Monticello Press Room

General Foundation News
E.O. Wilson, Janet Napolitano, and Joseph Neubauer to receive 2010 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals \| February 25, 2010 The University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation will present their highest honors, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals in architecture, law, and citizen leadership, during Founder’s Day activities on April 13. The awards are presented jointly by UVa and by the foundation, the independent, nonprofit organization that owns and operates Monticello. E.O. Wilson, Harvard University environmentalist, scientist, and ethicist, will receive the 2010 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture; Janet Napolitano, U.S. secretary of homeland security, will receive the 2010 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law; and Joseph Neubauer, chairman and chief executive officer of ARAMARK, will receive the 2010 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership. More »
Monticello's new visitor center earns LEED Gold certification \| November 4, 2009 The Thomas Jefferson Foundation has been awarded LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for the Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center at Monticello. The Monticello facility is the first visitor center at a World Heritage site in the United States and one of only five visitor centers in the country to earn LEED Gold certification. More »

Tours and Events
'Flight from Monticello' author Michael Kranish to speak at Jefferson Library on March 18 \| February 26, 2010 Michael Kranish will discuss his critically acclaimed book Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War at Monticello’s Jefferson Library at 4 p.m., Thursday, March 18, as part of the 16th annual Virginia Festival of the Book. More »
1776 copy of Declaration of Independence on display today at Monticello \| October 14, 2009 The only touring copy of the Declaration of Independence that dates to July 4, 1776, will be on view at the home of the document's author on Wednesday, Oct. 21. The printed copy of the Declaration -- a broadside sheet printed in Philadelphia only hours after Thomas Jefferson's final draft was adopted by the Second Continental Congress -- will be displayed at Monticello's Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The viewing in the visitor center's Theater will be open to the public free of charge. More »

Research and Education
Veteran diplomats to discuss current foreign affairs at Smith ICJS on March 20 \| February 25, 2010 The reconstruction and stabilization efforts that follow U.S. military involvement overseas and their importance to national security will be discussed Saturday, March 20, at Monticello’s Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies. More »
Monticello, Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership and Albemarle County school launch student-movie project \| March 5, 2010 Monticello, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, and Albemarle County’s Sutherland Middle School have launched a joint service-learning project – Of the Student, By the Student, For the Student – – in which sixth-graders will produce original mini-documentaries based on their hands-on experiences at Monticello and analysis of primary source materials. More »