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The Growth and Decline of the Alta Community: A Case Study of Dead and Dying Towns in Kansas
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesThe Growth and Decline of the Alta Community: A Case Study of Dead and Dying Towns in Kansas by Renae Stucky, Access Services Librarian at Bethel College. In conjunction with Bethel College Fall Fest. Free and open to the public.
Celebrate Kansas Day!
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesCelebrate our state’s birthday with this free Kansas Day event. • Presentation, Lecture Name, by Lecturer at the Luyken Fine Arts Center at Bethel College, 11 am • Food trucks in the Kauffman Museum parking lot from 11:30 am to 4:30 pm • Free Kansas Day activities at the museum, from 1 pm to 4 […]
“Meta: an Exhibition about Exhibitions” Exhibition & Virtual Tour
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesStudent Exhibition - Now Available Virtually! April 2 - July 30 “Meta” is curated by Bethel College seniors, Elizabeth Friesen Birky, Art History and Communications major, and Emma Girton, Art History major. "Meta" explores four exhibition styles: Cabinet of Curiosity, Partial Context, White Cube, and Salon Style. The exhibit team created a virtual tour of […]
A Stitch in Time
Campers will meet virtually every day from 9:00 am-12:00 pm. Campers will receive a packet of all supplies and a t-shirt and have multiple opportunities to interact with the camp teacher as a group and individually for guidance on projects. The week will culminate with an online quilt show. In this camp, we will explore […]
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.