Monticello Press Room

General Foundation News
$55 million campaign around new visitor center is under way \| July 12, 2007 The Thomas Jefferson Foundation has initiated the public phase of a $55 million campaign to support a strategic plan that includes the construction and endowment of a new visitor and education center on the grounds of Monticello. More »
Monticello receives statewide preservation award \| February 1, 2006 Monticello has received the 2006 Mary Mason Anderson Williams Award from APVA Preservation Virginia. The annual award recognizes exemplary preservation efforts on the part of a public or private preservation or civic group or individual. More »

Tours and Events
TJF medalist Neubauer to speak at April 13 event commemorating Jefferson's birthday \| April 1, 2010 Joseph Neubauer, the 2010 recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership, will be the featured speaker Tuesday, April 13, at Monticello’s commemoration of the birth of Thomas Jefferson. The event will begin at 9 a.m. on Monticello’s West Lawn and also feature fife and drum music, a wreath-presentation ceremony, and a 21-gun salute. It is free and open to the public. More »
'Flight from Monticello' author Michael Kranish to speak at Jefferson Library on March 18 \| February 26, 2010 Michael Kranish will discuss his critically acclaimed book Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War at Monticello’s Jefferson Library at 4 p.m., Thursday, March 18, as part of the 16th annual Virginia Festival of the Book. More »

Research and Education
Foundation Leaders and Historians Discuss Jefferson on Global Stage \| July 29, 2010 [University of Sydney, Sydney Australia, July 29, 2010] Charlottesville, VA.— Leaders representing the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc. will share insight into Jefferson’s most famous contribution to world history, the Declaration of Independence, during a visit to Sydney, Australia, Hobart, Tasmania and Christchurch, New Zealand, August 11-17. More »
Monticello, Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership and Albemarle County school launch student-movie project \| March 5, 2010 Monticello, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, and Albemarle County’s Sutherland Middle School have launched a joint service-learning project – Of the Student, By the Student, For the Student – – in which sixth-graders will produce original mini-documentaries based on their hands-on experiences at Monticello and analysis of primary source materials. More »