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A Glimpse Beyond returns!
September 19th & 20th
Encounter unexpected sights and sounds while walking through Mount Auburn's historic landscape. These "glimpses," being performed by a cast of professional and community-based musicians, dancers, and artists, will have you reexamining your ideas about life and death, joy and sorrow.
Advanced tickets are required. Don't miss this opportunity! Learn more
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Horticultural Highlight: Hosta
Our horticulture department's most recent plant inventory identifies 4700 trees and 4900 shrubs/dwarf trees growing throughout our living collection. Beneath and between this expansive greenery are pockets of shade where you will find a wide diversity of Hosta sp., Plantain lily growing.
Taxonomists differ on the number of Hosta species, primarily due to their ability to hybridize among themselves, along with a propensity to mutate. At Mount Auburn, our current inventory lists 220 hostas including... read more
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 Tribute Monuments
Saturday, August 8th at 1PM
What do a Pacifist, a seafaring navigator, a Nova Scotian author and many other inspiring individuals have in common? All have monuments erected by friends, admirers or colleagues at Mount Auburn. Join us for a walk to discover these unique tributes.
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 Eternally Green: Improving Water and Habitat at Willow Pond
Have you ever observed a turtle basking in the sun or witnessed a great blue heron at Willow Pond? You may have noticed how the area has been at the forefront of Mount Auburn's ongoing aquatic habitat improvement initiatives. Learn about our recent efforts to improve storm water management. |
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Butterflies & Dragonflies
Wednesday, August 12th at 10AM
Join Jeremiah Trimble from Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, for a leisurely walk at Mount Auburn - exploring habitats from pond edges to wildflower patches, in search of butterflies and dragonflies. Register!
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 Contemporary Giants
Sunday, August 16th at 1PM
Mount Auburn is widely known for historic "residents" however many recent notables have also chosen the Cemetery as their final resting place. Meet us at Mount Auburn's Flagpole Garden to learn about Edwin Land, Joyce Chen, Bernard Malamud and other "contemporary giants."
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 Nighthawk Watch from Washington Tower 2015!
From mid August through the first weeks of September migrating nighthawks pass the area on their way south. Registration required!
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Wildlife Highlight: The Solitary Sandpiper
When we think of sandpipers, we envision hundreds migrating in flocks along our shores, but here at Mount Auburn we can encounter two species, the Spotted Sandpiper and the Solitary Sandpiper, during their fall migration. Both species can be seen along the edges of Halcyon Lake, Auburn Lake and Willow Pond. Learn more...
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Grant from Mass Humanities
The Friends of Mount Auburn is pleased to announce a $5,000 grant from Mass Humanities which will help support the creation of two films in artist-in-residence Roberto Mighty's earth.sky series. The new films will focus on notable Civil War era nurse Dorothea Dix and nineteenth-century animal rights activist George Thorndike Angell.
Dix and Angell both worked tirelessly throughout their lives to improve society and the lives of others. Read more ...
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History Highlight: From Tombs to Mausoleums
To maximize the use of all parts of the grounds the trustees voted in 1856 to permit tombs in hillsides, provided all but the door and granite façade were underground. Learn more about tombs excerpted from Silent City on a Hill by Blanche M. G. Linden.
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 Wine Tasting at the Tower
Thursday, August 27th at 5:30PM
Savor a hand-picked selection of wines provided by Magnolia Wine Company while enjoying the late-summer beauty of Mount Auburn in the early evening hours. Pre-registration required.
View photos of previous Wine Tasting events at Washington Tower!
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Person of the Month: Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)
Born in Cambridge on August 29, 1809, Dr. Oliver W. Holmes became an author, doctor and one of the leading voices of Boston culture. His amazing 1830 poem "Old Ironsides" led to the public support of keeping the USS Constitution from the scrap yard. He coined the word "anesthesia" as well as "Boston Brahmin" and nicknamed Boston the "Hub" of the solar system... learn more
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Current Projects at Mount Auburn
Learn more about current projects happening at the Cemetery today.
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Beyond Our Gates: Events of Interest to the Community
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105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA
Peter A. Cancilla & The Vaudville Puppets
Sunday, August 9th at 3PM
1952 version of Longfellow's epic Hiawatha, starring Vincent Edwards
Saturday, August 15th at 8PM
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Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery
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