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Homage to the Flint Hills

Home	27th and North Main, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas 67117

Traveling Exhibits

Hours:
Tues - Fri 9:30 - 4:30
Sat - Sun 1:30 - 4:30
Closed on Mondays and major holidays.

Admission:
Children 6 - 16, $2.00
Adults, $4.00
Association members free

2010
September 1–October 20	Special exhibition: "The Bison: American Icon"
September 12, 3:30	“To the Brink of Extinction: Telling the Bison Story at the C.M. Russell Museum” by exhibit curator Anne Morand, Curator of Art, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK. Free Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum.
September 21	Bison and the Prairie Trail Scenic Byway bus tour. A visit to Maxwell Wildlife Refuge, Coronado Heights near Lindsborg, Kanapolis State Park and Mushroom Rock State Park to see bison up close and glimpse what the prairie was like when bison roamed freely, Native Americans waited for the huge herds and European explorers first ventured to the middle of the continent. A campfire buffalo meal at noon and supper at the Main Street Deli in McPherson are included in the fee: $85 for museum members and $100 for non-members. For more information contact Andi Schmidt Andres at asa@bethelks.edu or 316-283-1612.
September 25, 2:00-4:00	“Bison Bash”—a free community day with bison activities for all ages, guided gallery walk at 3:00 pm.
September 30	Bison and the Prairie Trail Scenic Byway bus tour (repeat of Sept. 21 tour)
October 3, 3:30	“Four Men and a Bison: Design and Fabrication of a Traveling Exhibit” by Chuck Regier, Kauffman Museum, and Joel Gaeddert, Flint Hills Design. Free Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum.
October 9	Bethel College Fall Festival. 11:00 - “Buffalo Bill and the Wildest Town in the West (Newton!?)” by Steve Friesen, former KM director and currently director of the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave in Golden, Colorado. Friesen will present his recently published book Buffalo Bill: Scout, Showman, Visionary and Newton’s wild west history. 1:00 - “Doing Ethnomusicology in Northern Thailand” by Gerry Dyck, Assonet, MA. Dyck will highlight musical traditions of Thailand using demonstrations, illustrations and storytelling gathered for his new book Musical Journeys in Northern Thailand. 5:00-6:30 - Bison Barbecue, Bethel College Centennial Plaza. Limited seating. Advance tickets available from BC Thresher Bookstore.
December 4, 10:00-4:00	Five Places of Christmas. Open house with Bethel College Women’s Association, Carriage Factory Gallery, Harvey County Historical Museum and Warkentin House
2011
through January 29	Special exhibition celebrating Kansas history, a collaborative expressive arts project of the students of Northridge Elementary School and Bethel College education students.
January 29, 1:30-4:30	Celebrate Kansas Day! Kauffman Museum celebrates the 150th anniversary of Kansas statehood with family activities, living history demonstrations, entertainment, bake sale and flea market.
February	Valentine dinners at the homes of Friends of the Museum
February-May	Special exhibition—K is for Kansas. Kauffman Museum brings back their traveling exhibit that explores the sunflower state from A to Z.
around April 22	Earth Day Adventure—details to be announced.
June-July	Uncle Carl’s Camps

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