James Monroe’s Highland will offer longer hours for public visitation beginning Monday, April 1. Hours from April through October are 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The last tour of the day will be at 5 p.m. The Museum Shop and Virginia Read More …
Highland is pleased to announce the inclusion of the new Highland augmented reality experience as a permanent tour offering beginning July 25, 2018. This new tour is designed to supplement the existing guided tour. Visitors will witness conversations between individuals Read More …
James Monroe’s Highland announces groundbreaking ARtGlass augmented reality (AR) tours at the historic home of the fifth President. Highland is the first historic site in the United States to offer AR tours using smart glasses developed by Epson, providing a Read More …
James Monroe’s Highland was recently honored with two prestigious awards in archaeology and leadership. The Council of Virginia Archaeologists awarded Highland with the Michael Allen Hoffman Award for historic preservation. Highland Executive Director Sara Bon-Harper received the Silver Good Citizenship Read More …
Highland is proud to announce the 1817 Tour of the Northern States initiative, a project dedicated to engaging places visited by the newly elected president Monroe during his first year in office. Over 50 of these sites will participate in Read More …
Highland brings “Discovering the Home of President James Monroe” Exhibit online on Google Arts & Culture New web exhibit a part of Google Arts & Culture Presidents’ Day Collection James Monroe’s Highland announces a new web exhibit, in partnership with Read More …
Did you know that James Monroe’s Highland is a part of William & Mary? On Tuesday, March 28, we join the college in celebrating One Tribe One Day, William & Mary’s annual day of giving! Help us discover what’s new Read More …
[otw_shortcode_button href=”https://www.givecampus.com/schools/WilliamandMary/the-highland-trails-project” size=”medium” icon_position=”left” shape=”radius” color_class=”otw-blue” target=”_blank”]DONATE NOW![/otw_shortcode_button] James Monroe’s Highland, home of the fifth U.S. president, is the western outpost of William & Mary. It is a historic site where recent research has overturned our understanding of one of Read More …
On Saturday, January 27, from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon, Highland will host a drop spindle class. Led by crafter Russell Hubert, participants will learn how to spin wool using the traditional drop spindle method. Wool used during the drop Read More …
Recent excavations at Highland—the historic, Charlottesville home of the nation’s fifth president—are upending history. The archaeology, combined with tree-ring dating, shows that the newly discovered foundation, not the modest home still standing on the property, was the Monroe (1799) house. Read More …