New Online Course on the Constitution

Want to learn more about the Constitution, but you cannot travel to Orange, Virginia? Take our free online Introduction to the Constitution course and immerse yourself into the language of the Constitution.

2011-2012 Seminars for Teachers

Applications for our 2011-2012 Seminars for Teachers are now being accepted. Seminars for educators include our Montpelier  Seminars and We the People off-site programs.

2010 State of the Constitution

In 2010, with funding from the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation, the Center for the Constitution at James Madison’s Montpelier conducted a survey of Americans' understanding of the Constitution and of attitudes toward the structure and function of our government. 

The Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier

  • High-quality constitutional education for educators, journalists, elected officials, law enforcement, judges, international visitors, and business leaders
  • Residential programs at the home of "the Father of the Constitution"
  • Access to top scholars in constitutional education
  • A completely non-partisan approach
  • The hospitality you expect at the home of Dolley Madison
  • A reinvigorating and effective educational experience

"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance…a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."

- James Madison

Featured Programs

Introduction to the Constitution Online Seminar

Immerse yourself into the study of the U.S. Constitution with our new online seminar. 

2011-2012 Montpelier Seminars

Participants in a Montpelier Seminar live and study on the grounds of James Madison's Montpelier, one of the central sites of the American constitutional founding. 

2011-2012 We the People Seminars

"We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution" is an award-winning curriculum that offers classroom textbooks, free professional development for teachers, and a teacher's network.

 

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