Mount Auburn Cemetery
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An active burial place and vibrant cultural institution. National Historic Landmark. Mass Audubon Important Bird Area. Urban Ecosystem. Est. 1831.
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In honor of Veterans Day and the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, Mount Auburn Cemetery is pleased to announce a new self-guided tour highlighting Revolutionary War veterans buried at Mount Auburn.
This tour will be available on our Bloomberg Connects digital guide.
This tour will be available on our Bloomberg Connects digital guide.
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In honor of Veterans Day and the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, Mount Auburn Cemetery is pleased to announce a new self-guided tour highlighting Revolutionary War veterans buried at Mount Auburn.
This tour will be available on our Bloomberg Connects digital guide.
This tour will be available on our Bloomberg Connects digital guide.
What do you think? Is it peak foliage season yet? 🍂
October 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What do you think? Is it peak foliage season yet? 🍂
We are excited to announce that Mount Auburn Cemetery’s digital visitor guide is now live on the Bloomberg Connects app, an arts and culture mobile platform that helps visitors explore museums, gardens, and historic sites around the world.
October 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We are excited to announce that Mount Auburn Cemetery’s digital visitor guide is now live on the Bloomberg Connects app, an arts and culture mobile platform that helps visitors explore museums, gardens, and historic sites around the world.
Today we honor the Indigenous peoples who have lived for thousands of years on the land we now call Cambridge and Watertown—especially the Massachusett and Pequossette Tribes, whose descendants continue to care for this region.
October 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Today we honor the Indigenous peoples who have lived for thousands of years on the land we now call Cambridge and Watertown—especially the Massachusett and Pequossette Tribes, whose descendants continue to care for this region.
Welcoming Fall 🍂
September 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Welcoming Fall 🍂
Happy Birthday to Joyce Chen! (1917–1994) — Born in Beijing, Joyce Chen became one of America’s most celebrated Chinese restauranteurs, authors, and TV hosts.
September 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Happy Birthday to Joyce Chen! (1917–1994) — Born in Beijing, Joyce Chen became one of America’s most celebrated Chinese restauranteurs, authors, and TV hosts.
Today is the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. We remember the lives lost and the communities forever changed. Amid the storm’s devastation in 2005, one plant became an unexpected symbol of hope: the Peggy Martin rose. 🌹
August 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today is the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. We remember the lives lost and the communities forever changed. Amid the storm’s devastation in 2005, one plant became an unexpected symbol of hope: the Peggy Martin rose. 🌹
A serene Sunday scene. Have you seen our beautiful hydrangeas yet this year? 🦋
July 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A serene Sunday scene. Have you seen our beautiful hydrangeas yet this year? 🦋
Visiting Mount Auburn for the first time? Parking is available on Lawn Ave. surrounding Asa Gray Garden. 🚗
July 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Visiting Mount Auburn for the first time? Parking is available on Lawn Ave. surrounding Asa Gray Garden. 🚗
Appreciation post for all the dragon 🐉 and damselflies 🌼 in our landscape and beyond.
In 2024 our citizen scientists visited various sites to document dragon and damselflies that were present at each location as a part of our Adult Dragonfly Survey.
In 2024 our citizen scientists visited various sites to document dragon and damselflies that were present at each location as a part of our Adult Dragonfly Survey.
July 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Appreciation post for all the dragon 🐉 and damselflies 🌼 in our landscape and beyond.
In 2024 our citizen scientists visited various sites to document dragon and damselflies that were present at each location as a part of our Adult Dragonfly Survey.
In 2024 our citizen scientists visited various sites to document dragon and damselflies that were present at each location as a part of our Adult Dragonfly Survey.
A serene Sunday scene at the Binney Monument.
June 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A serene Sunday scene at the Binney Monument.
It's the last Friday of Pride Month, but you can explore Mount Auburn's LGBTQ notable residents any time of year via the guide on our website: buff.ly/8mD607J
June 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It's the last Friday of Pride Month, but you can explore Mount Auburn's LGBTQ notable residents any time of year via the guide on our website: buff.ly/8mD607J
Happy Birthday to the actor and Oscar-winner, Anne Revere!
June 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Happy Birthday to the actor and Oscar-winner, Anne Revere!
Commemorating the grave of physician, Harriot Kezia Hunt, stands her monument: "Hygeia" a sculptural treasure of Mount Auburn's funerary collection, carved by Edmonia Lewis in the early 1870's.
