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!
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Funding for programs has been provided in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Join author, Natalie Dykstra, and Curator, Meg Winslow, to learn about the life and legacy of Isabella Stewart Gardner Mount 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. A […]
Join us this October, as we read Lady Romeo: The Radical and Revolutionary Life of Charolette Cushman, America's First Celebrity, buried on Palm Ave. in Mount Auburn Cemetery. REGISTER HERE>> Experience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining […]
An outdoor Guided Meditation, Relaxation and Sound Experience. Sound Healing practitioner Marlene Boyette welcomes all to be held by the earth, to find refuge, to rest, and to be led through a guided meditation intended to bring the mind and the body into unison, while also engaging the senses. Weaving together the sounds, vibrations, and energy of […]
Join us for a virtual panel discussion on uncovering LGBTQ+ stories in archives and historical collections. Archives preserve traces of the past, but those traces are shaped by who was able to document their lives, what institutions chose to preserve, and the language used to describe them. For LGBTQ+ people—particularly those who lived before contemporary […]
Every gravestone tells a story—if you know how to read it. Step 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. Together, we’ll examine how changing attitudes toward death, remembrance, religion, and nature influenced the design of monuments […]
Join us for this walking tour exploring the enigmatic art-collector, Isabella Stewart Gardner and her artistic contemporaries. Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840–1924) amassed a world-class art collection and became a legend in her adopted city of Boston. This walking tour, led by cemetery docent and Gardner Museum volunteer Robin Hazard Ray, will visit Gardner’s family mausoleum […]
An outdoor workshop at Mount Auburn focused on Yoga Nidra, a dream-like mindfulness meditation. Federica Torri will lead an outdoor workshop focused on Yoga Nidra, a dream-like mindfulness meditation where attendees will be guided through an imagery journey. Students are welcome to lie on mats or blankets throughout the meditation. A silent nature walk will follow […]
Join us at Mount Auburn for an outdoor watercolor class, taking in the beauty of the landscape and learning about watercolor composition. Taking in the beauty of Mount Auburn Cemetery, we will take a short 5-minute walk from Story Chapel (across from the front entrance of the Cemetery) to a spot where you will choose […]
Join us for a mindful walk through the landscape, exploring the history and founding of Mount Auburn Cemetery. From 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, […]
Detritus dance performs a site-responsive dance installation in dialogue with women artists in Mount Auburn’s landscape, past and present. Detritus dance activates the landscape of Mount Auburn Cemetery through a site-responsive, roaming contemporary dance installation entitled “Conversations: Above and Beneath.” Inspired by Margaret Fuller Ossoli’s “Conversations”, a series of assemblies between 1839-1844 of Bostonian women […]