Special Exhibition
Crossroads: Change in Rural America
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesWe are the third stop in Kansas for the Smithsonian exhibit, Crossroads: Change in Rural America. The Crossroads Kansas tour is sponsored by Humanities Kansas in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street program. The Smithsonian’s traveling exhibit will be shown in the Kauffman Museum special exhibit gallery. Admission to the exhibit is free on Saturdays. Crossroads: Change in Rural […]
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 […]
Disparities in Tobacco Marketing and Use: a historical look at how tobacco was marketed and to whom
At HomeSunday, August 29, 3:00, virtual presentation “Disparities in Tobacco Marketing and Use: a historical look at how tobacco was marketed and to whom” by Lorrie Kessler, Harvey County Health Department. Kessler will discuss how and why large tobacco companies have enabled health disparities by marketing addictive, potentially fatal products. Marketing strategies—from doctors offering product preferences in […]
Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum: STAND Student Panel
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesSTAND students from all over the region have seen the effects of the vaping epidemic. Join us for a conversation about the rise of e-cigarettes and vaping, its effects on young people, and the positive things that STAND leaders are doing to encourage peers to make healthy decisions. Student panelists will be responding to questions about […]
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 […]
Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum with Reinhild Kauenhoven Janzen
Join us for "Ritual Markers of Life and Death in Uganda and Taiwan," a Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum program with Reinhild Kauenhoven Janzen. This program is presented as part of "The Magic of Things," a Kauffman Museum special exhibition celebrating the 125th anniversary of collecting at the oldest Mennonite museum in the Americas. View the event recording.
Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum with John M. Janzen
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesJoin us for "Drums or Organ: Contesting Musical Styles in African Christianity," a Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum program with John M. Janzen. This event is presented as part of "The Magic of Things," a Kauffman Museum special exhibition celebrating the 125th anniversary of collecting at the oldest Mennonite museum in the Americas. View the event recording.
Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum with Rachel Pannabecker and David Kreider
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesJoin us for "Collecting for College and Community: Past, Present and Future," a Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum program with Rachel Pannabecker and David Kreider. This program is presented as part of "The Magic of Things," a Kauffman Museum special exhibition celebrating the 125th anniversary of collecting at the oldest Mennonite museum in the Americas. View the event […]
“Mennonite Peace Efforts under Communist Observation,” Pastor Bernhard Thiessen, Chairman, Peace Churches Office at the University of Hamburg, Berlin, Germany
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesIn the 1950s and 1960s, workers from Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section, the Puidoux Conferences, and the Christian Peace Conference organizations explored peace issues together in Europe. Their collaborative efforts drew the interest of the East German Protestant theologian Gerhard Bassarak, who worked for the East German Secret Police under the codename "Buss," and of […]