Fall Festival
“Organ Music at Home, Wherever That May Be,” Roseann Penner Kaufman, minister of music, Rainbow Mennonite Church
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesOrganist Roseann Penner Kaufman will perform pieces on the museum's historic cabinet organ, built in 1750 by German master organ builder Teschemacher. Kaufman will play pieces representing the time periods and locations the organ […]
Fall Fest – Children’s Immigration Activities with Carolyn Zeisset
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesMore information to come!
“Galloping Gourmet: The Buffalo Bill Nobody Knows,” Steve Friesen, museum consultant and former director, Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesA hard-riding hunter, frontier scout, and showman, at one time Buffalo Bill was one of the best-known men in America. But a gourmet? William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody was as […]
“Alps on the Plains: The Life & Work of Emil Kym” – Steve Friesen, museum consultant and former director, Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesA Swiss immigrant, Emil Kym decorated houses. He could hang wallpaper, do wood graining on doors and paint a hallway so the walls looked like marble. But what he did […]
Fall Fest 2025: “The Organ Still Sings,” Roseann Penner Kaufman and Donna Hetrick
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesRoseann Penner Kaufman and Donna Hetrick will explore music in the Gesangbuch mit Noten, a hymnal published by the General Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America in Berne, IN in […]
Fall Fest 2025: “Revisiting the Voth-Unruh-Fast House: 150 Years of History”
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesIn 1974, Mennonites in South Central Kansas commemorated the 100th anniversary of migration from Russia to Kansas. As part of the celebration an unassuming three-room wood house was moved from […]