Events Calendar
Events Calendar
From guided tours and living history programs to lectures and family-friendly activities, there's always something happening at Monticello. Browse our calendar below to find upcoming events and plan your visit.
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![As one of TIME's contributions to the Bicentennial celebration," wrote editor Henry Grunwald, "we began over a year ago to plan an issue devoted to the news in those sultry first days of July 1776, written and edited more or less as it would have been if TIME had existed in those days." The issue featured profiles of Jefferson and Washington, articles about loyalists and spies, and even Revolutionary-themed advertisements from companies like Sears and Pillsbury.]()
Celebrating the Declaration over 250 years
How has a nation marked its own birthday over the last 200 years? -
![Portable writing desk, used by Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence. PL*031819.]()
Anniversaries and Relics: Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence in 1825
Join Monticello staff in the visitor center for a special talk about Jefferson's account of writing the Declaration and what happened to the writing desk that he used. -
![Image of a glass of wine and a cheese board on a table with books in the background.]()
Summer Reading: Declaration Book Club
Join us this summer for Declaration Book Club, a new in-person reading and discussion series exploring the enduring ideas, debates, and contradictions at the heart of the Declaration of Independence. -
![Image of a glass of wine and a cheese board on a table with books in the background.]()
Summer Reading: Declaration Book Club
Join us this summer for Declaration Book Club, a new in-person reading and discussion series exploring the enduring ideas, debates, and contradictions at the heart of the Declaration of Independence. -
![A reconstructed porcelain plate, pieced together from multiple fragments, that was found during excavations at Building o on Mulberry Row. The plate has a pale blue background and dark blue, hand-painted floral designs.]()
Chinese Porcelain Plates with Archeology
Join Corey Sattes, Monticello's Curator of Archaeological Collections, to discover more about the Chinese porcelain plates excavated from the "Building o" archaeological site on Mulberry Row. -
![Headshot of Peggy Cornett and an insert of the cover of her book: "Thomas Jefferson's Flowers"]()
Peggy Cornett on “Thomas Jefferson's Flowers”
Celebrate the botanical legacy of Monticello at this exclusive members-only event featuring Peggy Cornett, Monticello’s Senior Curator of Plants, discussing her new book, Thomas Jefferson’s Flowers. -
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Home Educators’ Day
Join Monticello for Home Educators’ Day, featuring Family-Friendly Tours, educational activities, and hands-on exploration across the historic mountaintop. -
![A boy is using the print shop to make his own printing of the declaration of independence.]()
Declaration of Independence Print Shop
Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by printing your own Declaration at Monticello. -
![Three people (mostly out of frame) browse several palettes of small potted plants, each marked with thin, blue-green plastic labels.]()
Fall Plant Sale
Join us at the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants (CHP) for a seasonal plant sale. The Monticello nursery will have a variety of flowers, trees, shrubs, and seeds available for purchase. -
![A family walking on the grounds of Monticello]()
Fall Saturdays
Enjoy the sights, flavors, and fun of fall at Monticello with seasonal tastings, hands-on activities for kids, community partner showcases, pop-up shopping, and performances by Thomas Jefferson.
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