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Monticello Visitors Center
Exhibit
Visitors are encouraged to tour the Monticello 
Visitors Center, located on Route 20 near Interstate 64. The permanent exhibition, "Thomas Jefferson at Monticello," explores the many facets of Jefferson's domestic life at Monticello. On display are a rich assortment of more than 400 Jefferson objects, artifacts discovered during archaeological excavations, and architectural models and drawings. The exhibit was designed by Ralph Appelbaum, the creator of the United States Holocaust Museum. Admission to the exhibit is free; for a small charge, visitors may listen to a pre-recorded tour of the facility.
This exhibit will close in late 2008, when Monticello opens its new Thomas Jefferson Visitors Center and Smith Education Center.