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 […]
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 fall weather. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but not required. Children accompanied by an adult are welcome but should be […]
Book Signing: “The Spoils of Victory,” Daniel J. Markowitz
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesJoin us as Daniel Markowitz reads from his book The Spoils of Victory, the story of "a battle-hardened German POW and a devout Mennonite woman discover the contours of forgiveness and love in America’s heartland." The Spoils of Victory, Markowitz’ first novel and book one in the Prisoners of War series, focuses on a largely […]
Living Endowment Dinner – “Mennonite Rhetoric During World War I,” Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman, president emeritus, Eastern Mennonite University
Kidron Hall, Kidron Bethel Village 3001 Ivy Drive, NORTH NEWTON, KS, United StatesYou are cordially invited to support the 39th annual Living Endowment Dinner for Kauffman Museum Kidron Hall, Kidron Bethel Village 3001 Ivy Drive, North Newton, KS Friday, November 14, 2025 REGISTER HERE 6:00 p.m. Reception at Welcome Center of Kidron Bethel Village Beverages provided by Grace Hill Winery 6:30 p.m. Dinner in Kidron Hall, […]
“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 StatesJoin us on Sunday, November 30 at 3 PM as we sing traditional Christmas hymns accompanied by the Museum's historic Teschemacher organ and led by former Bethel professors Bill Eash, Merle Schlabaugh and Karen Schlabaugh. The Deutsche Weihnachtslieder (German Hymn Sing) has become a favorite holiday tradition of late, and we hope you'll join us to sing along, or […]