The Mount offers of a number of options for Group Tours, at special rates. Programs can be tailored to the needs of individual groups.

For more information, contact:

Elaine Roberts
Group Sales Director
(413) 551-5108
Fax (413) 637-0619
eroberts@edithwharton.org

Programs for adults:

A Guided Tour of the House at The Mount

This 45-minute tour brings groups of 15 or more through Wharton’s 42-room country house, visiting the recently restored formal rooms as well as the as-yet-unrestored bedrooms and service areas.

A Guided Tour of the Gardens at The Mount

Groups of 15 or more spend 45 minutes exploring the elegant formal gardens designed by Edith Wharton, visiting the grass terraces, walled garden, lime walk, and rock garden of this newly restored three-acre landscape. A dedicated guide discusses Wharton’s 1904 work Italian Villas and Their Gardens and its influence on her landscape design for The Mount.

• Groups may combine a tour of the house and gardens in one visit.
• Groups may also combine a tour of the house or gardens with attendance at one of our popular summer lectures.

A Guided Tour of the Gardens at The Mount & at Naumkeag

This popular program showcases The Mount and Naumkeag, two celebrated historic landscapes in the Berkshire hills of Western Massachusetts. The special tour explores how European design with an American twist influenced two very different gardens. The gardens at The Mount were designed by one of America’s greatest writers, Edith Wharton, and reflect her embrace of classical European design principles. Naumkeag’s gardens are the work of pioneer landscape architect Fletcher Steele, and incorporate innovative and abstract variations on European Beaux Arts styles.

Programs for high school and undergraduate students:

Edith Wharton wrote some of her most important literary works during her decade of residence at The Mount. This program, designed to fulfill language arts curriculum requirements for Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut, highlights the author’s life and the way in which it influenced her work. Students will spend 45 minutes with a dedicated guide visiting Wharton’s library, her bedroom – where she wrote every morning – and other significant areas of the house.

During this 45-minute program, students will learn about life in one of the most significant and well-preserved Berkshire country houses from the Gilded Age period. Students will be asked to place themselves in the shoes of the Whartons and their household employees as they explore living rooms, bedrooms and service areas with a dedicated guide. This program is designed to fulfill social science curriculum framework requirements for Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut.

These programs are also available to interested adult groups as well.

The Red Hat Society of Ware, Mass., enjoys a sunny day touring The Mount and its gardens.

The Newport Book Club tours The Mount.