Visit Oakwood Cemetery Chapel

1601 Navasota Street,Austin TX 78702

08 September, 2021

Description

The people buried at Oakwood Cemetery were the original leaders, influencers and creators of Austin. Walk the park and visit the Chapel. The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel is a starting point for learning about the culture and history of Austin. The Chapel is a visitor’s center where relations and visitors can learn about our cultural heritage through the people who were buried in the surrounding cemetery as an act of remembrance. The colorful stories of their lives are documented through political and social change and memorialized in sculpture, architecture and design. The relevant and diverse histories of Austin and Texas are represented here, together. Through historical tours, exhibits, events and memorial services, the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel provides a place to connect, heal and reflect, that is open to all. The people who made Austin are at Oakwood Cemetery. We are united here in search of love, life and meaning. The Chapel is a visitor center where we can, as an act of remembrance, learn about our cultural heritage through the people who were buried in the surrounding cemetery. Genealogy reveals our forebears' influence on the past and future. We share and collect individual narratives to create a framework for the collective human story.