Exhibit Title: Celebrating Dunbar’s Legacy
Dates: June 20 to June 30, 2026
Time: Tuesdays-Fridays 11-5 and Saturdays 10-5
Location: Smoky Hill Museum, 211 West Iron Avenue,
Admission: Free
Dunbar School opened in 1922 after the Salina Board of Education created a separate school for Black children in kindergarten through eighth grade. Before then, Salina schools had been integrated.
Students graced its halls until 1955, when the school closed. The Dunbar Reunion Committee worked with the Museum to develop a pop-up panel exhibit about the school, its faculty and its alumni. Celebrating Dunbar’s Legacy will remain on exhibit through June in the Museum lobby.
The Smoky Hill Museum is a nationally accredited history museum in the heart of downtown Salina, Kansas. This FREE museum is open Tuesdays-Fridays 11-5, Saturdays 10-5.
Also, be sure to stop by the Museum Store for a wide variety of regional and Kansas products, local artwork and gifts for all ages.