Tours & Events

This Year's Upcoming Events

  • Beginning in the late 1800s, development started on the north side of Crown Hill Cemetery.  Led by our Director of Historic Preservation,  we will explore the property north of 38th Street, we’ll focus on the 20th-century history of Indianapolis, influenced by those buried beyond the Subway.

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  • This is your opportunity to see the beautiful trees of the Crown Hill Arboretum at twilight! On this tour, led by our staff Arborist, you can take a closer look and learn about some of the unique trees in the cemetery.

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  • Every Indiana community has oral histories about those individuals who participated in the Underground Railroad, but the nature of the network sometimes makes it difficult to find evidence to substantiate the stories. Learn about those buried in Crown Hill Cemetery and the role that they played in this important group.

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  • In 2018, then Tulsa, OK mayor G.T. Bynum initiated the first physical investigation into the recovery of the victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.  Join the panelists  – consisting of those working on the project and descendants of survivors of the massacre – as they discuss the project’s goals…

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