The Wisconsin Historical Society is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the opening of the H.H. Bennett Studio in Wisconsin Dells as a historic site by offering free admission from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2010.
If you’ve seen the iconic 1886 photo of the boy seemingly caught in midair as he leaps to Stand Rock in the Dells, you’ve experienced some of the magic of Bennett’s photography.
Here’s a bit more description of the museum from the WHS: “The historic 1875 studio of pioneer landscape photographer H.H. Bennett has been restored to its 1908 appearance. The studio and attached museum contain exhibits depicting the life and times of the man whose work brought tourists by the trainload to marvel at the beauty of the rugged Wisconsin Dells beginning in the late 19th century. Exhibits depict Bennett’s prolific career, and high-end computer monitors reveal magnificent 3-D panoramas he captured on stereographic cameras he built by hand.”
The H.H. Bennett Studio is located in the middle of downtown Wisconsin Dells on Broadway (WI-13/WI-16/WI-23) one block from the Wisconsin River.
