Beyond the Gates: A Cemetery Explorer’s Guide to Old Burying Ground & Hillside Cemetery Townsend, MA
It was here, in Townsend that I first became acquainted with the wealth of funerary art hosted by our little town, dating from at least the 1730s to the early nineteenth century Continue reading
Climate Change & Henry Thoreau
View a recording of this Climate Speaker Series event. For the past 17 years, Professor Richard Primack and his team have been using Thoreau’s records from the 1850s and other Massachusetts data sources to document the earlier flowering and leafing out times of plants, the earlier flight times of butterflies, and the more variable response of migratory birds. Learn more about this climate science journey, more than 150 years in the making. Continue reading
Mission & Vision
OUR MISSION Mount Auburn Cemetery inspires all who visit, comforts the bereaved, and commemorates the dead in a landscape of exceptional beauty. OUR VISION We envision a world that celebrates life’s seasons, preserves natural beauty, and remembers human stories. OUR … Continue reading
Beyond the Gates: A Cemetery Explorer’s Guide to Burial Hill Plymouth, MA
It’s 1620, and a group of religious English radicals arrive on the shores of the New World in a small, smelly, wooden floating world. Or at least, it’s new to them. Immediately, they will need a place to bury their dead. Continue reading