by Nathan Bartel | Sep 16, 2025
You 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...
by Nathan Bartel | Aug 28, 2025
In 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...
by Nathan Bartel | Aug 28, 2025
Roseann 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...
by Nathan Bartel | Aug 19, 2025
We’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...
by Nathan Bartel | May 22, 2025
Kauffman Museum announces the Friends of the Museum sale of antiques, vintage items and art on Saturday, June 21, 8:00–12:00, at the museum’s front entrance, auditorium and special exhibit gallery. PRICED ITEMS include the following and much more! early 1970s Makonde...
by Nathan Bartel | May 1, 2025
Join Kauffman Museum at Krehbiel Auditorium on Bethel College campus for the American premier of “Where the Cottonwoods Grow,” a Canadian film commemorating the migration of Mennonites from South Russia to Manitoba in the 1870s, bringing to life stories of...
by Nathan Bartel | Apr 8, 2025
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 and winter weather. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but not...
by Nathan Bartel | Apr 8, 2025
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 and fall weather. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but not...
by Nathan Bartel | Apr 8, 2025
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 and fall weather. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but not...
by Nathan Bartel | Apr 8, 2025
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 and early fall weather. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but...