June 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Commemorating the grave of physician, Harriot Kezia Hunt, stands her monument: "Hygeia" a sculptural treasure of Mount Auburn's funerary collection, carved by Edmonia Lewis in the early 1870's.
It's Pollinator Week! 🐝 🦋
What plants do you have in your garden that support the native pollinator population?
What plants do you have in your garden that support the native pollinator population?
June 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's Pollinator Week! 🐝 🦋
What plants do you have in your garden that support the native pollinator population?
What plants do you have in your garden that support the native pollinator population?
🍀 🌈 It may be Friday the 13th, but we're still feeling lucky! 🏳️🌈
As part of our ongoing Pride month series we're highlighting Mount Auburn's famous LGBTQ residents!
As part of our ongoing Pride month series we're highlighting Mount Auburn's famous LGBTQ residents!
June 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🍀 🌈 It may be Friday the 13th, but we're still feeling lucky! 🏳️🌈
As part of our ongoing Pride month series we're highlighting Mount Auburn's famous LGBTQ residents!
As part of our ongoing Pride month series we're highlighting Mount Auburn's famous LGBTQ residents!
Happy Pride Month!! 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Each week of Pride we'll be highlighting an LGBTQ+ historical resident of Mount Auburn Cemetery to remind us that queer people have always existed and will always exist.
Each week of Pride we'll be highlighting an LGBTQ+ historical resident of Mount Auburn Cemetery to remind us that queer people have always existed and will always exist.
June 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Happy Pride Month!! 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Each week of Pride we'll be highlighting an LGBTQ+ historical resident of Mount Auburn Cemetery to remind us that queer people have always existed and will always exist.
Each week of Pride we'll be highlighting an LGBTQ+ historical resident of Mount Auburn Cemetery to remind us that queer people have always existed and will always exist.
Happy Birthday to author, poet, and activist, Julia Ward Howe! Buried on Spruce Ave. in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
May 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Happy Birthday to author, poet, and activist, Julia Ward Howe! Buried on Spruce Ave. in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
This Memorial Day we remember and honor the legacy of veterans buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery and their service to our country.
May 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This Memorial Day we remember and honor the legacy of veterans buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery and their service to our country.
Happy Birthday to writer, journalist, & women's rights activist Margaret Fuller, whose cenotaph is located on Pyrola Path at Mount Auburn. 🎂
May 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Happy Birthday to writer, journalist, & women's rights activist Margaret Fuller, whose cenotaph is located on Pyrola Path at Mount Auburn. 🎂
Today is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, a public holiday in Armenia and observed by the Armenian Diaspora, including the Armenian cultural hubs of Watertown and Belmont Massachusetts. buff.ly/LVnMCGy
April 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Today is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, a public holiday in Armenia and observed by the Armenian Diaspora, including the Armenian cultural hubs of Watertown and Belmont Massachusetts. buff.ly/LVnMCGy
Last Saturday and Sunday we celebrated the 10th Anniversary of our Artist-In-Residence program with a showcase of our talented artists throughout the years. We enjoyed dances, plays, music, poetry, storytelling and more–as well as a small gallery of our visual artists' work in Story Chapel.
April 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Last Saturday and Sunday we celebrated the 10th Anniversary of our Artist-In-Residence program with a showcase of our talented artists throughout the years. We enjoyed dances, plays, music, poetry, storytelling and more–as well as a small gallery of our visual artists' work in Story Chapel.
“…Tulip Path, hard to find on the shaft, that insistent rise to heaven goes down and down…”
– Robert Creeley (Lot 1509 Tulip Path)
– Robert Creeley (Lot 1509 Tulip Path)
April 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“…Tulip Path, hard to find on the shaft, that insistent rise to heaven goes down and down…”
– Robert Creeley (Lot 1509 Tulip Path)
– Robert Creeley (Lot 1509 Tulip Path)
Just a few more weeks! 🌱
March 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Just a few more weeks! 🌱
It's the last week of Women's History Month. To end our series of highlighting trailblazing women buried at Mount Auburn, we celebrate the legacy of Gertrude Wright Morgan (1861-1931), suffragist, civil rights activist, & founding member of the NAACP.
March 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It's the last week of Women's History Month. To end our series of highlighting trailblazing women buried at Mount Auburn, we celebrate the legacy of Gertrude Wright Morgan (1861-1931), suffragist, civil rights activist, & founding member of the NAACP.