Abilene from A to Z Bus Tour

In conjunction with the current special exhibition, K is for Kansas, we’ll visit a Kansas town rich in history. We’ll find everything from A to Z in Abilene. This tour will visit: -Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum & Boyhood Home -Abilene &...

Opening Reception: K is for Kansas

Join us to celebrate the 20th Installation Opening Reception for K is for Kansas: Exploring Kansas from A to Z. Introductory remarks at 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM. Refreshments provided. Kansas “lawn games” available inside throughout the museum, for all...

First Saturday Bird Walk

Join experienced birders as they spot feathered friends! Our First Saturday Bird Walk departs from the kiosk in the museum parking lot for a mile-and-a-half hike through Chisholm Park and along the Sand Creek Trail. Be prepared for some unpaved/steep terrain....

Celebrate Kansas Day!

Celebrate our state’s birthday with this free Kansas Day event. • Presentation, Lecture Name, by Lecturer at the Luyken Fine Arts Center at Bethel College, 11 am • Food trucks in the Kauffman Museum parking lot from 11:30 am to 4:30 pm • Free Kansas Day activities at...

Kauffman Museum wins state award of excellence

Seniors Elizabeth Friesen Birky and Emma Girton accepted the award on behalf of the museum Nov. 8 at the Kansas Museums Association annual conference. The KMA has selected Kauffman Museum’s special exhibition “Campaign for a New China: Looking Back on Posters from the...

Remembering the Vietnam Moratorium, 1969

Kauffman Museum hosted last Sunday’s Friends of the Mennonite Library and Archives program “Remembering the Vietnam Moratorium.” Ninety persons attended the open-mic time where people shared reminiscences of the 1969 Moratorium to End the War in...

Kauffman Museum wins regional award

A Bethel student’s collaboration with the college’s Kauffman Museum resulted in a design award. Andi Schmidt Andres, curator of education, accepted the MPMA Publication Design Award on behalf of Kauffman Museum Sept. 25 at the MPMA annual conference, held this year in...