Smoky Hill Museum Friends Inc.

Goal: $7,500.00

Specific Need

History is in danger of being forgotten which is a threat to our future. Don’t let the citizens of Salina forget this community’s past. With your help, the Smoky Hill Museum works to prevent that from happening. The Museum puts history’s clues and pieces together, so we better understand what has happened in Salina. This detective work into the past, and the presentation of it to the community can range anywhere from $300 for a First Thursday program, $4,000 for Kansas Day programming, to $5,000 for a special exhibit.

Will you give to the Friends of the Smoky Hill Museum’s endowment to ensure the Museum can discover more of Salina’s past and share it with the public? For, without understanding where we’ve been and where we are now, we cannot make progress toward the future.

Mission

The Smoky Hill Museum connects people to universally shared stories, unleashing the power of local history to engage, inspire and surprise.

Profile

"This was so cool, I'm mostly not into museums, but it has changed my perspective. I love this," said a 13-year-old girl from Dallas, TX.

"Great little museum! Visited with my boys, 8 and 6, while camping at Kanopolis. We spent 3 hrs here and only 3 because they were closing! The tornado exhibit is really cool and was enjoyed by all 3 of us. My 8 yr old loved the log cabin. Definitely recommend stopping if you're in the area!" Kimberly

My kid loves visiting here, and we do so often. The changing exhibit is always interesting, and the permanent ones can be alot of fun. Jenna

The Smoky Hill Museum is Kansas's oldest, nationally accredited, hands-on history museum. Nationally accredited since 1997, the Smoky Hill Museum’s exhibits and programs are drawn from countless stories of the Salina area and over 34,000 artifacts in the Museum’s collections.