Upcoming Events

Planting the Monticello Garden

Feb. 29, 2012 - Oct. 31, 2012

NMAAHC in collaboration with staff from Monticello's Gardens and Grounds department, the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants at Monticello, and Smithsonian Gardens will plant vegetables and flowering annuals in the Heritage Garden, West Terrace of the National Museum of American History.

Those Who Labor for My Happiness: A Discussion with Lucia Stanton

Mar. 23, 2012
7:00pm - 9:00pm

Join Lucia Stanton, Senior Historian at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello, for a discussion of her pioneering work that deepened our understanding of Jefferson and the lives of the slaves at Monticello.

NMAAHC Groundbreaking

Feb. 22, 2012
10:00am - 11:30am

We broke ground for our new building on February 22, 2012. Please take a look at photographs from the event.

Monticello, Slavery, and the Hemingses: A Conversation Between Annette Gordon-Reed and Michel Martin

On Feb. 6, 2012, NPR's Tell Me More host Michel Martin and Annette Gordon-Reed, Prof. of Law, Harvard University, and Pulitzer Prize-Winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family discussed the lives of the enslaved families living at Monticello alongside Thomas Jefferson and his family.

Black History Month Family Day Celebration

On Feb. 4, 2012, this family event helped kickoff the Smithsonian's celebration of Black History Month. This day of activities was inspired by the exhibition, The Black List.