Bethel College
The Prairie is ALIVE!
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United States(Originally scheduled for the first week in June, The Prairie is ALIVE! is postponed until August 3-5.) Campers will explore the prairie and find living things all over! Using stories, guidebooks, hikes, science experiments, and daily observations, we will discover there is much more than meets the eye living in our local prairies. Most of […]
Sorting Out Race: Examining Racial Identity and Stereotypes in Thrift Store Donations
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesExhibition Dates: August 28 – November 28, 2020 Sorting Out Race arose out of a desire to divert artifacts with racial content from thrift stores to an exhibit that would generate a healthy community conversation about racial stereotypes past and present in order to heighten awareness of our continuing struggles with race. This Kauffman Museum traveling exhibition will […]
Fall Festival at Kauffman Museum
Bethel College will celebrate the 50th Fall Fest on October 3, 2020. Kauffman Museum will be open and free to celebrate Bethel College Fall Festival, October 1-3, from 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. We are taking the following precautions to keep our visitors and staff members safe. Our maximum capacity in the museum building is […]
Of Land and People: Our Community at the Crossroads of Change
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesNorth Newton is strategically located at a historic crossroads in south-central Kansas. Of Land and People: Our Community at the Crossroads of Change celebrates the land on which our museum and community is placed, honors the people who have lived and worked on it, and invites visitors to reflect on the profound changes that have occurred here. Of […]
“Mennonite – Food – Traditions” by Glen Ediger
Celebrate Kansas Day! Virtual Event: Join us online for "Mennonite - Food - Traditions" a virtual Zoom presentation by Glen Ediger. Ediger will give a brief history of Mennonites who immigrated to Kansas and how foods enjoyed in Kansas today are influenced by that history. He will speak about the traditional foods of the Low-German […]
“The Immigrants Who Built Newton: One Spike at a Time” by Jenny Masais
A Celebrate Kansas Day! Virtual Event – "The Immigrants Who Built Newton: One Spike at a Time" by Jenny Masias. History, important contributions, and crucial economic role that Mexican immigrants have made to Newton, Kansas, and beyond.
Bethel College Fall Festival
Bethel College 300 E 27th, North Newton, KS, United StatesFor 50 years, Bethel College has celebrated education, diverse cultural traditions, special foods, fine arts, crafts and friendship at its annual Fall Festival, held each year on an extended weekend in late September or early October. More than 5,000 people come to Newton and the Bethel campus to enjoy an array of activities. All events are […]
“The Dutch Golden Age: Mennonite to the Core” by Lauren Friesen
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United States“The Dutch Golden Age: Mennonite to the Core,” an illustrated program by Lauren Friesen ’67, Ph.D. The Dutch Golden Age was an era when the visual arts, medicine, business, education, theater, poetry, theology and publication flourished, with Mennonites deeply engaged in all disciplines. Friesen will cover Mennonite connections and involvement, including Rembrandt (painting), Nicolas Bidloo […]
Grand Opening: The Magic of Things
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesKauffman Museum began in 1896 as Bethel College’s teaching collection of “Natural History and American Relics,” housed in its Administration Building. To celebrate the 125th anniversary of collecting at this oldest Mennonite museum in the Americas, former and current staff have selected astonishing artifacts and specimens–most exhibited for the first time–that speak of “The Magic […]
Monthly Bird Walk—October 8, 2022
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United States(Held on the second Saturday to coincide with Bethel College Fall Festival) 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. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but not required. Children […]