Oakland Cemetery Slated For New 10,000 Square-Foot Visitors Center at Western Gate (Atlanta: upper-class, gardens)

[LynnHarris1]

The new building — designed by Smith Dalia Architects — will include an expanded museum store, a double-height atrium that will host interpretive exhibits that orient the visitor to Oakland and its history, flexible multipurpose classroom and event space, rentable meeting space, and offices for Historic Oakland Foundation..."

https://whatnowatlanta.com/oakland-c...-western-gate/

SOURCE: What Now Atlanta

[LynnHarris1]

Oakland Cemetery visitor’s center plan draws social media criticism

Commenters on Facebook and Instagram called the visitors center “boring” and “uninspired,” urging Historic Oakland to go back to the drawing board ..."

https://reporternewspapers.net/2022/...dia-criticism/

SOURCE: Reporter Newspapers

[Born 2 Roll]

Illumine at Oakland Cemetery

Illumine, Historic Oakland Foundation’s annual after-dark arts experience, returns to Oakland Cemetery this April with new history to uncover, new sections of the cemetery to explore after dark, and all-new artistic installations set against the inspiring backdrop of Atlanta’s skyline.

Throughout the cemetery, innovatively lit headstones, mausoleums, flowers, trees, and buildings will showcase Oakland Cemetery’s exquisite spring gardens along with the Foundation’s restoration efforts. Postponed from 2020, this year’s Illumine will shine a light on the historic African American Burial Grounds and the newly restored 1908 Women’s Comfort Station. Through light, shadow, texture, and sound, Illumine will share the stories of Black Atlantans who built and shaped the city from its origins as a railroad crossing to its arrival as a global city.

Visitors will discover how an investigation of Oakland’s now-unmarked graves shines a light on 19th century African American burial practices, how Oakland’s physical landscape was wrought by the class and racial issues of the day, and how the photography of Victorian-era luminary Thomas Askew (an Oakland resident) unveils a rich tableau of middle and upper-class African American life in Atlanta.

Illumine 2022 April 21 @ 7:30 pm - May 1 @ 10:30 pm (Historic Oakland Foundation)

Oakland Cemetery's Illumine lights up the night (Axios Atlanta)