Online Exhibits
Exhibits at The Mount
Explore The Mount from anywhere through our online exhibits – an immersive way to experience the life, work, and vision of Edith Wharton. These digital collections bring together photography, archival materials, and storytelling to highlight the estate’s architecture, gardens, and cultural legacy.
Life in the Dale: Augustus Martin’s Lenox
Thomas Reynolds: The Gardener’s Story
In her last year at The Mount,
Edith Wharton wrote a friend,
“Decidedly, I’m a better landscape gardener than novelist, and this place, every line of which is my own work, far surpasses The House of Mirth.”
Yet in that same letter she wholeheartedly praised Thomas Reynolds, her “devoted head gardener,” whose creativity and skill guided every detail of her beloved garden.
This is his story.
Writing The Age of Innocence
“What is writing a novel like? The beginning: a ride through a spring wood. The middle: the Gobi desert. The end: a night with a lover.” – Edith Wharton
In honor of the 100th anniversary of Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence, we invite you to look behind the finished page to follow her creative process, as she turned rough notes into a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
This exhibit made possible by a CARES grant from the National Endowment For The Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibit, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.