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Thursday, September 12th

7:30 — 9:30 p.m.

Moonlight Cemetery & Secrets from the Grave Tours

$10/adult & $5/youth for members
$15/adult & $7/youth for non-members

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Elmwood Cemetery : 501 Elmwood Avenue, Columbia, SC 29201

One hundred and sixty years of history will come to life during our popular Cemetery Tours!

Grab your flashlight as we tour one of Columbia's oldest cemeteries and discover centuries of stories etched in stone on the markers and headstones found within Elmwood Cemetery's acres of carefully planned grounds. The perfect after-work activity, our cemetery tours are an event the whole family will enjoy.

Choose from two tour options every month through October:

  • Secrets from the Grave Tours, 7:30 pm: Join us before dark to study the symbols found on many of the markers and headstones in this historic cemetery.
  • Moonlight Cemetery Tours, 8 & 8:30 pm: Tour Elmwood Cemetery and discuss the lives, burials, cemetery plots and tombstones of families and prominent citizens from Columbia's 19th and 20th centuries.

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  • Next Tours

    Our next and final tour is Spirits Alive! on Thursday, October 10. This is a special Halloween edition of our cemetery tours. Different than the regular monthly tours, Spirits Alive! Cemetery Tours feature costumed tour guides, snacks and other Halloween-related activities.

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    $10/adult & $5/youth member
    $15/adult & $7/youth non-member

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Questions?

For more information, call us at 803.252.1770 x 23 or email reservations@historiccolumbia.org.

What People are Saying

"Wow, this tour was excellent! I didn't realize how much history was at Elmwood Cemetery. Plus, as a member we are able to save on our tickets. I highly recommend taking a tour." — Diane Moseley, HC Member

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1601 Richland Street
Columbia, SC 29201

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All historic house and garden tours start at the Gift Shop at Robert Mills.
1616 Blanding Street
Columbia, SC 29201

Questions? Call (803) 252-7742.

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