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The Smokehouse Museum, a replica of one of Christiansburg Institute's early 20th century buildings constructed by the alumni association in 1988, houses a collection of photographs and memorabilia. Period photographs were selected from the Smokehouse Museum collection to create the exhibition titled "A Century of Contribution: Christiansburg Institute and Educational Change in Virginia." Sponsored by a grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, the exhibit is traveling to museums throughout 2000, 2001, and into 2002.
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The renovation of the Edgar A. Long Building will allow for additional exhibition space, offering permanent and temporary exhibitions of the institute's history, as well as exhibitions relevant to African American culture and the Emancipation period. A permanent collection of artifacts will be made available for research and study. The Institute recently received title to four of its original 185 acres. These will be developed into an open-air museum featuring, in particular, a Memorial Garden and Principal's Cemetery. |
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Tour schedule for
A Century of Contribution: Christiansburg Institute and Educational Change in Virginia May 10 - July 15, 2000: Black Cultural Center of Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA August 1 - November 1, 2000: Harrison Museum , Roanoke VA November 10 - January 15, 2001: Alexandria Black History Resource Center, VA February 2 - April 22 2001: History Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke VA April 27 - August 5, 2001: Black History Museum, Richmond VA August 15 - October 15, 2001: Claflin University, Orangeburg SC November 1 - January 14, 2002 Stillman College, Tuscaloosa AL February 2002 First National Bank, Christiansburg, VA February 4 - March 15, 2002 First National Bank, Christiansburg VA June 3 - August 30, 2002 Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Charlottesville VA February 2 - June 2003 National Civil Rights Museum August 9 - September 18, 2004 The Library of Virginia |
 Above: CIAA president Jacqueline Eaves, Virginia Tech Dean of Students Barbara Pendergrass, and CI alum Esther Jones, '39 at the opening of the exhibition "A Century of Contribution," May 2000, Christiansburg Institute Collection. This exhibition, on the history of Christiansburg Institute, is funded by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy.
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