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Art in the Garden Cemetery

Presented by Mount Auburn Cemetery at Mount Auburn Cemetery

May 23, 2012

Join Mount Auburn’s Curator of Historical Collections, Meg L. Winslow, for a walking tour of funerary sculpture set within the horticultural beauty of Mount Auburn’s landscaped setting. We will look at works of fine art by the first generation of American sculptors as well as several examples of vernacular art by unknown carvers.
 

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