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Summit Historical Society to launch new exhibit featuring landscape photography — with a special preview Sunday

Rows of McGuffey desks fill the one room of the 1883 Dillon Schoolhouse.
Rows of desks fill the one room of the historic 1883 Dillon Schoolhouse, which now housed the Summit Historical Society's museum.
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The nonprofit Summit Historical Society will launch a new exhibit featuring a collection of photographs dating from 1880 to 1960 centered around the themes of water, mountain ranges and town sites.

The exhibit, titled “From the Vault: Landscapes of Summit County,” will run from April 21 to July 8 on Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Dillon Schoolhouse Museum, located at 403 La Bonte St., Dillon.

The nonprofit will also host a special preview of the gallery on Sunday, April 16, from 2-3:30 p.m. at the schoolhouse museum. It will also feature a meet-and-greet with exhibit curator Morgan Courtney. The preview is for Summit Historical Society members only. Reservations are required and space is limited. Reservation can be made at TinyURL.com/SummitHistoricalAprilEvent



The exhibit will also be available online at SummitHistorical.org.


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