Use a quill pen to copy famous ideas from the Declaration of Independence. Crack code with a wheel cipher. Snap a selfie next to a camera obscura. Simulate a solar eclipse with an orrery. Or take a break with games and toys for children of all ages.
Open April 13-29, May 27, June 8-September 2, October 5-6 & 12-14, and November 29-December 1.
Scenes from the Mountaintop Activity Center
Write with a quill pen!
Play with a mechanical model of the solar system (aka an Orrery).
Look into a Camera Obscura (a precursor to the modern photographic camera) to get a whole new view of the world.
Catch it, if you can!
Look out at Charlottesville with a telescope. Jefferson had a least two telescopes, both very expensive models from England.
Crack a code with a wheel cipher described by Jefferson and later used to send secret military and diplomatic messages.