Group Tours
Bring your group to The Mount for a memorable visit to Edith Wharton’s home and gardens.
Plan an Unforgettable Group Tour at The Mount
Guides tailor each experience to your group’s interests, sharing the beauty, history, and stories of the estate.
Discounted rates apply to groups of 10 or more.
Advance reservations are required. To book a private tour, contact visit@edithwharton.org
Group visits may include
- A guided Mansion Tour
- A guided Garden Tour
- Special exhibitions, including outdoor sculpture
- Time to explore the grounds and woodlands
- Shopping in the Gift & Bookstore
- Refreshments at the Terrace Café
Arrangements can be made for lunch or refreshments.
Available Tour Formats
Mansion Tour
60 minutes
An overview of The Mount’s history, from its construction through restoration, and Edith Wharton’s life and legacy.
Garden Tour
45 minutes
Explores Wharton’s garden design and vision.
For groups with mobility concerns, a garden talk on the Terrace is available.
Ghost Tours
90 minutes
Private, after-dark tours exploring the most haunted areas of the estate.
Not recommended for children under 12.
Book Clubs
Custom experiences for book clubs, including guided discussion led by a Wharton interpreter and optional refreshments.
Contact us—we’d love to help you plan a memorable and perfectly tailored tour for your group!
Planning Your Group Visit
The Mount is located in the heart of the Berkshires, just minutes off the Massachusetts Turnpike.
The site is handicapped accessible. Specialty tours may be available upon request.
To learn more, pricing, or to book a group tour, please contact: visit@edithwharton.org
More reasons to book your group tour:
Named Best House Museum by Yankee Magazine, visit Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s home. Here, she wrote some of her most famous novels including Ethan Frome and The House of Mirth.
Tour guides share their knowledge of the beauty and history of Wharton’s home and tailor their tour to your group’s particular interests.
We offer tours of the house and gardens, a book club tour, and our popular ghost tour.
We invite our visitors to sit and interact with the rooms.
Interpretive exhibits throughout the house explore Wharton’s life, her humanitarian efforts, literary legacy, and the lives of the servants.