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Find out what the Thomas Jefferson Foundation as well as Monticello staff members and guest bloggers have to say about Jefferson and Monticello.
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 »
Today we at Monticello mourn the loss of one of our own: Joshua Scott, our Vice President for Development.
The year is 1804. James Bowdoin III, now the American minister to Spain, comes across a marble sculpture...MORE »
For many people enslaved in the United States, Christmas was the only holiday they ever knew.
In 1807, Jefferson installed the compass rose to the ceiling of Monticello’s East Portico. The rose connected to a wind vane mounted on the roof and...MORE »
Archaeology is an historical discipline whose goals are to advance our understanding of what happened in the past and why. But unlike the documents on which...MORE »
On February 5, 1769, Thomas Jefferson replied to his cousin’s request that his son study law under him. Writing from...MORE »
On April 16, 1807, Thomas Jefferson recorded in his Weather...MORE »