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Burial Space
Mount Auburn offers a variety of conventional casket, natural burial, and cremation graves. These carefully selected locations are designed to be lasting, perpetual places for families and friends to celebrate the lives of those they come to visit in a serene and beautiful landscape. Options for commemoration without burial are also available.
Burial & Memorialization Services
When it comes time to plan a burial, host a memorial gathering, install a new monument or add an inscription to an existing one, or arrange for other care of your burial space, Mount Auburn's staff will be ready to assist you and your heirs.
Plan A Burial
If you already own a lot or grave and have suffered a recent loss, our staff is here to help schedule and plan the burial of your loved one.
Chapel Services
The Cemetery’s landmark landscape and historic chapels provide a stunning backdrop to memorial gatherings and celebrations of life.
Lot & Grave Care
Our Lot & Grave Care services include installation of new monuments, adding inscriptions to existing ones, and arranging other care for your space.
Additional Services
Mount Auburn's end-of-life services are available to anyone regardless of burial space ownership. Learn more about our how you can host a private event, utilize our cremation services, or secure non-burial memorialization within our landscape.
Chapel Services
Mount Auburn’s two historic chapels are available for a wide range of private functions from memorial services and celebrations of life to receptions following a service or burial. In addition to indoor events, the lawn outside Bigelow Chapel along with Asa Gray Garden and Hazel Dell, just a short walk from Story Chapel, are warm-weather options for outdoor ceremonies and receptions.
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Cremation
Mount Auburn made history at the turn of the 20th century when it became the first cemetery in New England to operate a crematory. The Cemetery's first cremation took place on April 18, 1900. In the succeeding years, more than 70,000 cremations have been performed. Today, the Cemetery performs 1,250 cremations each year.
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Cemetery Services Newsletter
As part of our goal to provide families with better service, we are excited to introduce our Cemetery Services Newsletter. Through this newsletter, we will keep you informed about important Cemetery news, upcoming events, and initiatives that will introduce even greater welcome, beauty, and service for all who visit Mount Auburn. We welcome your ideas and suggestions about what you’d like to see in future newsletters and look forward to staying connected with you!
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