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Celebrate Kansas Day!

Celebrate Kansas Day! at Kauffman Museum. Mark your calendars for this free Kansas Day event at Kauffman Museum, happening on Saturday, January 29, 2022 from 12:00–4:00pm.
View the Celebrate Kansas Day! flier.
Food in the Museum Parking Lot, 11:30-4:30
LeJ’s BBQ • Hot chocolate, coffee and cinnamon rolls • Tacos Ana’s • Ken N Barbie’z Rollin Diner
Activities in and around Kauffman Museum
In the Museum auditorium
- 1:00 Gordon Parks: Renaissance Man, Kirk Sharp, Director, Gordon Parks Museum | View the recording
- 2:00 Meet Blackbear Bosin: The Man Behind the Keeper, Erin Raux, Director,
Mid-American All-Indian Center | View the recording - 3:00 William Allen White: A Kansas Wonder, Bev Buller, Author and Librarian,
retired USD 373 | View the recording
Zoom link for all presentations: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83480322323?pwd=dE1TM0lIazZYZjBrY2FybnR0d0FPQT09
Presentations will also be live streamed to Kauffman Museum’s Facebook page and later archived to the museum YouTube channel.
Indoor Activities and Crafts
Craft a Car like Chrysler • Takeoff with Amelia • Laura’s Rag Doll • Famous
Kansans Cozy Book Corner • Parks Fashion Photos • Find the Famous Kansans
Book Signing
- Roxie Yonkey, 100 Things To Do in Kansas Before You Die
- Bev Buller, From Emporia: William Allen White
- Gretchen Eick, They Met at Wounded Knee, Finding Duncan, Dissent in Wichita
- Chuck Regier, No Recipe, No Problem
- Warren Ashworth and Susan Kand, We, the House
- Black Bear Bosin book (signed copies)
Outdoor Activities, Crafts and Demonstrations
Buffalo Chip Tic Tac Toe • Prairie Dog Corn Hole • Native American Teepee • Blacksmith Bill Moffet • Rope Making • Corn Grinding • Popcorn Popping • Vintage Washing Machines • Hay Rack Rides • Old-fashioned Schoolyard Games • Nothing but Naismith • Farmhouse open and heated • George’s Peanut Butter Bird Feeders
Bake Sale
featuring homemade baked goods
Raffle
for 12 pints of Salted Creamery Artisan Ice Cream