Monticello Press Room

General Foundation News
Monticello's new visitor center earns LEED Gold certification \| November 4, 2009 The Thomas Jefferson Foundation has been awarded LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for the Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center at Monticello. The Monticello facility is the first visitor center at a World Heritage site in the United States and one of only five visitor centers in the country to earn LEED Gold certification. More »
Monticello listed among eight must-see places in U.S. \| September 30, 2009 The Web site of Budget Travel magazine has featured Monticello on its list of "8 places every American should see." More »

Tours and Events
Tickets available for Holiday Evening Tours on nine dates in December \| November 20, 2009 Visitors once again will have the opportunity to experience Monticello after dark and get an intimate look at how the winter holiday season was observed during Thomas Jefferson’s era through Holiday Evening Tours, which are being offered in December. More »
Wreath Workshop tickets now on sale \| November 9, 2009 Tickets are now on sale for Monticello’s Wreath Workshops, which will begin Thursday, Dec. 3. In these three-hour workshops, which are being offered for the 23rd year, participants will be led through the process of making distinctive wreaths for the holiday season. More »

Research and Education
'A Passion for Nature' is latest volume on Jefferson \| February 10, 2009 Thomas Jefferson’s deep interest in the natural world – from the flora and fauna of Albemarle County to the exotic specimens gathered by Lewis and Clark on their trek to the Pacific – is the subject of A Passion for Nature: Thomas Jefferson and Natural History by Keith Thomson, the 15th title in the Monticello Monograph Series published by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. More »
Three teachers from U.S., one from England are awarded Barringer Fellowships \| June 2, 2008 Teachers from Virginia, Oregon, Louisiana, and England have been awarded the 2008 Barringer Research Fellowships for Teachers of American History by Monticello’s Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies. More »