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  • Uncle Carl’s Camp 2026 – Beginning Sewing

    Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United States

    July 6-10, 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | Age: 9 to 11 (Completed Grade 3-5) Have you ever wanted to learn how to sew? You will learn some basic sewing skills and make a few projects to take home. Projects will be completed as time allows and may include a pillow case, drawstring bag, and a small […]

  • Uncle Carl’s Camp 2026 – Intermediate Sewing

    Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United States

    July 6-10, 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m. | Age: 11 to 14 (Completed Grade 5-8 or above) Campers will make projects a bit more advanced than the beginning class. Projects will be determined based on sewing skill levels of the campers. Projects may include a drawstring shoe bag, small snap bag, pillow case and backpack. All sewing […]

  • Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum: Unlocking the Past Mini-doc

    Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United States

    Come view the newly produced video production chronicling the Unlocking the Past: Immigrant Artifacts & the Stories They Tell exhibit. Exhibit curator and retired museum technician David Kreider and current collections manager Kristine Schmucker will be available to answer questions afterward.

  • First Saturday Bird Walk

    Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United States

    Our First Saturday Bird Walks depart from the kiosk in the museum parking lot for a mile-and-a-half hike through Chisholm Park and along Sand Creek Trail. Be prepared for some unpaved/steep terrain and summer weather. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but not required. Children accompanied by an adult are welcome but should be […]

  • Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum: Nightberries Book Talk with Translator Brad A. Schmidt

    Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United States

    Elina Penner, the author of Nachtbeeren (Nightberries), was born in the Soviet Union in a Low-German Mennonite family but immigrated to Germany in 1991 at the age of four. Her debut novel deals with family and immigrant travails in a new homeland. Bradley Schmidt was born into a Mennonite family, grew up in the Goessel, Kansas, community, […]

  • First Saturday Bird Walk

    Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United States

    Our First Saturday Bird Walks depart from the kiosk in the museum parking lot for a mile-and-a-half hike through Chisholm Park and along Sand Creek Trail. Be prepared for some unpaved/steep terrain and summer weather. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but not required. Children accompanied by an adult are welcome but should be […]