Morris County Historical Society hosts photo contest, starting Oct. 1

Acorn Hall, home of the Morris County Historical Society.
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From the Morris County Historical Society:

CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS!
Contest to Celebrate Morris County History

MORRISTOWN, N.J. – Morris County Historical Society is pleased to announce
“Historic Morris County,” a juried photo contest, to celebrate the rich and diverse
history of Morris County. The contest will be open for submission from Oct. 1 to
April 16, 2021.

Check MCHS website, MorrisCountyHistory.org, on Oct. 1 for submission form and more information.

Bruce White, former staff photographer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and
Sotheby’s, will be a special guest judge. White’s most recent work, At Home in the
President’s Neighborhood, (2016) was in collaboration with the White House
Historical Association.

He also was principal photographer for their books, The White House: Its Historic Furnishings and First Families and the 50th-anniversary edition of the White House: An Historic Guide and Tudor Place: An American
Treasure.

An award reception in the Museum Gallery at Morristown National Historical Park will open the exhibit and entries will be on display starting May 2021; date and time to be determined; https://morriscountyhistory.org/programs-events/photo-contest/.

More details to follow; check back often.

Morris County Historical Society is at 68 Lafayette Ave., Morristown, and is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m.

Admission, which includes the exhibits and grounds, is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, $3 for students, and is free for children younger than 12 and MCHS members. For more information, call MCHS at (973) 267-3465 or visit MorrisCountyHistory.org.

Founded in 1945, MCHS is a member-supported 501 (c) 3 organization whose mission is to preserve and promote the history of Morris County. MCHS receives operating funds from the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the New JerseyHistorical Commission and project/preservation grant funding from the New Jersey Historic Trust, 1772 Foundation, and Morris County Historic
Preservation Trust.

The MCHS was also awarded a Sandy Disaster Relief Grant for Historic Properties by the New Jersey Historic Trust, with funds provided by the Historic Preservation Fund of the National Park Service to the NJ State Historic Preservation Office.

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