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Read what Monticello staff members and guest authors have to say about Jefferson, Monticello, and how they experience Jefferson's experiment every day.

April 11, 2011

Thomas Jefferson published in Arabic

by Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy

The translation of selected works of Jefferson into Arabic was inspired by Professor Juan Cole at the University of Michigan who is a leading interpreter of the Middle East. Following the dramatic events of 9/11, Professor Cole was concerned about the lack of availability of classic wrmore »

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March 31, 2011

Monticello’s Gabriele Rausse recognized for service to the Virginia wine industry

by Lisa Stites

Gabriele accepts the VA Agribusiness Council's 2011 Distinguished Service Award

Monticello’s Assistant Director of Gardens and Grounds Gabriele Rausse was recognized for his service to the Virginia wine industry during the 4th annual Virginia Wine Expo, held in Richmond, Virginia on February 25. more »

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March 28, 2011

Jefferson-era Recipe: Peas

by Leni the Cook

Time for the April installment of our monthly series in which we post a recipe from The Virginia House-wife, a recipe book published in 1824 by Mary Randolph, kinswoman to Thomas Jefferson. Leni Sorensen, our African American Research Historian and a culinary historian of national repute, has once again made this month's dish and here we include her notes and pictures. PEASApril 2011more »

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March 24, 2011

Jefferson Plants in White House Kitchen Garden

by Peter Hatch

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March 21, 2011

TJF Medalist Peter Peterson to Speak at April 13th Birthday Celebration

by Lisa Stites

Philanthropist and statesman, Peter G. Peterson will be the featured speaker at Monticello's commemoration of Jefferson's 268th birthday on April 13 at 10 a.m., on the West Lawn of Monticello. more »

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March 10, 2011

A Soggy but Successful 2011 Home Educators' Day

by Linnea Grim

Homeschool Student learning about Jefferson's Travels

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March 8, 2011

A Typical Day in Archaeology

by Beth Sawyer

"So you work in the Archaeology Lab...but what do you do, exactly?" This is a question I have received a lot over the years from friends and visitors alike. The answer is, quite a variety of things, actually. Archaeology entails a lot more than the digging part. That’s what I love about it; it’s a little different every day.more »

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March 4, 2011

Jefferson-era Recipe: Asparagus

by Leni the Cook

Time for the March installment of our monthly series in which we post a recipe from The Virginia House-wife, a recipe book published in 1824 by Mary Randolph, kinswoman to Thomas Jefferson. Leni Sorensen, our African American Research Historian and a culinary historian of national repute, has once again made this month's dish and here we include her notes and pictures. ASPARAGUSMarch 2011 First, the recipe from Mary Randolph:more »

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March 4, 2011

Bringing Back Mulberry Row

by Susan Stein

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February 28, 2011

New Ways to Experience Monticello Again: Let’s Make a List of Traditions

by Kristie Smeltzer

Check out this kid’s intensity! He really embraced the contemplative expression of the statue as his own.

I recently visited Virginia Tech for the Virginia Association of Museums Fundamentals Forum (sorry, Hoos). I had heard about this tradition or right-of-passage before, but while at Tech I heard someone (a student who had actually done it) mention the tradition of exploring the steam tunnels under the campus. Since then, I’ve looked into it, and there are lots of other Hokie traditions. more »

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