Monticello Explorer
An in-depth look at Monticello with 3-D models, narrated tours, special animations, and an interactive map.
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Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center
Monticello has begun visitor-service operations at the new Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center. The grand opening is scheduled for April 15, 2009.
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Architecture Tours
This January and February, get an in-depth look at Thomas Jefferson’s "essay in architecture" and see Monticello's Dome Room.
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New! Monticello Classroom
We've gathered the best resources on Thomas Jefferson and life at Monticello for classroom or home use.
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The Hemingses of Monticello
Annette Gordon-Reed speaks about her new book,
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, and answers questions at Monticello's Jefferson Library.
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Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia
Let the Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia choose for you and find out something new about Thomas Jefferson and the world of Monticello.
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Featured Letter: An Oddly Precise Extortion Demand
Jefferson receives a request for money in exchange for word of a plot to kill him, besmirch his reputation, and destroy Monticello.
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In Bloom at Monticello
See what's blooming now in Monticello's gardens. Or search a database of over 150 plants by blooming dates, plant type, or descriptive text.
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Monticello Podcasts
Virginia's Dissenters and the Statute for Religious Freedom; Larry Sabato on
A More Perfect Constitution; Jefferson on the Constitution; The Embargo of 1807; 10 Questions for Jefferson; and,
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Monticello Plantation Database
Want to know how many slaves Jefferson owned? The kinds of work they did? When they were born, bought, or sold?
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