Events

Kempf House is open for guided tours on selected Sundays 1-4 pm from September through December, and April through May.  Check the Events Calendar below for exact dates. Tours are also available by appointment for groups or individuals. Admission free, donations appreciated.

Kempf House also hosts a Fall and Spring Noon Lecture Series, a Victorian Valentine Tea in February, and various other events. Check the Events Calendar below to see what is coming up.

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Open House
April 28, 2024    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join us for an Open House with Guided Tours Guides will lead you through restored rooms, including the music studio where our beautiful 1877 Steinway [...]
Open House
May 5, 2024    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join us for an Open House with Guided Tours Guides will lead you through restored rooms, including the music studio where our beautiful 1877 Steinway [...]
“Experiences During the 1966-67 Conflict in Indonesia”
May 8, 2024    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Special Wednesday lecture in May! Except for the conflict referenced in the novel and Mel Gibson movie The Year of Living Dangerously, not a lot [...]
25 May
May 25, 2024    
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
The Kempf House will be open for tours from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm when we take part in the Ann Arbor’s 200th Birthday Celebration [...]
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Open House
28 Apr 24
Ann Arbor
Events on
Open House
5 May 24
Ann Arbor
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Open House
April 28, 2024    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join us for an Open House with Guided Tours Guides will lead you through restored rooms, including the music studio where our beautiful 1877 Steinway [...]
Open House
May 5, 2024    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join us for an Open House with Guided Tours Guides will lead you through restored rooms, including the music studio where our beautiful 1877 Steinway [...]
“Experiences During the 1966-67 Conflict in Indonesia”
May 8, 2024    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Special Wednesday lecture in May! Except for the conflict referenced in the novel and Mel Gibson movie The Year of Living Dangerously, not a lot [...]
25 May
May 25, 2024    
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
The Kempf House will be open for tours from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm when we take part in the Ann Arbor’s 200th Birthday Celebration [...]
Events on
Open House
28 Apr 24
Ann Arbor
Events on
Open House
5 May 24
Ann Arbor
That's Quite a Story: Following the thread of a Family's Sin, Shame, and Relocation

That's Quite a Story: Following the thread of a Family's Sin, Shame, and Relocation

October 9, 2024    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
A chance comment, “That’s quite a story”, impelled amateur researcher Mary Lane on a decade-plus journey of historic discovery, which eventually led to a historical novel based on [...]
One man's passion for trains, both real and model

One man's passion for trains, both real and model

October 16, 2024    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Come see some of the model railroad collection and photos that Fabian Beltran, lifelong railroad enthusiast and Ann Arbor Railroad Club member, will display.  As [...]
How an 1849 Performance of Macbeth Sparked New York's Shakespeare Riots

How an 1849 Performance of Macbeth Sparked New York's Shakespeare Riots

October 23, 2024    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
In 1849, the Bowery Boys, armed with brickbats, rioted against the aristocrats of Astor Place over a grudge between their favorite Shakespearean actors, leading to [...]