Tomorrow At Monticello
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Today’s Hours
Gates are open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. First tour, 9 a.m.; last tour, 6:40 p.m.
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How do you accurately restore a wall paint that has been missing for over 170 years? This is a question that frequently confronts Monticello’s Restoration Department. Most recently it was the focus of an investigation in the second floor bedroom that Jefferson called the “North Octagon Room.” At the start of the project, the walls in the room were covered with off white paint and no written record of what the room looked like in Jefferson’s time survived. However, Monticello’s...
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Sir Benjamin Thompson, Graf (Count) von Rumford (March 26, 1753 – August 21, 1814) was an American-born scientist and inventor. Thomas Jefferson was familiar with Rumford and his work, and some of his innovations were incorporated into the remodeling of Monticello.
By 1796, when Rumford was first mentioned in Jefferson’s papers, Rumford had already had a very eventful life. Born in Massachusetts in 1753, he departed for England in 1776 and served in the British army during the...
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This eerie picture is from one of my favorite memories of working at Monticello, when we were just starting the Monticello Explorer in late 2003.
To clarify, it’s not an actual photograph, in the sense that most of us are familiar. It’s an image created from laser scans taken for us by a company based in Pittsburgh, PA, called Quantapoint. It’s less a record of light than a registering of distances and reflectivity of surfaces. There are a couple of features of the image that underscore...
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Named for the mulberry trees planted along it, Mulberry Row was the center of plantation activity at Monticello from the 1770s to Jefferson's death in 1826. Jefferson's original plan for the site was a 400-foot-long row of shops and yards joined structurally so as to look like a single building. There, iron and woodworking facilities and areas for raising poultry and slaughtering livestock would serve as a link between the plantation at large and the domestic operations, like kitchen, dairy,...
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A hands-on activity center for children
Monticello visitors—especially those ages 6 to 12—can literally get in touch with American history in the Griffin Discovery Room through hands-on activities.
This educational environment provides a variety of ways for young people to connect with Thomas Jefferson, the members of the larger Monticello community, and learn what life was like for children in the early 1800s.
The space features reproduction elements from both the Monticello house, such as...
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This past weekend, seven families participated in Monticello’s first ever My Monticello Gingerbread House Family Workshop. We loved seeing multiple generations working together with such focus, creativity, and collaboration. Check out the exuberant work of these budding architects!
To learn more, visit http://www.monticello.org/site/visit/events/my-monticello-gingerbread-house-family-workshop
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