Researchers think the newly unearthed structure was used to fire and cure bricks during construction of the site’s original ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a previously unknown remnant of Thomas Jefferson’s era at Monticello: a brick kiln used to ...

For many years now, archaeologists have been studying Monticello, the 18th-century plantation and home of Thomas Jefferson. They, however, keep making new finds. Not too long ago, researchers ...

Thomas Jefferson's very existence was shaped and enabled by slavery. Slaves placed newborn Thomas in his cradle, and slaves comforted the former president on his deathbed. People often wonder aloud ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WRIC) — Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, is hosting a special tour to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence through the end ...

Thomas Jefferson owned more than 600 slaves over the course of his life, and through research, a more complete picture is emerging of the third president of the United States. Six additional ...

As the country slowly, surely comes to grips with its slaveholding past, one of its most iconic buildings is set to do the same. Monticello, the estate where President Thomas Jefferson lived ...

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the private nonprofit that owns and operates Monticello, has announced the appointment of Jane Kamensky, PhD, as the new president at Monticello. Kamensky will assume ...

Monticello, the former plantation overseen by America’s contentious third president Thomas Jefferson, remains the country’s only private residence deemed a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Nevertheless, ...

Looking for the ultimate experience at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello? You would think you could just go to Monticello, walk around the estate for a little bit, then go on your merry way. But that is ...

In the Rotunda, the 2026 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal winners cited Jefferson’s continuing influence in architecture, ...