Saline County Historical Society Museum

In the 1950’s, Rosa Dusanek had a dream of building a Saline County Museum to house the history of the people of Saline County. A Saline County Historical Society was established in 1957. In 1960, the County Commissioners gave the society a one-tenth mill levy.

A building was built in 1964. It houses military memorabilia, a music room and other collections. There now are ten buildings.

The Chapel contains “In Loving Memory” funeral displays, an altar and wedding dresses and suits.

The Memorial Building has an 1800’s bedroom, a parlor and a kitchen. There is a textile room, dentist office, doctor’s office and a beauty shop.

There is a section for all organizations of Saline County. The Museum will take organizational minutes and scrapbooks from disbanded organizations.

The Machinery Building has implements from the past centuries.

The Voting Building is original. This building was only used for voting.

The Buckingham School is a one room country school from 1871. It is a building where present day children can go to school to see how their grandparents were educated.

The Bulden Home belonged to the first black homesteader in Saline County. Seven children were born and raised in this two room home, dated 1868.

The Cizek log cabin, dated 1866, is in a building, along with a large collection of barbed wire.

The Depot Building is from Dorchester and houses railroad memorabilia.

Our last building, Plato, is a traveling Post Office. It’s a small building that moved from farm to farm.

The Saline County Museum is operated strictly by volunteers. The Saline County Historical Society Board consists of ten individuals that meet quarterly.

There is no admission fee, although donations are welcome.

We are open Sundays from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., from April to October. An Open House is held in October.

Contacts are:
Judy (402)243-2356
Mary Anne (402)448-5265