour. During this fun and quick tour, you'll meet two co...
Tree Tour of Elmwood
15 Apr
Elmwood is home to almost 1,400 trees! Many of these trees are tagged, but there's ...
True Crimes of Bygone Times: A Tour of Elmwood Cemetery
22 Apr
True crime stories of decades past - that's what we're featuring on this fascinating tour of Elmwood Cemetery. Who was accused of lacing her cookies with arsenic? Who was at the center of a nationwide missing person search for decades beginning in 1899? Who was married (at least) seven...
27 Apr
Scandals and Scoundrels: A Tour of Elmwood Cemetery
29 Apr
Elmwood Cemetery is the final resting place of governors, senators, teachers, veterans, poets, holy men and women - all of whom have interesting stories.
But some of the deep history found at Elmwood comes with a questionable ending. That's where this tour begins.
Join us f...