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Welcome to Mount Auburn
A PLACE OF INSPIRATIONAL BEAUTY and COMFORT
Founded in 1831, Mount Auburn’s mission has always been to inspire all who visit, comfort the bereaved, and commemorate the dead in a landscape of exceptional beauty.
Locate a Grave
Try our Burial Search
Looking for the grave of someone buried at Mount Auburn? Our online burial search allows you to locate all of those now buried here.
Join the Friends of Mount Auburn
Help support programming, sustainability, ecology efforts and more!
By becoming a member of the Friends of Mount Auburn, you can help sustain the natural beauty and rich history of Mount Auburn. Join the Friends online today.
Fall Events
Join us for a vibrant season of public programming
View our Calendar of Events and register to attend!
Planning to Visit Mount Auburn?
Help us protect this historic national landmark
Please help us to preserve Mount Auburn’s character and beauty by being mindful of our visitor guidelines.
Host an Event
Plan a memorial service or reception
Whether you are planning a burial or a graveside memorial, our team is here to help. Regardless of if your family has burial space at Mount Auburn, we have chapels and ornamental gardens that can be used to host a commemorative event.
Join Our Team
We're Hiring!
Mount Auburn’s dedicated staff are responsible for the daily care and stewardship of this National Historic Landmark, accredited arboretum and botanical garden, and active cemetery. View our open positions.
News & Events
SOLSTICE Returns in December
A Mount Auburn tradition of outdoor large-scale light & sound artworks with indoor candle-lighting & live music.
Want to be the first to experience the new artworks and learn about their development from the artists at MASARY themselves?
Learn More and Register for our SOLSTICE VIP Night on Friday, December 6
Matching Grant Opportunities
The Friends of Mount Auburn are thrilled to announce that an anonymous donor has approved a 1:1 matching grant totaling $435,000 for two meaningful projects at the Cemetery: $260,000 supporting the preservation of the Scots’ Charitable Society Fence and $175,000 supporting the construction of two pedestrian entrances along Grove Street. We’re already well on our way to matching these grants and starting these projects. Click below to read more about this important work, check our fundraising progress, and help us pass the finish line!
Apply to be a 2025 Artist-in-Residence!
Each year, a diverse group of chosen artists are charged with creating an original, site-specific work based on an in-depth experience at the Cemetery that conveys a fresh and innovative perspective of Mount Auburn.
Winter Tributes Available to Pre-order
Please visit our online store to purchase a seasonal arrangement for your loved one’s gravesite this winter. Tributes will be available for pre-order until November 26th, with placement on the grounds beginning December 4th.
Sweet Auburn Magazine
Read our latest issue of Sweet Auburn magazine featuring articles on our new accessibility improvements, Mount Auburn as a landscape of empathy, important project updates, and more!