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Slavery at Monticello Mobile Guide. Learn more about those who lived and labored on the Monticello Plantation and explore Mulberry Row with this online mobile guide. Use our free guest wifi on the mountaintop (no downloads required). The mountaintop has lots to explore - learn more about what you can do during your visit!
The David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center and Smith Education Center serve as the 21st-century gateway to Jefferson's timeless Monticello, with multiple components that transform the visitor experience by preparing guests for their trips to the historic mountaintop through dynamic content presenting fresh perspectives on Monticello and the enduring significance of Jefferson's life and ideas.
Visiting George Washington’s Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello was part of a larger road trip we took to Virginia. Like Washington and Jefferson themselves, Monticello and Mount Vernon are very different and they both offer something unique. Visiting both could easily be done in a weekend, keep reading to find out how!
Join us for the rare opportunity to experience Monticello after dark, and get an intimate look at how all people who lived on the Monticello mountaintop – enslaved and free – celebrated the Christmas holiday season.
From thousands of tulips in bloom to Monticello's engaging tours, spring is a wonderful time of year to visit Thomas Jefferson's mountaintop home in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The exact source of the word " Monticello " (pronounced "Monti- cello ," like the musical instrument) as the name for Thomas Jefferson's plantation home remains a mystery. Jefferson's earliest documented use of the word appears in his garden book entry of August 3, 1767: "inoculated common cherry buds into stocks of large kind at Monticello." [1] Yet just two years later, in his account book ...
Bring history to life by taking a tour of Monticello – Thomas Jefferson’s home in Virginia from 1770 until his death in 1826. My wife and I had such a great time visiting! Here are some insider tips.
