Visit Itineraries

Recommended Tours: Behind the Scenes Tour or Highlights Tour

• Start your visit at the Exhibits at the David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center
• Take your Behind the Scenes Tour or Highlights Tour
• Walk through exhibits under and around the house
• Choose one or all of our outdoor programs: Slavery at Monticello Tour, Gardens and Grounds Tour, Meet Thomas Jefferson
• Eat at the Monticello Farm Table café at the visitor center or get a snack at the Farm Shop, located in the North Wing of the house
• Walk to the Contemplative Site and Jefferson's Gravesite
• Visit the Burial Ground for Enslaved People near the visitor's center
• Stop by The Shop at the visitor center before you go for snacks, gifts, keepsakes, children's books, and more

Recommended Tour: Highlights Tour

• Start your visit at the Exhibits at the David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center
• Take your Highlights Tour of the house
• Walk through exhibits under and around the house
• Choose one or all of our outdoor programs: Slavery at Monticello Tour, Gardens and Grounds Tour, Meet Thomas Jefferson
• Get a snack at the Farm Shop, located in the North Wing of the house
• Walk to the Contemplative Site and Jefferson's Gravesite
• Visit the Burial Ground for Enslaved People near the visitor's center

Recommended Tours: Family Friendly Tour or Highlights Tour

• Walk through exhibits under and near the house
• Take your Family Friendly Tour or Highlights Tour of the main house
• Get snacks or lunch at the Farm Shop, located in the North Wing of the house, of the Café, located at the visitor center
• Check out the Meet Thomas Jefferson program or the Mountaintop Activity Center (open seasonally)
• Walk the Vegetable Garden or Mulberry Row to Jefferson's Gravesite
• Explore the Griffin Discovery Room at the David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center
• Stop by The Shop at the visitor center before you go for snacks, gifts, keepsakes, children's books, and more

We’ve created a ticket just for you: the Grounds Ticket. This option gives you quick access to the historic mountaintop, outdoor programs, exhibits, shopping, and the café. (House access not included.)

• Take the From Slavery to Freedom Tour (mornings only)
  • Includes sites along Mulberry Row and the Burial Ground for Enslaved People 
• Take a Slavery at Monticello Tour, which is offered several times a day and included in the cost of admission
• Visit the South Wing, where you'll find exhibits about Sally Hemings, Monticello's enslaved cooks, and the Getting Word African American Oral History Project
• Use our Slavery at Monticello mobile guide as you walk along Mulberry Row to the Contemplative Site
• Eat lunch at the Farm Table café
• Take the Plantation Archaeology Walking Tour (seasonal, afternoons only)
• Stop by The Shop at the visitor center where you can find a selection of books and items related to race, slavery, and the Monticello plantation

• Choose a Grounds Ticket to explore outdoors on the mountaintop
• Take a guided Gardens and Grounds Tour, which is offered several times a Late March - October and is included in the cost of admission
• Pick up our free Audio Tour or download the free Bloomberg Connects app
• Stop by The Shop at the visitor center before you go for garden plants, seeds, food made with Monticello-grown ingredients, books, gifts, keepsakes, and more

• Visit the “Making Monticello: Jefferson’s ‘Essay in Architecture’” exhibition on the lower level of the Smith Gallery at the visitor center
• Take a Behind the Scenes Tour that includes the Dome Room and a closer look at unique architectural elements of the house
• Walk through exhibits in the South Pavilion, house cellars, and house wings
• Walk Mulberry Row to the Contemplative Site and then Jefferson's Gravesite
• Stop by The Shop at the visitor center for unique furniture, architecture books, gifts, keepsakes, and more