Piece / Work: The Art of Mary Lou Goertzen
August 30, 2026 – May 23, 2027
“Piece / Work: The Art of Mary Lou Goertzen” celebrates the watercolor, line art, textile arts and collages created by an artist born in Goessel and collected worldwide. This exhibit provides an thoroughgoing survey of Goertzen’s work, featuring newly collected and never before displayed artifacts.
Upcoming Events
Declaration 1776 Exhibit Opening and Reception: “Celebrating the Sestercentennial of America’s Patchwork of States Peoples, Ideals,” Sara Reimer Farley, quiltmaker, researcher and author
Sara Reimer Farley is a quiltmaker, researcher, and author. She began making quilts at fifteen, using her maternal grandmother’s Kansas City Star pattern for “Cog Wheel” and stitching on her grandmother’s treadle sewing machine. From the beginning, Sara’s quilts have...
Museum Store Sunday
On Sunday, November 29, more than 1,400 museum stores representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia, 23 countries, and five continents will offer inspired shopping at museums and cultural institutions during Museum Store Sunday. Kauffman Museum is thrilled...
“Deutsche Weihnachtslieder/German Hymn Sing” – Drs. William Eash, Merle Schlabaugh and Karen Schlabaugh, professors emeritus, Bethel College
Join us on Sunday, November 29 at 3 PM as we sing traditional Christmas hymns accompanied by the Museum’s historic Teschemacher organ and led by former Bethel professors Bill Eash, Merle Schlabaugh and Karen Schlabaugh. The Deutsche Weihnachtslieder (German Hymn Sing)...
Visit Kauffman Museum virtually! Watch, Listen and Learn through videos, podcasts and exhibit interactives.
- Bird Bytes: Bird News from Kauffman Museum
- Of Land & People Audio Stories
- Kauffman Museum videos including our museum design process, ArtiFact Friday, and more!
- Special exhibit virtual tours and exhibit interactives:
- Recent events featured below, or our Kauffman Museum media archive on YouTube
“Galloping Gourmet: The Buffalo Bill Nobody Knows,” Steve Friesen
October 5, 2024
“Organ Music at Home, Wherever That May Be,” Roseann Penner Kaufman
October 5, 2024
“Alps on the Plains: The Life & Work of Emil Kym” – Steve Friesen
October 5, 2024
“Brief Imperial Russian Sojourn: Lasting Mennonite Memories,” Mark Jantzen
September 29, 2024
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