It is true that Mount Auburn is first and foremost a cemetery, but it is also a National Historic Landmark, a botanical garden, an outdoor museum of art and architecture, and an important habitat for urban wildlife. Attend one of our many events and discover for yourself what makes this place so special!
Mount Auburn is proud to participate in in MCC’s Card to Culture Program. Click here to learn more.
Funding for programs has been provided in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
“Death is for the living and not for the dead so much.” - Floyd McClure in Gates of Heaven The Coolidge returns to Mount Auburn Cemetery to present our popular Cemetery Cinema outdoor film program! REGISTER HERE>> This incredibly unique screening experience will take place at sunset on Tuesday, August 26 at the historic and beautiful […]
Join us online Wednesday, September 3rd at 6:00pm for a panel discussion with Mount Auburn's 2025-2026 Artists-in-Residence, Emily Duggan (poet), Juls Gabs (digital painter), Lia Pikus (musician/composer), and wife and wife team Cara Giaimo (nature writer) & Lilia Kilburn (filmmaker). In a conversation led by our Public Events Team, we will chat with the artists about […]
Want to learn some very basic ways for drawing the nature you know and love here in Mount Auburn? Join illustrator Clare Walker Leslie in one or all of these Sunday afternoon sessions. Appropriate for ages 10 and up, teens and adults. No previous drawing experience needed. Bring a drawing pad, several pencils and an […]