Madison Exhibits

The Grills Gallery Exhibition

During the restoration process of the Montpelier mansion, visitors may view Madison furniture and furnishings in a variety of exhibits.

"Treasures of Montpelier" Exhibit

Located in the Joe and Marge Grills Gallery at the Visitor Center, this gallery serves as the Montpelier museum where rare Madison and Madison-era objects are featured. The objects, many on loan, have returned to Montpelier for the first time since Dolley Madison sold the estate in 1844.

"James Madison: Architect of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights"

This exhibit now on view in the south wing of the mansion as a self guided experience is a dynamic and visually stimulating treatise on Madison's role in the development, writing, and implementation of two of America's most important documents. Our government is formed on the basis of these works and Madison, as the Father of the Constitution and the architect of the Bill of Rights, was instrumental in drafting and realizing of this democracy.