Digging Deeper

Paperless Shovel Test Pit Survey at the Overseer’s House

June 26, 2020By Terry BrockArchaeology & Landscape Restoration No Comments

The Archaeology Team is starting to do survey at the Overseer’s House…and beginning our paperless system! Read to learn how you can follow along from home!

Birthday Greetings from Montpelier

May 8, 2020By Hilarie M. HicksResearch No Comments

Celebratory messages from the Madisons and their well-wishers.

James Madison and Merino Mania

April 29, 2020By Hilarie M. HicksResearch No Comments

How Madison and his friends flocked to the cause of improving American wool.

“A Paradise of Roses”: Flowers at Montpelier

April 23, 2020By Hilarie M. HicksResearch No Comments

Plucking floral references from the pages of Montpelier history.

Polishing a President’s Silver

April 21, 2020By Leanna SchaferCuratorial & Collections No Comments

Read about how silver in the Montpelier Collection is cleaned and care for in a special way.

Putting People in the Picture

April 9, 2020By Hilarie M. HicksResearch No Comments

Who made Montpelier work? Enslaved people like Sawney, Ralph, Tony, Aleck, Sam, Moses, Paul, George, Reuben, Amy, and Hariot … just to name a few.

Executive Power in an Epidemic

March 31, 2020By Hilarie M. HicksResearch No Comments

How James Madison advised George Washington during the Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

The Mischievous Mr. Madison

March 26, 2020By Hilarie M. HicksResearch No Comments

James Madison had a sense of humor. (Really.)