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SUMMARY:Discover Mount Auburn Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:This 1.5-mile walking tour will focus on stories of history\, monuments\, and the lives of those buried here. \n\n\n\n\nMount Auburn\, designated a National Historic Landmark\, is one of the country’s most significant designed landscapes. Here the arts of horticulture\, architecture and sculpture combine with the beauty of nature to create a place of comfort and inspiration. This 1.5-mile walking tour will focus on stories of history\, monuments\, and the lives of those buried here. Registration required. \nCheck-in outside Story Chapel \nCapacity: 40 people \nRegister Now >>\n… \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and discounts on special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/discover-mount-auburn-walking-tour-4/
LOCATION:Mount Auburn Cemetery\, 580 Mount Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:History
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SUMMARY:Cemetery Symbolism Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Every gravestone tells a story—if you know how to read it.\n\n\n\n\n\nStep into the rich visual language of the Victorian-era cemetery and uncover the meanings hidden in Mount Auburn’s landscape that shaped 19th-century memorial art and mourning culture. \nTogether\, we’ll examine how changing attitudes toward death\, remembrance\, religion\, and nature influenced the design of monuments and landscapes in America’s garden cemeteries. Along the way\, participants will learn to “read” gravestones and memorials while gaining insight into the social and cultural values of the era. \nPerfect for newcomers and longtime cemetery enthusiasts alike\, this hour-long twilight walk offers an accessible introduction to the meanings and artistry behind cemetery symbolism. \nComfortable walking shoes recommended. \nCheck-in outside Story Chapel \n\n\n\n\n\n  \nREGISTER HERE>>\n  \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by theMassachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org. \nMount Auburn is proud to participate in MCC’s Card to Culture Program. Click here to learn more. \nRefund Policy: \nRefunds and exchanges for events at Mount Auburn Cemetery are available up to 5 business days prior to the event.* Cancellations made after this deadline are not eligible for a refund and the order amount will be donated to support future programs and initiatives. \nIf Mount Auburn Cemetery decides to cancel an event\, all ticket holders will be notified and automatically refunded. \n*This policy excludes special events. Refund policies for special events will be listed directly on their event page. Exchanges are only applicable to events with multiple occurrences.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/cemetery-symbolism-walking-tour-2/2026-09-11/
CATEGORIES:Art,Death and Grief Education,History
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SUMMARY:Don't tumble my dickey: Fanny Fern\, N. P. Willis\, and their Literary Circle Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Nathaniel Parker Willis and his sister\, who wrote under the pen name Fanny Fern\, were two of the most popular writers of the 19th century. This walking tour with literary historian Rob Velella explores their literary and journalism careers\, both marked by controversy and rivalry\, and their connections to other writers\, publishers\, and reformers.\n\nREGISTER HERE>>\n\n\n_________________________________________________________________________________ \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org. \nMount Auburn is proud to participate in MCC’s Card to Culture Program. Click here to learn more. \nRefund Policy: \nRefunds and exchanges for events at Mount Auburn Cemetery are available up to 5 business days prior to the event.* Cancellations made after this deadline are not eligible for a refund and the order amount will be donated to support future programs and initiatives. \nIf Mount Auburn Cemetery decides to cancel an event\, all ticket holders will be notified and automatically refunded. \n*This policy excludes special events. Refund policies for special events will be listed directly on their event page. Exchanges are only applicable to events with multiple occurrences.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/10985/
LOCATION:Mount Auburn Cemetery\, 580 Mount Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:History
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SUMMARY:Discover Mount Auburn Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:This 1.5-mile walking tour will focus on stories of history\, monuments\, and the lives of those buried here. \n\n\n\n\nMount Auburn\, designated a National Historic Landmark\, is one of the country’s most significant designed landscapes. Here the arts of horticulture\, architecture and sculpture combine with the beauty of nature to create a place of comfort and inspiration. This 1.5-mile walking tour will focus on stories of history\, monuments\, and the lives of those buried here. Registration required. \nCheck-in outside Story Chapel \nCapacity: 40 people \nRegister Now >>\n… \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and discounts on special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/discover-mount-auburn-walking-tour-5/
