Self-Guided Tour

Experience Glenwood in a unique and fun way, by using our new 'Self-Guided' Walking Tour.

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Scheduled Public Tour

We offer guided thematic tours throughout the year, exploring Glenwood’s unique history, architecture, and landscape. These tours are led by knowledgeable guides and highlight a variety of topics—from notable burials to Victorian mourning traditions.
More information, including previous events and tours as well as upcoming dates and topics, can be found below and will be updated as new ones are scheduled.


Premium  Private Tour

In addition to public tours, groups may request special, private tours led by Dr. Thomas Henthorn, the Wyatt Endowed Professor of Public History at the University of Michigan-Flint. Dr. Henthorn is a nationally recognized scholar of the public humanities, with deep expertise in cemetery interpretation, historic preservation, and community-based history projects. His work has guided preservation efforts across the Midwest and provided hands-on training to students and community members in the care and interpretation of historic spaces.

These premium, historian-led tours are available for small groups for $150.00 and offer a more in-depth and customized experience.

To inquire about booking a private tour with Dr. Henthorn, please fill out the request form below.

Request a Tour

Interested in touring the beautiful Glenwood Cemetery? Fill the form below.

* We will make every effort to provide the tour on the date you selected. However, you may be contacted to ask to reschedule based on the availability of our tour guide.

Public Tours & Upcoming Events


Flint River Watershed Coalition Stewardship Day/Clean-up

(May 17, 2025 at 9 a.m.)

We did our part to keep the Flint River corridor clean and green! We also helped clean up the Genesee Valley Trail that connects to the Chevy Commons. Thanks to all of the sponsoring groups who made this possible. We hope to see you this year!

Famous Funerals Tour (June 12, 2025, 5:30 p.m.)

Glenwood is honored to be the final resting place for many of Flint's most famous citizens. Many of them had funerals worthy of the history books as well. Learn about these famous funerals with a guided walking tour through Glenwood's historic landscape with UM-Flint Professor Thomas Henthorn.

Tour on Victorian Mourning Traditions (July 15, 2025, 5:30 p.m.)

With war, rampant disease, and high infant mortality rates, death was not an unusual visitor to the average 19th-Century household. To handle this constant trauma, Victorians developed ways of coping with death that we may find strange today. Learn about these bygone customs and symbols of death used with a guided walking tour through Glenwood's historic landscape during a fantastic fall afternoon with UM-Flint Professor Thomas Henthorn.

Cemetery Preservation Workshop (To Be Announced)

Professor Thomas Henthorn and students of the University of Michigan-Flint’s cemetery preservation program, provided participants hands-on instruction in proper cleaning of historic monuments. 

Tour on Victorian Mourning Traditions (September 20, 2025 at 11 a.m.)

With war, rampant disease, and high infant mortality rates, death was not an unusual visitor to the average 19th-Century household. To handle this constant trauma, Victorians developed ways of coping with death that we may find strange today. We learned about these bygone customs and symbols of death used with a guided walking tour through Glenwood's historic landscape with UM-Flint Professor Thomas Henthorn.

Glenwood Dedication Day (October 4, 2025)

Join us for a Dedication Day Celebration! In October 1857, Flint residents from all walks of life joined dignitaries to dedicate the opening of Glenwood Cemetery. You can participate in a recreation of that event with a brief service, walking tours, and a peek inside our historic mausoleum. Genesee County Historical Society will be providing tours from 1-4pm. Service begins at 2pm. Special thanks to our partners including Court Street Methodist Church, Every Nation Church, First Presbyterian Church and St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

Dining with the Dead - Community Picnic at Glenwood Cemetery

(July 12, 2025 at 11:30 a.m.)


Glenwood was filled with blankets, chairs, and picnics for this new tradition! We had live music beginning at 11:30am, a tour of interesting burials, and the public mausoleum was open for visitors. For everyone with family interred at Glenwood, this was the perfect day to visit. The cemetery was filled with visitors anxious to hear all of the stories. Check out the story from MLive here.


Fall Clean-up Day (To Be Announced)

As the fall season arrived, we cleaned up the cemetery grounds and made preparations for the winter on Saturday, October 1 from 9-11 a.m. A special thanks to Kettering University for partnering with Glenwood as a site for the incoming student community orientation and volunteer time. We hauled away dozens of trash bags and tons of debris, and the students learned a bit about this history of this amazing place including former university leaders and faculty buried here.

Previous Events at Glenwood

Cemetery Preservation Workshop (August 6, 2022)

The University of Michigan-Flint History Department organized a cemetery preservation on Saturday, August 6th for the public.  This was an opportunity for people of all ages to learn how to maintain historic gravesites with the special care and attention they deserve. The training was based on the U.S. Department of Interior historic preservation standards.

Summer Spruce-Up Day (July 9, 2022)

We got out and spruced up the cemetery for the summer season and upcoming events. A special thanks to Kettering University for partnering with Glenwood as a site for the incoming student community orientation and volunteer time. We also had support from our UM-Flint cemetery preservation interns.