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Friends of Mount Auburn
The Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery is a non-profit educational trust established to promote the appreciation and preservation of Mount Auburn's cultural, historic and natural resources.
The Friends offers walks, talks, concerts, and special events throughout the year to share the stories of history, horticulture, wildlife, art, and the lives of those buried at the Cemetery with the public. We invite you to join us for an upcoming event to learn more about this important urban oasis and National Historic Landmark.
Events
The Art of Memory: Contemporary Commemoration at Mount Auburn 5/23/13 5:30PM - 7PM 2013-05-23 17:30:00 2013-05-23 19:00:00
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Join Curator of Historical Collections Meg L. Winslow for an evening walking tour focusing on contemporary design and the integration of...
Early Risers Horticulture Club 5/24/13 7AM - 8AM 2013-05-24 07:00:00 2013-05-24 08:00:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
Join our staff for any or all of these hour-long early morning excursions to discover what’s in bloom and any other items of horticulture...
15 Shades of Gray 5/25/13 10AM - 11:30AM 2013-05-25 10:00:00 2013-05-25 11:30:00
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Neither boring, nor drab, explore the quiet beauty of gray plants with Visitor Services Assistant Jim Gorman. Enjoy your gray desires: gray...
Bigelow Open House 5/26/13 1PM - 4PM 2013-05-26 13:00:00 2013-05-26 16:00:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mt Auburn St Cambridge , MA | View map
Come and explore Mount Auburn’s first chapel, originally constructed in the 1840s. Staff and volunteers will be on hand to answer...
Discover Mount Auburn: A Walking Tour 6/1/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-06-01 13:00:00 2013-06-01 14:30:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
Mount Auburn, designated a National Historic Landmark, is one of the country’s most significant designed landscapes. Here the arts of...
Jean Danton & Thomas Stumpf 6/1/13 3PM - 4:30PM 2013-06-01 15:00:00 2013-06-01 16:30:00
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"An Artful Collaboration: Music and Poetry" Join us in Story Chapel as soprano Jean Danton and pianist Thomas Stumpf perform some of the...
A Pride Week Walk through Mount Auburn Cemetery 6/2/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-06-02 13:00:00 2013-06-02 14:30:00
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Meet some of the celebrated figures from Boston's past whom today we would call "gay" and "lesbian," on a walk led by Volunteer Docent and...
Late Migrants & Breeding Birds 6/5/13 7:30AM - 9AM 2013-06-05 07:30:00 2013-06-05 09:00:00
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It's hard to believe Mount Auburn’s migrants arrived a month ago and already have families. Join bird sightings compiler, Bird Observer,...
Early Risers Horticulture Club 6/7/13 7AM - 8AM 2013-06-07 07:00:00 2013-06-07 08:00:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mt Auburn St Cambridge , MA | View map
Join our staff for any or all of these hour-long early morning excursions to discover what’s in bloom and any other items of horticulture...
Mount Auburn's Notable Visitors 6/8/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-06-08 13:00:00 2013-06-08 14:30:00
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Not all of Mount Auburn’s “notables” are residents. King Edward VII of England, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, John Wilkes Booth,...
Life is a Beech 6/9/13 10AM - 11:30AM 2013-06-09 10:00:00 2013-06-09 11:30:00
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Of all our Cemetery trees, there are few that are more majestic, and beautiful, than our beech trees. On this walking tour with Jim Gorman,...
Discover Mount Auburn: Limited Mobility Walking Tour 6/10/13 11AM - 12:30PM 2013-06-10 11:00:00 2013-06-10 12:30:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
Join Volunteer docent Helen Abrams for a leisurely one-hour introductory walk at a slow pace on easy roads. Each walk will explore a...
Mount Auburn Book Club: The Dawn of Innovation 6/13/13 10AM - 11AM 2013-06-13 10:00:00 2013-06-13 11:00:00
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The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution (2012) by Charles R. Morris includes a chapter about Mount Auburn resident...
Bigelow's Best Botany 6/16/13 10AM - 11:30AM 2013-06-16 10:00:00 2013-06-16 11:30:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
Dr. Jacob Bigelow, Mount Auburn’s visionary founder, and a respected physician, was also a preeminent early 19th-century botanist, who...
