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Founders Day Weekend

VA250 Mobile Museum Experience

  • Outdoor

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, in partnership with the Friends of Cville Downtown and the City of Charlottesville, will host the VA250 Mobile Museum on Charlottesville's Downtown Mall in celebration of Founders Day (Thomas Jefferson's birthday).

    Multi-Day Event
Location: Charlottesville Downtown Mall

Free, off-site event, Open to the public

Past Event

A250 Mobile Museum Experience

A hands-on, interactive, and immersive "museum on wheels," the VA250 Mobile Museum Experience titled "Out of Many, One" is housed in a quad-expandable tractor-trailer that is traveling throughout Virginia and beyond. The mobile museum brings key stories of Virginia's rich history to schools, museums, local events, fairs, and more, highlighting every region of the state. 

There is no fee to access the VA250 Mobile Museum Experience. The mobile museum will be free and accessible to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday, April 13, through Wednesday, April 15. Visitors to the museum can pick up a VA250 Passport and use the Mobile Museum stamp to receive a 15% discount at Monticello. 

The VA250 Mobile Museum Experience on the Downtown Mall is made possible by Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, Friends of Charlottesville Downtown, the City of Charlottesville, the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission, Charlottesville Albemarle Convention & Visitors Bureau, and VA250 Charlottesville-Albemarle.

A special thanks to the Fairfield by Marriott Charlottesville Downtown/University Area for providing overnight accommodations for the VA250 Mobile Museum team.

Bringing a more complete picture of the Revolution to citizens throughout Virginia during America’s 250th year of Independence, the VA250 Mobile Museum invites you to experience the true meaning of E Pluribus Unum—Out of Many, One—as we work towards a more perfect union together. See where the museum is heading next at https://va250.org/mobile-museum/.