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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 6/20/13 5:30PM - 7PM 2013-06-20 17:30:00 2013-06-20 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 6/21/13 7AM - 8AM 2013-06-21 07:00:00 2013-06-21 08:00:00
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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While many Bostonians escape to the Cape for the summer we will take an armchair journey there through Wyman Richardson’s House on Nauset...
African American Heritage Trail 7/13/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-07-13 13:00:00 2013-07-13 14:30:00
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Note: This tour is part of Cambridge Discover Days. Please visit the CDD website to see the entire lineup of free tours! Among those now...
The Banks Brigade Bee 7/14/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-07-14 13:00:00 2013-07-14 14:30:00
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Note: This tour is part of Cambridge Discover Days. Please visit the CDD website to see the entire lineup of free tours! In October 1861,...
Summer Blooming Trees & Shrubs 7/17/13 5:30PM - 7PM 2013-07-17 17:30:00 2013-07-17 19:00:00
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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
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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
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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
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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 6:30PM - 8PM 2013-07-27 18:30:00 2013-07-27 20:00:00
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A Glimpse Beyond returns for another inspired performance of music and dance this summer. More details will be announced on our website...
A Glimpse Beyond 7/27/13 6:45PM - 8PM 2013-07-27 18:45:00 2013-07-27 20:00:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
A Glimpse Beyond returns for another inspired performance of music and dance this summer. More details will be announced on our website...
Bigelow Open House 7/28/13 1PM - 4PM 2013-07-28 13:00:00 2013-07-28 16:00:00
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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
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From their humble beginnings in the middle of the 19th century, department stores quickly became defining cultural institutions for cities...
In Search of Butterflies & Dragonflies 8/7/13 10AM - 11:30AM 2013-08-07 10:00:00 2013-08-07 11:30:00
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Please join Jeremiah Trimble (Curatorial Associate, Ornithology, Museum of Comparitive Zoology, Harvard) for a leisurely walk around Mount...
Mount Auburn Book Club: A City So Grand 8/8/13 10AM - 11AM 2013-08-08 10:00:00 2013-08-08 11:00:00
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A City So Grand: the Rise of an American Metropolis, Boston 1850 – 1900 (2010) is a lively history of Boston by Stephen Puleo. We will...
Mount Auburn's Organic Cut-Flower Gardens 8/10/13 12PM - 1:30PM 2013-08-10 12:00:00 2013-08-10 13:30:00
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An opportunity to visit one of Mount Auburn’s hidden gems. The cut-flower gardens behind the greenhouse are spectacular this time of...
It's All in Your Head: Phrenology & the Mind 8/11/13 4PM - 5:30PM 2013-08-11 16:00:00 2013-08-11 17:30:00
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Phrenology, a faux science, proclaimed that a skull's shape revealed character while separate areas of the brain housed passions and...
Discover Mount Auburn: Limited Mobility Walking Tour 8/12/13 11AM - 11AM 2013-08-12 11:00:00 2013-08-12 11:00:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
Join Volunteer DocentHelen Abrams for a leisurely one-hour introductory walk at a slow pace on easy roads. Each walk will explore a...
Wine Tasting at Washington Tower 8/15/13 5:30PM - 7:30PM 2013-08-15 17:30:00 2013-08-15 19:30:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
Savor a hand-picked selection of wines provided by The Magnolia Wine Company of Watertown while enjoying the late-summer beauty of Mount...
Boston in the Civil War 8/17/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-08-17 13:00:00 2013-08-17 14:30:00
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Pre-Civil War Boston was already responding to slavery; the abolition movement was strong here. When Fort Sumter was hit, it was positioned...
Apothecary, Grocery Store, & Hardware 8/18/13 10AM - 11:30AM 2013-08-18 10:00:00 2013-08-18 11:30:00
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Human dependence on plants has been timeless. From treatments for scurvy in the 16th century to cancer today, from edible plants to...
Mount Auburn's Nighthawks 8/20/13 5:45PM - 7:15PM 2013-08-20 17:45:00 2013-08-20 19:15:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
The fall migration of the Common Nighthawk is a predictable and visible phenomenon. Over the years Bob Stymeist, bird sightings compiler,...
Mount Auburn's Nighthawks 8/21/13 5:45PM - 7:15PM 2013-08-21 17:45:00 2013-08-21 19:15:00
Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA | View map
The fall migration of the Common Nighthawk is a predictable and visible phenomenon. Over the years Bob Stymeist, bird sightings compiler,...
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