Kauffman Museum’s mission is to preserve the evolving story of central plains Mennonites, exploring their relationship to community, culture, and environment. This mission is achieved by:

• providing permanent and special exhibitions that interpret human and natural history;
• collecting artifacts from and stories about Mennonite people to illuminate universal themes of beliefs, identity, adaptation, and change;
• organizing educational programs for children, students, adults, and intergenerational audiences;
• and sharing museum resources with other communities through professional consultations, research, publication, and traveling exhibitions.

Kauffman Museum pursues its mission from a corporate commitment that includes sustainable stewardship, agile creativity, inclusive collaboration, authentic learning and service, and multigenerational hospitality while delighting in God’s creation and accepting our responsibility to cherish and preserve what God and humans have created.