State Symbols Theme for “Kansas Day!”

Kauffman Museum’s annual Kansas Day celebration this year will explore Kansas symbols, from sunflowers to box turtles, bison to meadowlarks, honeybees to Kansa Indians. Celebrate Kansas Day activities are on the afternoon of Jan. 25. The museum, 2801 N Main St, North...

Kauffman Museum Staff Update

NORTH NEWTON – Andi Schmidt Andres has been named acting director of Bethel College’s Kauffman Museum. Previous director Michael Reinschmidt resigned effective Jan. 6. The museum board announced the appointment of Andres, curator of education, Jan. 28. She will serve...

Kauffman Museum wins state award of excellence

Seniors Elizabeth Friesen Birky and Emma Girton accepted the award on behalf of the museum Nov. 8 at the Kansas Museums Association annual conference. The KMA has selected Kauffman Museum’s special exhibition “Campaign for a New China: Looking Back on Posters from the...

Kauffman Museum wins regional award

A Bethel student’s collaboration with the college’s Kauffman Museum resulted in a design award. Andi Schmidt Andres, curator of education, accepted the MPMA Publication Design Award on behalf of Kauffman Museum Sept. 25 at the MPMA annual conference, held this year in...