Afternoon guided tours — 2011 Dates
Advanced reservations required. $19.99.
Dig deeper into the history of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and its inhabitants. On these two-hour walks you’ll hear of Washington Irving, author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” Revolutionary War veterans, wealthy industrialists, and others. We will also introduce you to some of the cemetery art, architecture, and symbols on our grounds, and we almost always step into a 110-year-old underground vault. Skill level: Some people may find the pace of our two-hour walking tours challenging. We cover more than a mile on foot and encounter stairs, unpaved roads, and hills. Please consider your own abilities when signing up for a tour.
• November: Saturdays, November 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2 pm.
Have a question? Please direct all questions about tours to us by email at tours@sleepyhollowcemetery.org. Please do not telephone tour questions to the cemetery office; its office staff is unable to answer inquiries about tours.
Evening guided tours — 2011 Dates
Photo by Matt Hill
Advanced reservations required. $24.99.
Our popular evening lantern tours introduce you to some of the famous and infamous residents of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. After paying respects to Washington Irving, author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” we may visit a Revolutionary War militia captain, the cemetery’s Revolutionary War monument, the soaring Gothic monument of a wealthy merchant, industrialists Andrew Carnegie and William Rockefeller, and others. We will also introduce you to some of the cemetery art and architecture on our grounds, and we almost always step into a 110-year-old underground vault. Skill level: Some people may find the pace of our two-hour walking tours challenging. We cover more than a mile on foot and encounter stairs, unpaved roads, and hills. Please consider your own abilities when signing up for a tour.
• November: Saturdays, November 5, 12, 19, 26, 7 pm. Saturdays, November 5 and 12, 10 pm. Fridays, November 4 and 11, 7 pm and 10 pm.
Themed tours:
Murder & Mayhem introduces some of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery’s fallen angels and colorful incidents. Join us by lantern light as we meet both victims and perpetrators: the flamboyant businesswoman remembered as “the wickedest woman in New York,” a debonair counterfeiter, the scene of a grave robbery, a brotherly murder-suicide, and the celebrated opera singer who was alleged to have assaulted, extorted, and killed various of her seven husbands.
Girls Night Out (In the Cemetery). What do a socialite, a chorus girl and a felon have in common? For one, they’re all famous female residents of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. For another, you can hear their remarkable stories and visit their burial sites during Girls’ Night Out (In The Cemetery), our new themed tour. You’ll visit such acclaimed women as socialite Brooke Astor and activist Belle Linder Moskowitz, a glamorous Ziegfeld girl, a controversial Victorian abortionist, and a recipient of both The Presidential Medal of Freedom and The Congressional Gold Medal. The stories of these women’s lives will inspire and, sometimes, shock you. The cemetery art will take your breath away. This promises to be a fun…and unique…girls’ night out! (Guys welcome too!) Schedule complete for 2011. Email us at tours@sleepyhollowcemetery.org to schedule Girls Night Out (In the Cemetery) for your group or organization.
There Goes the Neighborhood! Join Sara Mascia and Tara Van Tassell of our local historical society on these evening walking tours of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery as they discover our colorful local residents and some of our world famous inhabitants. You’ll visit author Washington Irving, self-styled frontiersman Alfred Weed, eccentric poet Minna Irving, business owner and social activist Amanda Foster, wealthy industrialists William Rockefeller and John Archbold, labor leader Samuel Gompers, and many others—all by the light of kerosene lanterns! Yes, Tara is a real Van Tassell, and she may even dish on her famous family!
Purchase by phone: 1-888-71-TICKETS Monday-Friday, 9AM to 9PM EST.
Have a question? Please direct all questions about tours to us by email at tours@sleepyhollowcemetery.org. Please do not telephone tour questions to the cemetery office; our office staff is unable to answer inquiries about tours.
Refunds and exchanges: All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless tour/event is canceled. (Note: our previous refund policy applies to tickets purchased on or before March 30, 2011. Contact us at tours@sleepyhollowcemetery.org for more information.) Our tours leave promptly at the start time, if you arrive after the start time and the gates are locked, no refunds will be given. You must check in at least 15 minutes prior to the tour start time.
Weather: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery walking tours generally run rain or shine. Please dress for the weather. If we cancel a tour due to severe weather such as high winds, lightning, or heavy rain, we will promptly refund your full purchase price.
Schedule a tour
Tour operators, corporate and civic groups, email us at tours@sleepyhollowcemetery.org for information about scheduling your group.
On your own
Walk or drive our 90 acre grounds during visiting hours, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm daily. Entrance is free. Please note that tour buses and other large vehicles are not permitted without advanced arrangements.
- Our full-color, 17” x 20” map is an indispensable guide to more than 50 special features of the cemetery. Purchase at the cemetery office during business hours (Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4 pm, closed major holidays) or at the Philipsburg Manor museum shop across the street from the cemetery’s south gate. Purchase now through www.sleepyhollowgiftsonline.com.
- We still offer free legal-sized maps of our 90 acres—perfect for a short, self-guided tour to 8 major figures in the cemetery. Pick up a copy at the cemetery office or at the cemetery’s south gate, adjacent to the Old Dutch Church. Download a PDF here.
