Bellefontaine in Bloom Walking Tour
This 2 hour stroll through the cemetery will be led by one of our Volunteer Master Guides who will convey highlights of the cemetery grounds, horticulture and a variety of intriguing historic figures who call Bellefontaine their last address. Particular attention will be paid to the Horticulture side of the cemetery while in different levels...
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10:00 am Burroughs Walking Tour
This special one hour walk will highlight cemetery sites related to author William S. Burroughs. The focal point of the tour will be at the Burroughs gravesite where the Contemporary Art Museum Exhibition – Tim Youd: St. Louis Retyped will be in its final hours. ♦ Limited number of tour registrations are available so reservations...
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Fox Trot 5K Run/Walk
Founded in 1849, Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum has been the final resting place for many of St. Louis’s notable figures including William Clark, Adolphus Busch, and the Lemp Family. Celebrated architecture such as the Wainwright Mausoleum, Hotchkiss Chapel, and the ‘Girl in the Glass Box’ can also be found on the grounds. The cemetery has...
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Tom’s Sculpture Walking Tour
The tour will gather at Willow Gate House to organize, then caravan through the cemetery to park at Bellefontaine’s Wild Wood Valley Gardens. Tom’s focus during this 2-hour walking tour, will be on the unique sculptures and mysterious messages found in the iconography of Bellefontaine Cemetery’s historic markers and monuments. Space is limited and reservations are...
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