Topic: Monticello House & Gardens

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Jefferson’s Study, or cabinet

View of Jefferson's Study focusing on his writing and reading arrangement....
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Lower Jaw (mandible) of a Mastodon

Jefferson displayed the upper and lower jaws of a mastodon in the Hall at Monticello.
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Madison Room

This room, also called the North Octagonal Room, is named for James and Dolley Madison who often stayed here when visiting Monticello.
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Mary, Cornelia, and George Wythe Randolph

View of the West Front of Monticello and Garden by Jane Braddick Peticolas.
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Math and Design of Monticello

Thomas Jefferson was widely known as an architect and a man who took a keen interest in science.  His home, Monticello, demonstrates a number of lessons that students of math...
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Monticello at Night

Monticello’s East Front at night illuminated with lanterns...
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Monticello Book Room Watercolor

After the British burned the Washington in 1814, Thomas Jefferson offered to sell his books to Congress to rebuild the Library of Congress. Artist G. B. McIntosh imagines how Jefferson's...
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Monticello Line Drawing (.pdf)

A line drawing of Monticello that can be used for labelling Monticello or as a coloring sheet.

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Monticello Mountain and Shadwell

Aerial showing the Monticello mountain with sections of the Rivanna River and Shadwell (Jefferson's birthplace) beyond....
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Monticello Road

One of a series of "roundabouts" and connecting roads that wound up Monticello mountain....