Bethel College
Organ Recital – “The Organ at Home”
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesThe Teschemacher cabinet organ has been part of the same Mennonite family since it was purchased by Johannes Deknatel in the late 1750s. Rosi Penner Kaufman ('85) and Donna Hetrick […]
“Land Trusts Leave a Conservation Legacy” – Jerry Jost ’76, Conservation Director, Kansas Land Trust
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesThe Kansas Land Trust addresses climate change through habitat restoration, public access to protected areas and agricultural practices that sequester carbon in regenerative ecosystems. Jerry Jost '76 discusses the impact […]
Fall Fest Program: “Hidden Connections: The Bethel Bell and Brown vs. Board in the Supreme Court,” Levi Goossen ’59
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesThe Bethel bell once rang in the only known integrated school in Kansas, in Prairie Bell School in Thomas County. Later the children from rural Thomas County attended school in […]
“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 […]