Step back to 1888 and visit a one-room schoolhouse in Allenspark. The Bunce School and Museum is open on July 4, July 13, July 20 and August 3 and 31.

On July 4 the school will be open from 2 to 4 p.m.; on all other Saturdays the school will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A special day to visit will be Saturday, August 3, which is the annual Bazaar at the Hilltop Guild, a short walk from Bunce School.

The school was built in 1888 and restored by Guild members in 1996. For some years after it was a school, it served as a lending library for local residents.

Bunce School and Museum holds county, state, and national historic designations. The Guild owns and maintains the school and grounds as a museum of the period when it opened in 1888 through 1945.

It is located just off scenic Highway 7, about four miles south of Allenspark on Bunce School Road.

Young visitors are invited to take part in an indoor “scavenger hunt” as they identify antiques and explain how they were used in the old days. Volunteers are on hand to explain how school used to take place in the mountains in the winter time.

“Kids are intrigued by the old days,” said Mary Rushing, Guild member and Bunce volunteer. “And some adults who drop by attended one-room schools in rural areas when they were young.”