Mount Auburn Cemetery

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Consumer Services

Cambridge, MA 2,344 followers

Mount Auburn inspires all who visit, comforts the bereaved, & commemorates the dead in a landscape of exceptional beauty

About us

Mount Auburn Cemetery has been designated a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior, recognizing it as one of the country's most significant cultural landscapes. Founded in 1831, it was the first large-scale designed landscape open to the public in the United States. Today its beauty, historical associations and horticultural collections are internationally renowned. Our founders believed that burying and commemorating the dead was best done in a tranquil and beautiful natural setting at a short distance from the city center. They also believed that the Cemetery should be a place for the living, "embellishing" the natural landscape with ornamental plantings, monuments, fences, fountains and chapels. This inspired concept was copied widely throughout the United States, giving birth to the rural cemetery movement and the tradition of garden cemeteries. Their popularity led, in turn, to the establishment of America's public parks.

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Consumer Services
Company size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Cambridge, MA
Type
Nonprofit
Founded
1831
Specialties
Cemetery Services, Botanical Garden, Level III Arboretum, Walking Tours, Seasonal Work, Historical Landmark, Landscape, Conservation, Preservation, Archives, and Solstice

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