Mount Auburn Cemetery

 aWhat are your organization’s guiding values?
Openness, Welcome, Compassion, Dignity, Beauty, Serenity, Stewardship, Sustainability, Integrity, Balance

What ongoing services or programs does your organization provide?
Mount Auburn Cemetery inspires all who visit, comforts the bereaved, and commemorates the dead in a landscape of exceptional beauty.

Are there recent projects or initiatives you would like others to know about?
We have installed new pedestrian entrances to make it easier to get in and out of the landscape. Over the last three years we have installed over five acres of new gardens! We continue to offer a variety of programs ranging from music, to yoga to forest walks.

Share a recent story that embodies the work of your organization.
On the longest night of the year, thousands of people gather at Mount Auburn to walk by candlelight. The Winter Solstice celebration has become one of our most meaningful traditions. Families arrive bundled in scarves and gloves. They follow lantern-lit paths past frozen ponds and snow-dusted monuments. Music drifts through the trees. This event began as a simple idea—to offer light, reflection, and connection during the darkest days of winter. It now welcomes more than 20,000 visitors each year. The evening blends beauty and purpose, inviting everyone to pause, remember, and feel part of something larger. Each candle, each song, and each shared moment reflects what Mount Auburn strives to be: a place where nature, remembrance, and community meet.
The glow of the Solstice carries forward long after the night ends—a reminder that even in darkness, Mount Auburn shines as a sanctuary of hope and renewal.
If your organization were an emoji, what would it be?
🌳 Tree
How many trees live at Mount Auburn? 
Over 5000!
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