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“Images of Art and Design in Central Asia” – Phil Epp

Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United States

Nationally recognized local artist Phil Epp will present an illustrated talk titled "Images of Art and Design in Central Asia" describing his observations on art and design while traveling in Kazakhstan for Kauffman Museum's Sunday-Afternoon-At-the-Museum series on Sunday, March 12 at 3 p.m. Epp visited Kazakhstan in 2009 as a part of the State Department's […]

“Of Wool & Silk: Textile Explorations in Central Asia,” Dr. Mary M. Dusenbury, Affiliate Research Curator, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas

Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United States

In 2009 Dr. Dusenbury travelled through the deserts of Xinjiang in Northwest China to the vibrant trading city of Kashgar, before driving over the Torugart Pass in the Tien Shan mountains to the high summer pastures of Kyrgystan to stay in a herder’s yurt for several days. Then through Kyrgystan - looking at felt making- […]

Sunday-Evening-at-the-Museum: “Making the World a Better Place for Birds: Women’s Authorship and Activism in Ornithology,” Dr. Kim Perez

Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United States

April 21, 2024 | Dr. Kim Perez will explore the role and impact of pioneering women in birdwatching in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, focusing on figures like Mabel Osgood Wright and Florence Merian Bailey and their relationship to the burgeoning field of ornithology, their activism, and their role as authors. Dr. Kim […]

Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum: “Birds and Birders Connect Kansas to the World” – Stan Senner, Vice President for Bird Conservation (retired), National Audubon Society

Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United States

May 5, 2024 | Stan Senner will draw on 50 years’ experience in ornithology and natural-resource conservation to describe the amazing feats of migratory birds, how they connect Kansas to distant lands and peoples, and what their migrations mean for bird conservation at home and abroad. Funding for this program is provided by Humanities Kansas, a […]

Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum: “Planting Prairie: Restoring Land and History,” Lorna Harder, former Curator of Natural History, Kauffman Museum

Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United States

Lorna Harder, professor emeritus of biology at Hesston College and former Curator of Natural History at Kauffman Museum, will celebrate and explore the 40th anniversary of the Kauffman Museum tallgrass prairie reconstruction, which she and Dwight Platt began work on over four decades ago. Join us! (Photo by Fernando Salazar)

“Diversity and Complexity in Indian Kansas” – Eric Anderson, Haskell Indian Nations University

Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United States

Eric P. Anderson holds a doctorate in American History from the University of Kansas, specializing in American Indian cultures and the history of the United States West. He is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and teaches at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. His major research focus is on American Indian […]