LOCATION:Mount Auburn Cemetery\, 580 Mount Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:History
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SUMMARY:Chasing Beauty: A Conversation with Natalie Dykstra and Curator Meg Winslow
DESCRIPTION:Join author\, Natalie Dykstra\, and Curator\, Meg Winslow\, to learn about the life and legacy of Isabella Stewart Gardner \n\n\n\n\nMount Auburn Cemetery will host a conversation between Natalie Dykstra\, author of Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner\, and Meg Winslow\, Senior Curator of Historical Collections & Archives at Mount Auburn Cemetery this October. \nA presentation on the research and writing process of Chasing Beauty will be followed by a conversation on collaboration with Mount Auburn and what makes a biography come alive. \nAbout Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner by Natalie Dykstra \nThe vivid and masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner—creator of one of America’s most stunning museums—an American original whose own life was remade by art. Includes archival photos of Isabella’s world\, museum\, and the art she collected. \nAn extraordinary achievement of storytelling and scholarship\, Chasing Beauty illuminates the fascinating ways the museum and its holdings can be seen as a kind of memoir\, dazzling and haunting\, created with objects instead of words and displayed per Isabella’s wishes in the exact placements she initially curated. \nFrom award-winning author Natalie Dykstra\, Chasing Beauty is the story of the complex and singular woman behind one of the most fascinating museums in the nation and the world—a tale of beauty and loss\, grit and American self-invention. \nAbout Natalie Dykstra \nNatalie Dykstra is the author of Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life\, which won a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship and was a finalist for the 2013 Massachusetts Book Award. Her recent book Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner has received a New England Society of New York Book Award and the Marfield Prize\, the national award for arts writing. Her work has been supported by a Public Scholars grant from the NEH and an inaugural Robert and Ina Caro Research Fellowship from the Biographers International Organization. She has been an honorary fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society since 2011. She is an emerita professor of English at Hope College and a current scholar-in-residence at Brandeis University. She lives with her husband near Boston. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE>>\nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org. \nMount Auburn is proud to participate in MCC’s Card to Culture Program. Click here to learn more. \nRefund Policy: \nRefunds and exchanges for events at Mount Auburn Cemetery are available up to 5 business days prior to the event.* Cancellations made after this deadline are not eligible for a refund and the order amount will be donated to support future programs and initiatives. \nIf Mount Auburn Cemetery decides to cancel an event\, all ticket holders will be notified and automatically refunded. \n*This policy excludes special events. Refund policies for special events will be listed directly on their event page. Exchanges are only applicable to events with multiple occurrences.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/https-www-eventbrite-com-e-chasing-beauty-a-conversation-with-natalie-dykstra-and-curator-meg-winslow-tickets-1996240583322affoddtdtcreator/
CATEGORIES:Book Club,History
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SUMMARY:Cemetery Symbolism Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Every gravestone tells a story—if you know how to read it.\n\n\n\n\n\nStep into the rich visual language of the Victorian-era cemetery and uncover the meanings hidden in Mount Auburn’s landscape that shaped 19th-century memorial art and mourning culture. \nTogether\, we’ll examine how changing attitudes toward death\, remembrance\, religion\, and nature influenced the design of monuments and landscapes in America’s garden cemeteries. Along the way\, participants will learn to “read” gravestones and memorials while gaining insight into the social and cultural values of the era. \nPerfect for newcomers and longtime cemetery enthusiasts alike\, this hour-long twilight walk offers an accessible introduction to the meanings and artistry behind cemetery symbolism. \nComfortable walking shoes recommended. \nCheck-in outside Story Chapel \n\n\n\n\n\n  \nREGISTER HERE>>\n  \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by theMassachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org. \nMount Auburn is proud to participate in MCC’s Card to Culture Program. Click here to learn more. \nRefund Policy: \nRefunds and exchanges for events at Mount Auburn Cemetery are available up to 5 business days prior to the event.* Cancellations made after this deadline are not eligible for a refund and the order amount will be donated to support future programs and initiatives. \nIf Mount Auburn Cemetery decides to cancel an event\, all ticket holders will be notified and automatically refunded. \n*This policy excludes special events. Refund policies for special events will be listed directly on their event page. Exchanges are only applicable to events with multiple occurrences.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/cemetery-symbolism-walking-tour-2/2026-10-09/
