Cemetery Cinema
“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 […]
Events
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.
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Meet our 2025-2026 Artists-in-Residence!
VirtualJoin 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 […]
Improv Poetry with Artist-in-Residence Emily Duggan
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn St., CambridgeHead to Bigelow Lawn on Saturday, Sep 13th from 11am-3pm to take home a customized, improv poem by current Artist-in-Residence Emily Duggan! No registration needed. “Mount Auburn Cemetery: Memory Poems” […]
Colonial Revival Cemetery Symbolism Walking Tour
Join Education & Digital Content Manager Corinne Elicona on an exploration of Mount Auburn’s Colonial Revival gravestone monuments. After the 1876 Centennial, the United States saw a revival of […]
Nature Drawing Workshop: Animals
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn St., CambridgeWant 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 […]