In 2001, businessman and philanthropist John W. Kluge made a gift of historic Morven Farm to the University of Virginia for academic purposes and educational use.
Mr. Kluge's remarkable generosity provides a unique opportunity to extend Thomas Jefferson's vision for public education beyond the Grounds. Morven Farm offers an ideal environment for the development of a new kind of Academical Village where gifted students, eminent scholars, visiting dignitaries, master artists, and renowned scientists can live and work together and share ideas in a community designed to advance thinking, learning, and scholarship. The University is implementing pilot programs while planning how to best utilize the architectural, cultural, and ecological resources of the 2,913-acre Morven estate.
The gift not only offers the potential to transform areas of excellence into international centers of preeminence but also creates an opportunity to strengthen programs demonstrating great promise. Additionally, it will enable the University to enhance public outreach initiatives and bolster relations with the community it serves.
The University has completed a restoration and refurnishing of the 6,412-square-foot Main House. The nearby Guest House is now the home of the Flowerdew Hundred Collection of AmerIndian, English, and African American artifacts which were unearthed at the Flowerdew Hundred farm on the James River between Hopewell and Jamestown.
Learn more about the renovations and upcoming programs planned by the University community here.