CATEGORIES:Art,Death and Grief Education,History
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SUMMARY:Nature and Mount Auburn
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a mindful walk through the landscape\, exploring the history and founding of Mount Auburn Cemetery. \n\n\n\n\nFrom its beginning\, Mount Auburn Cemetery has drawn on nature as a resource for comfort\, a focus of study\, and a guide for developing its sacred landscape. Its founding\, in 1831\, influenced the expansion of garden cemeteries\, the future development of landscape architecture\, and the national park movement. \nThis tour will include visits to the Asa Gray Garden\, Consecration Dell\, and the monuments of Jacob Bigelow\, Margaret Fuller\, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Expect to enhance your understanding of the cemetery’s rich history\, and learn how the study of botany\, transcendentalism\, and environmental neuroscience has helped us to understand the ways that nature sustains and inspires us. \nTour Guide: Barry J. Kahn \nBarry J. Kahn is one of twenty volunteer docents who staff the Welcome Center at Mount Auburn Cemetery. When he retired as a social worker in July 2025\, Barry began to create a tour centered on illuminating how places\, like Mount Auburn Cemetery\, promote peace of mind. \nComfortable walking shoes recommended. \nCheck-in at Welcome Center \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nREGISTER HERE>>\n  \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by theMassachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org. \nMount Auburn is proud to participate in MCC’s Card to Culture Program. Click here to learn more. \nRefund Policy: \nRefunds and exchanges for events at Mount Auburn Cemetery are available up to 5 business days prior to the event.* Cancellations made after this deadline are not eligible for a refund and the order amount will be donated to support future programs and initiatives. \nIf Mount Auburn Cemetery decides to cancel an event\, all ticket holders will be notified and automatically refunded. \n*This policy excludes special events. Refund policies for special events will be listed directly on their event page. Exchanges are only applicable to events with multiple occurrences.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/cemetery-symbolism-walking-tour-3/
CATEGORIES:Death and Grief Education,History,Nature,Wellness
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SUMMARY:"Worthy to be Any Man's Friend": Lecture on Henry David Thoreau
DESCRIPTION:Join historian Richard Smith for a lecture in Story Chapel on Henry David Thoreau and notable figures in Mount Auburn.\n\n\n\nHenry David Thoreau was one of the most important and influential writers of the 19th Century. And while he isn’t buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery\, he was well acquainted with many of the literary and political figures who are. \nJoin Concord historian Richard Smith for a presentation about Henry Thoreau and some of his famous friends. The “Hermit of Walden Pond” wasn’t such a hermit after all. Longfellow\, Charles Sumner and Margaret Fuller are just some of the notable figures who are buried here that Thoreau knew and associated with. And he even liked some of them! \nFollowing the lecture\, Richard will lead a walk to see some of the graves of notable figures. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE>>\nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org. \nMount Auburn is proud to participate in MCC’s Card to Culture Program. Click here to learn more. \nRefund Policy: \nRefunds and exchanges for events at Mount Auburn Cemetery are available up to 5 business days prior to the event.* Cancellations made after this deadline are not eligible for a refund and the order amount will be donated to support future programs and initiatives. \nIf Mount Auburn Cemetery decides to cancel an event\, all ticket holders will be notified and automatically refunded. \n*This policy excludes special events. Refund policies for special events will be listed directly on their event page. Exchanges are only applicable to events with multiple occurrences.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/https-www-eventbrite-com-e-worthy-to-be-any-mans-friend-lecture-on-henry-david-thoreau-tickets-1994216979669affoddtdtcreator/
CATEGORIES:History,Nature
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SUMMARY:Discover Mount Auburn Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:This 1.5-mile walking tour will focus on stories of history\, monuments\, and the lives of those buried here. \n\n\n\n\nMount Auburn\, designated a National Historic Landmark\, is one of the country’s most significant designed landscapes. Here the arts of horticulture\, architecture and sculpture combine with the beauty of nature to create a place of comfort and inspiration. This 1.5-mile walking tour will focus on stories of history\, monuments\, and the lives of those buried here. Registration required. \nCheck-in outside Story Chapel \nCapacity: 40 people \nRegister Now >>\n… \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and discounts on special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/discover-mount-auburn-walking-tour-6/
LOCATION:Mount Auburn Cemetery\, 580 Mount Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:History
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