Mount Auburn Cemetery Overview

General Information

Mount Auburn Cemetery, established in 1831, is the first rural or garden cemetery in the United States and a National Historic Landmark. Located in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, its mission is to inspire visitors, comfort the bereaved, and commemorate the dead in a landscape of exceptional beauty. It functions as an active burial place, a vibrant cultural institution, and an accredited arboretum and botanical garden, open to the public year-round.