“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 best was paint scenes of his home country in Mennonite farmhouses. Some of those scenes as well as Kym's woodgraining tools are on exhibit at […]
LIVING ENDOWMENT DINNER feat. Michał Targowski, “The First New Homeland: Mennonite Migrations to and from Polish Prussia in the 16-18th Centuries”
You are cordially invited to support the 38th annual Living Endowment Dinner for Kauffman Museum Friday, October 25, 2024 Kidron Hall, Kidron Bethel Village 3001 Ivy Drive, North Newton, KS
First Saturday Bird Walk
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesOur First Saturday Bird Walks depart from the kiosk in the museum parking lot for a mile-and-a-half hike through Chisholm Park and along Sand Creek Trail. Be prepared for some unpaved/steep terrain and late fall weather. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but not required. Children accompanied by an adult are welcome but should […]
“Diversity and Complexity in Indian Kansas” – Eric Anderson, Haskell Indian Nations University
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesEric 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 […]
“Deutsche Weihnachtslieder/German Hymn Sing” – Drs. William Eash, Merle Schlabaugh and Karen Schlabaugh, professors emeritus, Bethel College
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesMore information to come!
First Saturday Bird Walk
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesOur First Saturday Bird Walks depart from the kiosk in the museum parking lot for a mile-and-a-half hike through Chisholm Park and along Sand Creek Trail. Be prepared for some unpaved/steep terrain and winter weather. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but not required. Children accompanied by an adult are welcome but should be […]
Five Places of Christmas
Newton-area museums welcome the public to “Five Places of Christmas” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7. 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 (Luyken Fine Arts Center, Bethel College campus). […]
Book Reading and Discussion: David Janzen, “Once Upon a Time There Was a Three-Year-Old Grandpa”
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesThis event will include a reading, discussion, and book signing by the author. ABOUT THE BOOK: This eccentric title recalls a collection of tales first told to grandchildren at bedtime. Each chapter begins with a fun-to-read farmer-boy story from the 1940s, an era before industrial farming when horses, cows, and chickens were still members of […]
76th Halstead-Newton Christmas Bird Count
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesBeginning Time: 6:45 AM Meeting place: Kauffman Museum, North Newton Lunch: in the field, or at Kauffman Museum, 12 – 1 PM Compilation with coffee and snacks: 4:30-5:30 PM Documentation: You will receive clipboards with hard copy documentation. E-bird also provides accurate support for the count. Feel free to use it and submit accompanying data […]
Stargazing with Newton Public Library and Humanities Kansas
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesJoin astronomy enthusiasts from Newton Public Library as they trot out the NPL telescopes (available for checkout!) west of the Museum on Friday, January 10, as we gaze into the winter sky and enjoy the poems and illustrations of Written in the Stars, a new poetry chapbook produced and distributed by Humanities Kansas! These chapbooks […]