Monticello Press Room

General Foundation News
To prepare for new visitor center, Monticello will cease operations at facility on Route 20 \| May 8, 2008 The Thomas Jefferson Foundation will close its public operations at the Monticello Visitors Center on Route 20, effective Sunday, June 8. The museum shop, exhibition of Jeffersonian objects, and theater space at the center, located just south of Interstate 64, are being closed in connection with development of the Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center at Monticello. More »
Foundation places 150 acres on Montalto under conservation easement \| February 27, 2008 The Thomas Jefferson Foundation has signed an agreement with the Piedmont Environmental Council to preserve as open space in perpetuity 150 acres on Montalto, the neighboring mountain that rises 400 feet above Monticello. More »
$55 million campaign around new visitor center is under way \| July 12, 2007 The Thomas Jefferson Foundation has initiated the public phase of a $55 million campaign to support a strategic plan that includes the construction and endowment of a new visitor and education center on the grounds of Monticello. More »

Tours and Events
Center for Historic Plants' annual Open House is set for May 24 \| May 12, 2008 Charlottesville, Va. – Monticello’s Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants will conduct the 16th annual Open House at its Tufton Farm headquarters from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 24. More »
Montalto Tours being offered daily through Oct. 31 \| April 16, 2008 Guided walking tours of Montalto, the landmark peak that rises 410 feet above Monticello and offers unparalleled views of the surrounding countryside, will be conducted at 1 p.m. daily from May 1 through Oct. 31. More »
Reserved tickets for evening Signature Tours are now on sale \| March 17, 2008 Reserved tickets for Monticello’s evening Signature Tours are now on sale. These in-depth tours of Thomas Jefferson’s home will be conducted at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays from May 2 through Sept. 12. More »

Research and Education
Digital archaeology project reveives collaboration grant from NEH \| May 6, 2008 The Monticello-based Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery has been awarded a $132,832 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of a project it is conducting in collaboration with two institutions in England. More »
New section for students, teachers is added to Monticello's Web site \| February 11, 2008 Monticello has launched a special section on its award-winning Web site to inspire both students and teachers while they explore the world of Thomas Jefferson. The new Monticello Classroom – accessible at www.monticello.org – was designed to meet the needs and preferences of students and teachers in grades 3 through 8. More »
New source of information about Jefferson is now online \| July 19, 2007 Internet users now have a new site to visit for a broad range of information about Thomas Jefferson and Monticello – the Thomas Jefferson Wiki. The site, which is accessible through Monticello’s Web site (www.monticello.org) and at http://wiki.monticello.org, contains more than 300 articles by Thomas Jefferson Foundation staff members and associated scholars on topics ranging from the Declaration of Independence and the Louisiana Purchase to Jefferson and poison ivy and how Monticello was supplied with water. More »