Monticello Magazine 2023 Spring-Summer

CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2023 APRIL 13 | ON-SITE FOUNDER’S DAY AND JEFFERSON’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Monticello will mark

For a printable version of this calendar, visit monticello.org/2023calendar

DAILY, JUNE 5-JULY 14 | ON-SITE ARCHAEOLOGY WALKING TOURS

Join archaeologists on a walking tour to hidden parts of the plantation and learn how archaeology informs our understanding of the lives of those who lived and worked at Monticello. Archaeologists will take visitors to various sites along the Fourth Roundabout and will end at active excavations of a late-18th-century domestic site where enslaved agricultural laborers once lived. Included with any ticketed tour admission. Find more details on monticello.org.

the 279th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birth with a celebration on the West Lawn featuring a keynote address by the 2023 recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership. Visit monticello.

org/foundersday for more information.

APRIL 22 | TUFTON FARM SPRING OPEN HOUSE AND PLANT SALE Celebrate Earth Day with a visit to Monticello’s nursery, set within inspiring display gardens of historic plants in their full spring glory, and find your favorites and more for sale in our nursery. Enjoy guided garden tours and scheduled talks from plant experts, and ask our knowledgeable staff your gardening questions. Check back for more details on monticello.org/chp2023.

JUNE 19-23, JUNE 26-30 AND JULY 17-21 | ON-SITE SUMMER CAMP Monticello Summer Adventure Camps are weeklong day camps that give kids the chance to participate in both indoor and outdoor activities including learning about archaeology, cooking historic foods, exploring the gardens, hiking the grounds, solving puzzles, playing games and more. In the words of one camper, “It’s AWESOME!” Check back for more details on monticello.org/camp.

All in-person events are subject to any federal, state and local COVID-19 restrictions still in effect. Please visit monticello.org for event updates and to learn about new offerings, which are being rolled out regularly.

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