Speaker Series: Monticello - Three American Stories, One Mountaintop

Dr. Kyle Chattleton of The Durham Museum leads this speaker series program. A public historian and former Monticello guide, Chattleton brings firsthand interpretive experience with the historic site to a presentation designed for American history fans in Omaha.

The presentation connects Monticello’s mountaintop setting to three American stories: Jefferson’s work in shaping the nation, the lives and resilience of enslaved families connected to Monticello, and the Levy family’s preservation of the site. The program is part of The Durham Museum’s special speaker series tied to the nation’s Semiquincentennial, with a social hour included before the talk.

This is a focused way to revisit Monticello beyond a single founding-era narrative. At The Durham Museum, the program uses one historic place to examine liberty, equality, faith, preservation, and the complicated meanings of the pursuit of happiness in American history.