Monticello’s venues offer a unique and inspiring setting for corporate retreats and meetings, blending history, the power of place, and world-class facilities to foster creativity, collaboration, and leadership development. Retreat participants have the opportunity to engage with our nation’s rich history through tours, talks, and other curated experiences that explore the visions and ideals of our founding.
Hosting a retreat at Monticello places your team at the heart of American history, fostering inspiration and engagement from Thomas Jefferson's legacy and visionary thinking on education, civic engagement, and leadership. Nestled on 2,500 acres of beautiful landscape, our venues offer quiet respite to connect and align, but remain easily accessible from Richmond, Washington, D.C. and New York.
Montalto, meaning “high mountain,” offers a stunning 360-degree panoramic view of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the city of Charlottesville, and Monticello. Montalto is the perfect space for a multi-day corporate retreat, board meetings, or dinners with a program.
Maximum capacity 100 seated indoors; 300 tented outdoor reception
The Jefferson Library, the first free-standing library dedicated to the study of a Founder, combines the power of place with the power of ideas. Uniquely situated for corporate dinners, scholarly lectures, or receptions.
Maximum capacity 50 seated/145 reception indoors
The David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center and Carl and Hunter Smith Education Center at Monticello stands as a beautiful gateway to the mountaintop. An ideal location for corporate lunches paired with tours of Monticello.
Maximum capacity 100 seated indoors; 225 outdoor reception
Faithfully restored to accommodate the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, Kenwood is ideal for small gatherings and meetings.
Maximum capacity 40 seated/50 reception indoors
Host a private group wine tasting, tour the winery, or host an intimate reception for your corporate retreat at Monticello’s own vineyard.
Venue: Montalto, Lockhart Boardroom
Venue: Jefferson Library Reading Room
Venue: Howard and Abby Milstein Theater at the visitor center
Venue: Montalto Conservatory; Credit: J. Ellis Photography
Venue: Montalto Conservatory; Credit: Ian Atkins
Venue: Montalto Lawn
Venue: Montalto Lawn; Credit: J. Ellis Photography
Venue: Montalto Terrace
Venue: Montalto Lawn; Credit: Jack Looney Photography
Venue: Montalto Parlor
Venue: Montalto Conservatory; Credit: Jack Looney Photography
Venue: Montalto
Sunset views over the Blue Ridge Mountains from Montalto
To inquire about hosting your event at one of our venue spaces, please fill out the Event Inquiry Form or contact us at 434-984-9821 | events@monticello.org.
As a Site of Conscience, we are committed to engaging our guests with a deeper understanding of Monticello’s history as a plantation. Out of respect for the enslaved men, women, and children who lived and labored here, we do not allow private, non-educational events on the West Lawn, Mulberry Row, or elsewhere on the mountaintop.