Early Risers Horticulture Club 6/21/13 7AM - 8AM 2013-06-21 07:00:00 2013-06-21 08:00:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
Join our staff for any or all of these hour-long early morning excursions to discover what’s in bloom and any other items of horticulture...
The "Not so Rich and Famous": Stories of the Working Class 6/22/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-06-22 13:00:00 2013-06-22 14:30:00
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Just as the rich and famous were buried at Mount Auburn, so were the “not so rich and famous” -the butchers, bakers, candlestick makers -...
Memorial Symbolism: Looking Together 6/26/13 5:30PM - 7PM 2013-06-26 17:30:00 2013-06-26 19:00:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
Join Volunteer Docent Rosemarie Smurzynski on this early evening walk to find the many symbols on monuments at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Learn...
Art and Artists at Mount Auburn 6/29/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-06-29 13:00:00 2013-06-29 14:30:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
Mount Auburn Cemetery is an internationally recognized model of landscape art in America. In addition, the cemetery is the final resting...
Battle of Gettysburg 6/30/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-06-30 13:00:00 2013-06-30 14:30:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, the "High Water Mark of the Rebellion," was the Civil War's biggest and bloodiest battle with...
Discover Mount Auburn: A Walking Tour 7/6/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-07-06 13:00:00 2013-07-06 14:30:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
Mount Auburn, designated a National Historic Landmark, is one of the country’s most significant designed landscapes. Here the arts of...
Seeds of a Nation 7/7/13 10AM - 11:30AM 2013-07-07 10:00:00 2013-07-07 11:30:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
Celebrate our Nation’s birthday with a botanical tribute. On this walk with Visitors Services Assistant Jim Gorman we will visit landscape...
Mount Auburn Book Club: House on Nauset Marsh 7/11/13 10AM - 11AM 2013-07-11 10:00:00 2013-07-11 11:00:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
While many Bostonians escape to the Cape for the summer we will take an armchair journey there through Wyman Richardson’s House on Nauset...
Summer Blooming Trees & Shrubs 7/17/13 5:30PM - 7PM 2013-07-17 17:30:00 2013-07-17 19:00:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
Enjoy an early evening walk with Mount Auburn President & CEO Dave Barnett to observe the ornamental trees and shrubs that show off their...
Discover Mount Auburn: The Civil War 7/20/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-07-20 13:00:00 2013-07-20 14:30:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
Join us for these special “Discover Mount Auburn” tours to explore the Cemetery through the lens of the Civil War. We will share the...
Understanding Cremation 7/20/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-07-20 13:00:00 2013-07-20 14:30:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
Please join for an informative talk in which Mount Auburn’s Crematory Manager Walter L. Morrison, Jr. will answer any questions you may...
Ray Lam & Yelena Beriyeva Concert 7/21/13 4PM - 5:30PM 2013-07-21 16:00:00 2013-07-21 17:30:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
In celebration of Independence Day and Mount Auburn Cemetery as 'America's First Garden Cemetery,' Ray Lam and Yelena Beriyeva return to...
A Glimpse Beyond 7/27/13 6PM - 7:30PM 2013-07-27 18:00:00 2013-07-27 19:30:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
Save the date! A Glimpse Beyond returns for another inspired performance of music and dance this summer. More details will be...
Bigelow Open House 7/28/13 1PM - 4PM 2013-07-28 13:00:00 2013-07-28 16:00:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
Come and explore Mount Auburn’s first chapel, originally constructed in the 1840s. Staff and volunteers will be on hand to answer...
Discover Mount Auburn: A Walking Tour 8/3/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-08-03 13:00:00 2013-08-03 14:30:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
Mount Auburn, designated a National Historic Landmark, is one of the country’s most significant designed landscapes. Here the arts of...
Shop 'Til You Drop: A History of Retail in Boston 8/4/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-08-04 13:00:00 2013-08-04 14:30:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
From their humble beginnings in the middle of the 19th century, department stores quickly became defining cultural institutions for cities...
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