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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]