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Read what Monticello staff members and guest authors have to say about Jefferson, Monticello, and how they experience Jefferson's experiment every day.
The Dome Room and the Cuddy are two very different spaces situated adjacent to one another on the third floor of Monticello...MORE »
Visitors to Monticello recorded memories of late afternoon dinners at Monticello “served in half Virginian, half...MORE »
In 1805, a remarkable shipment was dispatched from a sizable Indian village near what is now Bismarck, North Dakota. A large hand-hewn boat...MORE »
Despite thousands of surviving documents — he wrote and received nearly 47,000 letters — Monticello’s curators have only recently...MORE »
Exciting news! Monticello recently received a grant from the...
Monticello Associate Curator Diane Ehrenpreis takes us through Jefferson's interest in innovation and technology and the story behind his...MORE »
The winter of 1803-1804 was particularly busy for President Thomas Jefferson. The Barbary Pirate War smoldered, the U.S. flag was raised...MORE »
The year is 1804. James Bowdoin III, now the American minister to Spain, comes across a marble sculpture...MORE »
On February 5, 1769, Thomas Jefferson replied to his cousin’s request that his son study law under him. Writing from...MORE »
