Current Exhibits

Griffin Discovery Room

A hands-on activity center for children

Location
David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center
March - December
Open daily 10:00 - 4:00pm
Ages
Families with kids ages 5-10
Cost
Included with admission
A young boy in glasses sitting a table talking with a smiling woman while another boy huddles over a paper and writes with a marker.

The Griffin Discovery Room puts young visitors in the role of investigator. Kids will meet four people who lived at Monticello over 200 years ago—Thomas Jefferson, his granddaughter Cornelia Randolph, enslaved chef Edith Hern Fossett, and enslaved blacksmith Isaac Granger Jefferson—through original documents, audio clips, and hands-on objects. 

Interactive activity areas invite kids to dig for artifacts in a mock archaeology excavation, restore pieces of Monticello's ornamental friezes, curate objects in a model parlor, and explore an archive for clues about the past. It's the perfect place for families to start or end their visit, sparking curiosity kids will carry with them as they explore the mountaintop.

Included with every admission