Monticello Second Floor Tour

Condé nast traveler recently got a sneak preview of the newly restored upper two floors of monticello thomas jefferson s historic home in charlottesville virginia.

Monticello second floor tour. You ll know as soon as you ve walked into the monticello ii that you ve come across something special. This exclusive pass takes you behind the scenes. Add the optional conservatory or side bedroom to extend your. The expanded tour opens the second and third floors where various guest and family rooms are on display as well as the restored dome room.

The grand foyer greets you with an elegant curved staircase winding up to the second floor. The house tour is 30 minutes and covers the eight rooms on the ground floor. The foundation operates monticello and its grounds as a house museum and educational institution. Have you always wanted to go upstairs at monticello.

Through the first floor of monticello and up the narrow staircase to explore the private quarters on the second and third floors including the iconic dome room. The reagan s tour of thomas jefferson s home monticello on march 24 1984 duration. Visitors can wander the grounds as well as tour rooms in the cellar and ground floor. To each side are the spacious living room and dining room for formal entertaining.

The second choice is the behind the scenes tour 90 minutes which visits the nine rooms on the ground floor plus the second and third floors. On the second floor monticello s manager of special programs david ronka showed visitors the room of one of jefferson s granddaughters ellen wayles randolph coolidge which happens to be directly. Reagan library 9 798 views. More expensive tour pass options include sunset hours as well as tours of the second floor and the third floor including the iconic dome.