The Mount offers a variety of programs and events, some are online and some are on-site. Below you can view our full calendar, or filter your results by choosing a category such as online or families. To view past, recorded programs, click here.

Tuesday lecture with Rachel L. Swarns

Rachel L. Swarns is a journalist, author, and associate professor of journalism at New York University, who writes about race and race relations for The New York Times. Her articles[...]

Early Closing Days

Jul 20 @ 1:00 pm – 11:00 pm Early Closing Days
The Mount’s Main House will close at 1 pm, and the grounds will close at 2 pm for special events on the following days: May: Saturday 18, Sunday 26 June:[...]

Monday lecture with Peter Hessler

Peter Hessler is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he served as Beijing correspondent from 2000 to 2007, Cairo correspondent from 2011 to 2016, and Chengdu correspondent from[...]

Tuesday lecture with Peter Hessler

Peter Hessler is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he served as Beijing correspondent from 2000 to 2007, Cairo correspondent from 2011 to 2016, and Chengdu correspondent from[...]

Lauren Groff

Jul 26 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Lectures & Discussions On-site
After a successful launch of the Masters Series last summer, join author André Bernard, Vice President of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, for a second season of conversations with[...]

Early Closing Days

Jul 27 @ 1:00 pm – 11:00 pm Early Closing Days
The Mount’s Main House will close at 1 pm, and the grounds will close at 2 pm for special events on the following days: May: Saturday 18, Sunday 26 June:[...]

Monday lecture with Jonathan Eig

Jonathan Eig is the bestselling author of six books, including his most recent, King: A Life (2023), which The New York Times hailed as the “definitive” biography of Martin Luther[...]

Tuesday lecture with Jonathan Eig

Jonathan Eig is the bestselling author of six books, including his most recent, King: A Life (2023), which The New York Times hailed as the “definitive” biography of Martin Luther[...]

Rosanne Cash

Aug 2 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Lectures & Discussions On-site
After a successful launch of the Masters Series last summer, join author André Bernard, Vice President of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, for a second season of conversations with[...]

Early Closing Days

Aug 3 @ 1:00 pm – 11:00 pm Early Closing Days
The Mount’s Main House will close at 1 pm, and the grounds will close at 2 pm for special events on the following days: May: Saturday 18, Sunday 26 June:[...]

Monday lecture with Safiya Sinclair

Born and raised in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Safiya Sinclair is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, How to Say Babylon (2023), winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award[...]

Tuesday lecture with Safiya Sinclair

Born and raised in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Safiya Sinclair is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, How to Say Babylon (2023), winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award[...]

Jonathan Alter

Aug 9 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Lectures & Discussions On-site
After a successful launch of the Masters Series last summer, join author André Bernard, Vice President of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, for a second season of conversations with[...]

Early Closing Days

Aug 10 @ 1:00 pm – 11:00 pm Early Closing Days
The Mount’s Main House will close at 1 pm, and the grounds will close at 2 pm for special events on the following days: May: Saturday 18, Sunday 26 June:[...]

Monday lecture with Deborah Cohen

They were an astonishing group: glamorous, gutsy, and irreverent to the bone. As cub reporters in the 1920s, they roamed across a war-ravaged world, sometimes perched atop mules on wooden[...]