Learn how the Collections Team organized and implemented the 2020 Complete Collections Inventory.
Making Our List and Checking it Twice: The 2020 Collections Inventory
Curatorial & Collections
Creating the Guest Spaces
Take a look at how the last rooms of the House were furnished.
Polishing a President’s Silver
Read about how silver in the Montpelier Collection is cleaned and care for in a special way.
Every Object Needs a Rest
What exactly do we mean by letting an object “rest?” Read about two textile pieces coming off exhibit and why.
The Pantograph; A Portable Copying Machine
What is a pantograph and did Madison use one?
Beyond Closed Doors: The Intern
Read what Rebecca has to say about her internship with the Curatorial & Collections Department.
If The Shoe Fits
Read about our first acquisition of 2019; Dolley Madison’s slippers
Object Conservation at Montpelier
What is conservation and why is it done?
Monticello to Montpelier: A Walking Stick’s Journey from One Founding Father to Another
Walk through history with this gift given by Thomas Jefferson to James Madison.
Industrious Archivists: How Rats Helped Preserve Madison’s Montpelier
Aw, rats!