For the last 150 years, a valuable set of stereoscopic photos in the Mount Horeb Area Historical Society’s collection could only be viewed as they’d originally been intended — tiny, and through a handheld contraption known as a stereoviewer. Now those original photos have been blown up and converted into large-scale, modern 3D images called anaglyphs that can be viewed through classic red-and-blue 3D glasses, resulting in a special exhibition unlike any other in Wisconsin.

“Sometimes historical photos can feel flat, and it can be hard to connect with those images from the past,” says Driftless Historium director Destinee Udelhoven. “This special exhibit really brings these early photographs to life and makes it easier to feel like they’re real people, when you see them in three dimensions. You can see local history in a different way that really feels like stepping back in time.”