Since 1995, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation has hosted over 220 scholars through a program of residential fellowships and travel grants at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies. Fellowships and grants are open to all scholars working on Jefferson projects and are awarded on a competitive basis. Foreign nationals are particularly encouraged to apply. Residential accommodation may be available on a limited basis.
Every April, when Monticello was "enlivened by the reanimation of birds, flowers, the fields, forests & gardens," Thomas Jefferson left his mountaintop on a three-day journey in search of "the solitude of a hermit."[1] His hermitage, which he had designed himself, lay on his Poplar Forest plantation in Bedford County - "the best dwelling house in the state, except that of Monticello; perhaps preferable to that, as
The Modern Office
In May of 1989, the Wall Street Journal reported that the model office for the future can be found in the past, at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Jefferson filled his Cabinet with devices designed "with a greater eye to convenience" to make his work comfortable and efficient. A virtual reality movie of the Cabinet is available in the "House" section.
