Uncle Carl’s Camp: A Day in the Life of a Bug
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesJune 23-27, 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | Age: 6 to 8 (Completed Grade K-2) Bugs, bugs, and more bugs – come ready to learn about a bug’s life! Each day you will explore bugs through a lesson or a craft. The last day you will build a bug hotel to take home. “The smallest creatures often […]
Uncle Carl’s Camp: Watercolor My World 1
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesJune 30-July 3, 9 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | Age: 6 to 8 (Completed Grade K-2) Explore a variety of techniques for working with watercolors. Campers will use objects from Kauffman Museum exhibits as subjects for their artwork. Come paint your world! Application deadline: June 27 Maximum enrollment: 16 $70 per museum member / $85 per non-member […]
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 summer weather. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but not required. Children accompanied by an adult are welcome but should be […]
Uncle Carl’s Camp: Watercolor My World 2
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesJuly 7-11, 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | Age: 9 to 12 (Completed Grade 3-6) Discover a variety of techniques for working with watercolors. Drawing from observation, campers will use nature and objects from the museum exhibits as subjects for their artwork. Come paint your world! Application deadline: July 3 Maximum enrollment: 16 $70 per museum member […]
First Saturday Bird Count
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 summer weather. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but not required. Children accompanied by an adult are welcome but should be […]
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 early fall weather. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but not required. Children accompanied by an adult are welcome but should […]
Kauffman Museum Annual Meeting
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesWe're having a four-for-one event on Sunday, September 21. Plan to join us for our Annual Business Meeting, the ribbon cutting for our newly renovated restrooms, and the grand opening of Voices of Conscience: Peace Witness and the Great War, a traveling exhibit returning to KM for the first time since 2017. In conjunction with […]
Fall Fest 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 fall weather. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but not required. Children accompanied by an adult are welcome but should be […]
Fall Fest 2025: “The Organ Still Sings,” Roseann Penner Kaufman and Donna Hetrick
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesRoseann Penner Kaufman and Donna Hetrick will explore music in the Gesangbuch mit Noten, a hymnal published by the General Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America in Berne, IN in 1890. The copy of this hymnal belonging to Wilhelmina Van der Smissen, who donated the organ to Bethel College in 1910, was recently found at […]
Fall Fest 2025: “Revisiting the Voth-Unruh-Fast House: 150 Years of History”
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesIn 1974, Mennonites in South Central Kansas commemorated the 100th anniversary of migration from Russia to Kansas. As part of the celebration an unassuming three-room wood house was moved from one mile east of Goessel to the grounds of Kauffman Museum. The story of the Voth-Unruh-Fast house is the story of a family and a […]