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Summer SOLSTICE 2023

The Summer SOLSTICE approaches on June 21st. Spend the longest day of the year at Mount Auburn, where we’ll be hosting a number of different activities, tours, and concerts for all to attend. SCHEDULE 10:00am-11:15am | Forest Bathing ($15; walking … Continue reading
Watch Artist-In-Residence, Liz Walker’s “Dance of Arrival”

As Artist-in-Residence at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA, Walker has choreographed and performed, “Dance of Arrival”, a site-specific dance work which explores themes of life and death. A crucial touchpoint for the project is Liz’s experience as a dancer … Continue reading
Citizen Science Naturalist Program at Mount Auburn Cemetery 2022

Over the past decade, Mount Auburn’s role in the community has evolved. It has always been an active cemetery, arboretum and cultural institution, popular among locals and tourists alike. But now it is also a significant destination for biodiversity research of critical urban wildlife habitat. Continue reading
Beyond the Gates: A Cemetery Explorer’s Guide to Spring Brook Cemetery in Mansfield, Massachusetts

Spring Brook Cemetery, consecrated in 1860, has a clear boundary between the old and the new… Continue reading