| For | Pricing | When |
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| All guests |
$65
Late May through early September
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Late May through early September
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Experience the Monticello Plantation after hours. See the full house including the upper floors and view the plantation. Learn about Jefferson and the times in which he lived, his free and enslaved families, and other enslaved and free people who lived at Monticello. This exclusive pass allows guests to explore the mountaintop after the regular closing time, providing a peace and quiet for reflection that differs from the activity of a day visit. Group size and tours are strictly limited. Come early to enjoy our Farm Table Cafe and other exhibits and activities.
Guide to Your Visit
A Behind the Scenes Day Pass includes a guided tour of Monticello's 1st, 2nd & 3rd floors, including the iconic Dome Room after hours!
But there is more to see! Monticello is a big, beautiful, thought-provoking place. Leave time to explore it. Most guests spend about 3.5 hours.
A visit starts at the David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center where you'll find exhibits on Jefferson and Monticello, an introductory film, a hands-on discovery room, and food and shopping open during the day before the tour.
Our visually-rich introductory film, “Thomas Jefferson’s World,” describes Monticello’s central importance to Jefferson’s life and work, his consequential accomplishments and core ideas about human liberty, and explores Jefferson’s paradox as a slave owner.
Tours of the main house are a highlight of any visit to Monticello. But there’s much more to experience.
Explore the Wings of the House, including Monticello’s kitchens, cellars, and slave dwellings. Here you will also find exhibits on the life of Sally Hemings and the Getting Word oral history project featuring descendants of Monticello’s enslaved community.
Explore Mulberry Row, where many enslaved individuals lived and worked, or take a guided Slavery at Monticello Tour (included with admission).
Enjoy Monticello's gardens on your own, or take one of our seasonal, guided Gardens and Grounds Tours (included with admission).
Visit Jefferson's gravestone at the Monticello Cemetery.
Visit the African American Graveyard, a final resting place for more than forty of Monticello’s enslaved community. Jefferson enslaved more than four hundred African Americans at Monticello.
Look for one-of-a-kind gifts at our Shops. The main Shop is in our visitor center, and there's a Farm Shop in the House's North Wing.
Refuel at our Farm Table café at our visitor center.
Visit the Griffin Discovery Room in the visitor center with your kids and look for the seasonal Mountaintop Activity Center next to the House's North Wing.
Enjoy the paths, elevated walks and spectacular views of the Saunders-Monticello Trail, Central Virginia's most popular park. Free.
