182nd Annual1, 2013 ~ March 31, 2014
Report
April
Over the past year, Mount Auburn has embarked on many ambitious and important projects to conserve historic and artistic treasures on our grounds and to preserve the
historic records found in our archives. Many of these projects have been made possible
with individual gifts and grants made to the Friends of Mount Auburn. The fiscal year
highlights include:
• the conservation of five Civil War-era monuments and new landscape enhancements
surrounding a sixth monument, in conjunction with the Sesquicentennial of the Civil
War;
• the completion of preservation work on one monument by James Wilson Alexander
MacDonald and another monument for Isaac Fay;
• a Cemetery-hosted and staff-led symposium on the uses of lead in the preservation of
fences, monuments and mausolea, held for professional colleagues in August of 2013;
• the digitization of all Cemetery records related to Mount Auburn’s 30 most significant
monuments, as part of a two-year Institute of Museum and Library Services project to
research, catalog, document and asses the conditions of these monuments.
M ou n t Au b u r n C e m e t e ry
A National Historic Landmark
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