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All bags, purses, backpacks, diaper bags, waist packs, etc., will be examined. Bags and containers larger than 11” X 15” X 6” (28 X 38 X 15 cm) are prohibited beyond the Visitor Center and on the mountaintop. Please follow staff directions to prepare for bag checks and avoid delays. Monticello and all of its grounds are a non-smoking ...
ADDRESS: 931 Thomas Jefferson Parkway Charlottesville, VA 22902 GENERAL INFORMATION: (434) 984-9800. 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.
Jefferson's grave. Monticello and Highland are about 2 1/2 miles apart which makes it convenient to combine visits. The two properties have a noticeable difference, and time spent in either is fact-filled and insightful. Most visitors spend roughly 3.5 hours exploring Monticello and at least 90-minutes at Highland.
Monticello. "Mr. Jefferson is the first American who has consulted the fine arts to know how he should shelter himself from the weather." Monticello is the autobiographical masterpiece of Thomas Jefferson—designed and redesigned and built and rebuilt for more than forty years. Architecture An American icon, Jefferson's "essay in architecture ...
THE DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN VISITOR CENTER stands as a beautiful gateway to Jefferson’s timeless Monticello. Located on the lower slope of Monticello mountain, the center is comprised of five pavilions situated around a central courtyard. The three-level, LEED Gold-certified, 42,000-square-foot center offers guests fresh perspectives on ...
Thomas Jefferson introduced the alcove bed into the redesign of Monticello that he began in the 1790s. He admitted his partiality for this spatial arrangement in a letter to James Madison: "Indeed I varied my plan by shewing what it would be with alcove bedrooms, to which I am much attached." [1] He included recesses in the interior walls of ...
Staunton As a young lawyer, Jefferson made many trips to Staunton, some 40 miles from Monticello. Learn more in this article from the Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia. Philadelphia Jefferson visited Philadelphia many times over the course of his public life as a member of the Continental Congress, the Confederation Congress, Secretary of State ...
