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Headshots of the 2025 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medalists

Press Release

UVA, Monticello Announce Recipients of 2025 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals

On April 11, the UVA and Monticello will present their highest honors, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals, to a trio of national luminaries in the areas of Architecture, Citizen Leadership, and Law.

Anthea Hartig, Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and Elizabeth Babcock, Director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum

March 11

Pursuits of Knowledge

Join Dr. Anthea Hartig and Dr. Elizabeth Babcock for a dynamic conversation about sharing women’s stories across the Smithsonian museum network.

A Monticello guide leads summer campers on a hike to an archaeology site at Monticello

Registration Open

Monticello Summer Adventure Camp

Kids can discover the past through hands-on learning in our day camps. Play games, create crafts, explore the gardens, assist archaeologists, and more! Early bird discount and scholarships available.

See an early copy of the Declaration of Independence at Monticello

On Display

Declaration of Independence

See a rare engraving of the Declaration and learn more about how it went from the tip of Jefferson's quill to an international icon of democracy.

What's Happening

Step into the fascinating and complex world of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s mountaintop home and plantation.

Aerial view of Monticello and Charlottesville, Virginia in snow with the Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance

March

Spring on the Mountain

Get ready for spring and plan your trip to see beautiful blooms

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Thomas Jefferson

Get to know Thomas Jefferson—author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia.

An Architectural Icon

The House and Gardens

Monticello is the autobiographical masterpiece of Thomas Jefferson—designed and redesigned and built and rebuilt for more than forty years. Its gardens were a botanic showpiece, a source of food, and an experimental laboratory of ornamental and useful plants from around the world.

Slavery at Monticello

Thomas Jefferson enslaved over six hundred people throughout his life. Learn about the men, women, and children who lived and labored on this plantation.

ADDRESS:
1050 Monticello Loop
Charlottesville, VA 22902
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(434) 984-9800