Discover the rich history of the plantation and historic house on this guided tour. Property pass included in ticket price.
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Description
Enjoy the beautiful spring season and landscape at Montpelier with our Spring Market. All are invited to this community event on Saturday, May 9th from 10am-3pm. Explore the Madisons’ home with an open house from 10:00AM-3:00PM. Last entry to the House at 3:00PM. Take a leisurely stroll through the garden or sign up for our Spring Working Woods Talk.
Visit the David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center to enjoy a hands-on chocolate-making demonstration, do some shopping in our Spring Market (local food and craft vendors) and Museum Shop, and families can enjoy spring themed activities and crafts. This event is free for members!
Do you like chocolate? Meet Dave Borghesani, Chocolate Historian!
Dave will lead a hands-on chocolate-making demonstration, showing how chocolate was prepared and enjoyed during James Madison’s era. Guests will see the authentic tools and processes used by historic chocolate makers, from roasting and grinding cocoa nibs on a heated lava metate stone to adding aromatic spices that create chocolate’s distinctive flavor. Visitors can touch, smell, and taste their way through history and enjoy a cup of drinking chocolate – in this case made with AMERICAN HERITAGE Chocolate – just as our Founding Fathers did.
Date & Time
Sat, May 9, 2026 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Venue Details
James Madisons Montpelier
13425 Visitor Center RoadOrange, Virginia 22960
