by Austin Prouty | Nov 4, 2021
Newton-area museums welcome the public to “Five Places of Christmas” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4. The annual holiday open house is a collaborative event among the Carriage Factory Art Gallery, Harvey County Historical Museum, Kauffman Museum, Warkentin...
by Austin Prouty | Nov 4, 2021
For the fifth consecutive year, more than 1,400 museum stores representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia, 23 countries, and five continents will offer inspired shopping at museums and cultural institutions during Museum Store Sunday. Kauffman Museum is...
by Austin Prouty | Nov 4, 2021
Our 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. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but not required. Children...
by Austin Prouty | Sep 20, 2021
“The Dutch Golden Age: Mennonite to the Core,” an illustrated program by Lauren Friesen ’67, Ph.D. The Dutch Golden Age was an era when the visual arts, medicine, business, education, theater, poetry, theology and publication flourished, with Mennonites deeply engaged...
by Austin Prouty | Sep 20, 2021
For 50 years, Bethel College has celebrated education, diverse cultural traditions, special foods, fine arts, crafts and friendship at its annual Fall Festival, held each year on an extended weekend in late September or early October. More than 5,000 people come to...
by Austin Prouty | Sep 20, 2021
You are cordially invited to support Kauffman Museum’s 35th annual Living Endowment Dinner In anticipation of the spring museum exhibit celebrating 125 years of a museum on the Bethel College campus, the dinner will reflect menus of 1896 when the museum first opened. ...
by Austin Prouty | Aug 27, 2021
Please register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kauffman-museum-association-annual-meeting-2021-tickets-168749848339 The meeting will include recognition of outgoing board members, introduction of new board members, affirmation of new officers, and a summary of the...
by Austin Prouty | Aug 24, 2021
Sunday, 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...
by Austin Prouty | Aug 11, 2021
Kauffman Museum normally offers a First Saturday Bird Walk. Beginning at 9:30 on September 4, the monthly walk will include poetry in an event sponsored by Humanities Kansas. Leaders Megan Kaminski and Molly Zahn, who both teach at the University of Kansas in...
by Austin Prouty | Jul 27, 2021
Vapes: Marketing an Addiction will open at Kauffman Museum on July 29 with a Grand Open House from 2:00-6:00. Vapes examines what we know about e-cigarettes–the new alternative to smoking. The exhibition tells three intertwining stories: the rise and fall of cigarette...
