Many Threads—One Story Orientation Timeline
A new orientation timeline at the Visitor Center
This is the perfect place to start your visit to Monticello.
This timeline invites you to explore the interconnected journeys of Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, and North America, revealing a shared history of nations, ideals, challenges, and possibilities.
The History of a Nation with Monticello at its Center
Monticello was home to hundreds of people over the years and today welcomes thousands of visitors from around the world. This exhibit brings our interconnected stories together, showing how a diverse community both shaped and was shaped by the struggle to build a new nation.
Introducing the Power of Place
Displayed throughout the timeline are:
- historical prints
- paintings, and photographs
- archaeological artifacts excavated from the plantation
- an architectural model of the main house before renovation and expansion.
Each panel opens a window into a world that is being uncovered and understood. Whether this is your first visit or your fifth, the exhibit gives you the context to experience everything on the mountaintop more deeply.
Monticello has an ongoing role as a place of education and commemoration. Starting in the timeline, explore how the power of this place can help us further realize our civic responsibilities, our rights, and our dreams for the future.
Monticello belongs to everyone. The ideals of the Declaration of Independence are ours to carry forward.
