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Learning at Home

Due to poor winter weather conditions on the mountaintop, Monticello will be closed to the public on Wednesday, February 12.

Families and students!

Explore our virtual tours and other activities to learn about Thomas Jefferson and Monticello from your home. After all, Jefferson said, ‘Knowledge is power . . . knowledge is safety . . . knowledge is happiness.’

Virtual Tours of Monticello

Can’t make it to Monticello in person? No problem! Join a Monticello guide for a live virtual tour or explore on your own, and discover inspiring stories of our nation’s founding and of the people, both free and enslaved, who lived on this working plantation.

Build Your Own House

Jefferson designed his two houses for himself. Now you can be an architect too!

Color Our Collection

Fun and challenging images of Monticello for you to color at home!

Interactive Posters and Views

View objects sent back from the Lewis and Clark expedition and explore Jefferson's "scientific" Cabinet office.

Make Monticello Muffins

Make a modernized version of a recipe from the extended Jefferson-Randolph family.

Make Jeffersonian Ice Cream

Use Jefferson's own ice cream recipe to make your own!

Gifts for Kids

From books to toys to games, we have a wide array of educational and entertaining for kids in our online shop.

Three Styles of Columns Gallery

If you feel like jumping up and moving your body, get ready to act out three column types with our video.

Drawing showing three classical orders of columns together

Doric columns at Monticello

Ionic columns on the Virginia State Capitol

Capital of a Corinthian column

ADDRESS:
1050 Monticello Loop
Charlottesville, VA 22902
GENERAL INFORMATION:
(434) 984-9800