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.
A Celebration of Mount Auburn’s 193rd Anniversary of Consecration To celebrate Mount Auburn’s 193rd birthday, we are thrilled to announce our inaugural Dinner Under the Oaks—a unique opportunity to come together, connect, and dine in our beloved early fall landscape.  Please join us and other close friends who share a passion for the Cemetery at 6:00 p.m. […]
For the final 2024 installment of our Laurel Circle Lecture Series, our very own Vice President of Horticulture & Landscape Ronnit Bendavid-Val will provide an in-depth look at the current effects of the changing climate on our landscape and what to anticipate in the future. Among a host of relevant topics, Ronnit's discussion will focus on […]
This February, the Laurel Circle Concert Series will return with a performance by the Rasa String Quartet. Escape the cold for an evening filled with music, food, and good company inside the warmth of our historic Bigelow Chapel. Formed in 2019, the Boston-based Rasa String Quartet consists of violinists Emma Powell and Maura Shawn Scanlin, violist […]
This is a ticket for a virtual lecture. For our next Laurel Circle Lecture Series, we are excited to welcome ornithologist and bestselling-author David Allen Sibley to Mount Auburn Cemetery during the height of spring bird migration. Sibley will dive deep into all things birds and birding as detailed in his most recent book, What […]
Reflecting on the past; Healing for the future REGISTER HERE>> Mount Auburn Cemetery is excited to present a new cultural event: Branches of Hope, on Friday, August 15, 2025. This first-time event will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, and serve as a space for peace, healing, hope, and togetherness. […]
Mount Auburn Cemetery is excited to present a new cultural event: Branches of Hope, on Friday, August 15, 2025. This first-time event will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, and serve as a space for peace, healing, hope, and togetherness. REGISTER HERE>> From 7:30pm-9:00pm, Cannon Hersey and Collaborator of Future […]
A Celebration of Mount Auburn’s 194th Anniversary of Consecration Last year, Mount Auburn held the inaugural Dinner Under the Oaks to bring members of our community together for the unique opportunity to connect and dine in our picturesque late-summer landscape. We are delighted to bring back Dinner Under the Oaks for the evening of Friday, September 12 from […]