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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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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 […]

Meet our 2025-2026 Artists-in-Residence!

Virtual

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 […]

Nature Drawing Workshop: Animals

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge

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 […]