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!

 



Funding for programs has been provided in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

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Burial Info Session (In-Person)

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge

Curious about burial and memorialization at Mount Auburn Cemetery? Come learn about our various burial options, including cremation burial, natural burial, and conventional casket burial, and about the ways a […]

Longfellow Birthday Celebration

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge

2025 Longfellow Birthday Celebration: A Community Reading at the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution 10:00-11:00 AM Opening remarks and poetry reading 11:00-11:30 AM Coffee and cake reception 11:30-12:00 PM […]

Discover Mount Auburn Introductory Walking Tour

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge

Mount 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 […]

Nature Drawing Workshop: Landscapes

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 […]

Spring Equinox Tree ID Tour

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge

Join herbalist and arborist Alex Klein as the snow-covered ground gives way to the earliest spring flowers and buds. We will observe the early signs of spring’s arrival and learn how […]

Plucked From Earth To Bloom

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge

Join 24-25 Artist-in-Residence Markel Uriu for a special one-day only exhibit of her original artwork, Plucked From Earth to Bloom.  Plucked From Earth to Bloom is a portrait of Mount […]

Women’s History Month Walk

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge

Mount Auburn Staff and Docents will share the stories of the women who they most admire on this walking tour celebrating Women’s History Month. On this walk we will visit […]

“From Cambridge to PBS” with former AiR Roberto Mighty

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge

In 2014, Roberto Mighty became Mount Auburn Cemetery’s first Artist-in-Residence. His AiR project earth.sky, inspired by and filmed at Mount Auburn, is an immersive multimedia meditation on life, death, ritual, […]

Discover Mount Auburn Introductory Walking Tour

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge

Mount 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 […]

Artist-in-Residence 10th Anniversary Celebration

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge

In 2014, as a way of expanding our public programming, Mount Auburn became the first cemetery in the United States to establish an artist residency. The Artist-in-Residence program offers grants […]