April 11-13
Founder's Day Celebration
Join us for a special Founder’s Day weekend celebration at Monticello, honoring Thomas Jefferson’s birthday and featuring remarks from the 2025 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Citizen Leadership Medal recipient.
Experience Monticello
April 12
Spring Plant Sale and Open House
Celebrate spring with a visit to Monticello’s plant nursery, the Center for Historic Plants. Shop for plants, enjoy guided garden tours, and ask our knowledgeable staff your gardening questions.
June 14 - July 4
Civic Season at Monticello
Join us as we celebrate Civic Season with an outstanding summer lineup of events that you won’t want to miss.
April 14
Pursuits of Knowledge
Join Dr. Jonathan Gienapp for a discussion about his newest publication, "Against Constitutional Originalism: A Historical Critique."
Registration Open
Monticello Summer Adventure Camp
Kids can discover the past through hands-on learning in our day camps. Play games, create crafts, explore the gardens, assist archaeologists, and more! Early bird discount and scholarships available.
On Display
Declaration of Independence
See a rare engraving of the Declaration and learn more about how it went from the tip of Jefferson's quill to an international icon of democracy.
What's Happening
Step into the fascinating and complex world of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s mountaintop home and plantation.
April
Spring on the Mountain
Get ready for spring and plan your trip to see beautiful blooms
Spring Wildflower Hikes
Enjoy the spring botanical treasures of Monticello’s remote woodlands on this 3-hour hike from the historic mountaintop, to the banks of the Rivanna River, and back.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Thomas Jefferson
Get to know Thomas Jefferson—author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia.
An Architectural Icon
The House and Gardens
Monticello is the autobiographical masterpiece of Thomas Jefferson—designed and redesigned and built and rebuilt for more than forty years. Its gardens were a botanic showpiece, a source of food, and an experimental laboratory of ornamental and useful plants from around the world.
Slavery at Monticello
Thomas Jefferson enslaved over six hundred people throughout his life. Learn about the men, women, and children who lived and labored on this plantation.