Intergenerational
Family Yoga with Erin Ulrich
#Move with Erin Ulrich, owner and instructor at Bend and Breathe Yoga, Lawrence, during a virtual yoga class open to all ages. This event is free, with thanks to Humanities Kansas. Sign up to attend on Zoom. This event is a public program to accompany the current special exhibition, Crossroads: Change in Rural America, a Smithsonian Institution […]
“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 […]
Celebrate Kansas Day! “Cultural Crossroads: Our Stories, Our Foods”
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesCelebrate Kansas Day! at Kauffman Museum. Celebrate our state’s birthday with this free Kansas Day event at Kauffman Museum! This year's theme is, “Cultural Crossroads: Our Stories, Our Foods” to celebrate our vibrant community of makers! Kansas Day activities will be in-person AND online this year. Kansas Day Schedule Update: Outdoor stations canceled! Food trucks […]
Earth Day Trail Walk
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesCommunity participants will walk (or bike) to seven of the eight stations along the concrete North Newton trail from Kansas Avenue to Chisholm Trail park (north of Kauffman Museum). At each station they can stop to learn about local history and get a card stamped. Participants that walk the whole trail and get seven stamps may stop […]
Humanities Kansas Poetry and Bird Walk
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesKauffman Museum normally offers a First Saturday Bird Walk. Beginning at 9:30 on September 4, the monthly walk will include poetry in an event sponsored by Humanities Kansas. Leaders Megan Kaminski and Molly Zahn, who both teach at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, will lead the beginner-friendly poetry and bird walk oriented to connecting participants […]
Five Places of Christmas at Kauffman Museum
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesNewton-area museums welcome the public to “Five Places of Christmas” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4. The annual holiday open house is a collaborative event among the Carriage Factory Art Gallery, Harvey County Historical Museum, Kauffman Museum, Warkentin House, and Bethel College Women’s Association. This year, Kauffman Museum will offer museum exhibits, […]
Celebrate Kansas Day!
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesCelebrate Kansas Day! at Kauffman Museum. Mark your calendars for this free Kansas Day event at Kauffman Museum, happening on Saturday, January 29, 2022 from 12:00–4:00pm. View the Celebrate Kansas Day! flier. Food in the Museum Parking Lot, 11:30-4:30 LeJ’s BBQ • Hot chocolate, coffee and cinnamon rolls • Tacos Ana’s • Ken N Barbie'z Rollin […]
Kauffman Museum Strategic Planning Community Focus Group
Newton Recreation Center 415 N Poplar St, Newton, KS, United StatesThis spring, Kauffman Museum will develop an action plan that will move the museum boldly into the 21st century, paving a way forward in our rapidly changing world. Your input as a community member is essential as we work through this process. You are invited to join us on Thursday, April 28 from 6:30 to […]
Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum | “Decommissioned Missile Silo Sites: Reminders of Our Past and Future” by Nate Hofer
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesFollowing a short business meeting of the Kauffman Museum Association, World Peace Photo award winner Nate Hofer will discuss making photographs of decommissioned nuclear missile silos. Nate's project included finding and traveling to the sites, talking with landowners, and considering why he takes the photos and whether he really is a legitimate photographer. This program […]
Fall Festival | “The Oldest Books in the Museum’s Collection” by Mark Jantzen, Bethel College Professor of History
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesKauffman Museum owns a number of cuneiform tablets that are over 4,000 years old. These ancient writings provide insight into a culture that goes back to the very beginnings of organized, urban life in Mesopotamia, the ancient Near East. Hundreds of Bethel students have been introduced to these objects in the class History of Civilization […]