Open Shop
2026-01-06 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-01-13 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-01-20 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-01-27 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-02-03 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-02-10 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-02-17 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-02-24 18:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) and 10 more dates | The Topeka Gem and Mineral Society Workshop, 8049 Southeast 29th Street, Tecumseh, KS, United States
The Topeka Gem and Mineral Society shop is open to members for lapidary equipment usage as well as wire-wrapping, silversmithing, and lapidary classes.

Junior Rockhounds
2026-01-08 18:30 - 20:00 | First Congregational Church, 1701 SW Collins Ave, Topeka, KS, United States
Doors open at 6:00 class starts at 6:30.
Topic: Earth in Space

General Meeting (Cancelled)
2026-01-23 19:15 - 21:00 | First Congregational Church, 1701 SW Collins Ave, Topeka, KS, United States
Due to the fridged weather that is coming our way, the Board decided to cancel the general Meeting this Friday night. STAY HOME and STAY WARM.
On January 30th. we are having a Emergency Show Meeting at the church at 7 p.m. If you are interested in learning what is going on and want to help, please show up. This year is going to be a difficult year to put on the show and we need your input and help.

Junior Rockhounds
2026-02-05 18:30 - 20:00 | First Congregational Church, 1701 SW Collins Ave, Topeka, KS, United States
Doors open at 6:00 class starts at 6:30.
Topic: Stone Age Tools and Art

General Meeting - Silent Auction
2026-02-27 19:15 - 21:00 | First Congregational Church, 1701 SW Collins Ave, Topeka, KS, United States
The monthly meeting N 02/27/2026 will be a silent auction. Please bring any item you’d like to put in the auction with you to the meeting and don’t forget some spending cash! As a reminder, all proceeds from this auction go directly to the club. We like to keep it mostly rock related, but you are welcome to bring anything you think others would be interested in. We meet at 7:15 and the meeting starts at 7:30.

Field Trip - Kansas Capitol Tour
2026-02-28 10:00 - 12:00 | Kansas Capitol Building, SW 8th &, SW Van Buren St, Topeka, KS, 66612, United States
TTGMS has booked a Field Trip for 2/28/2026, on the Saturday following our upcoming General Meeting. The theme will be Limestone and Copper. Can you guess where we will be going?

The Kansas State Capitol Building. We will meet inside the Capitol at 10:00am (when it opens). This will be a self-guided tour like at the History Museum. We will have an hour and 15 minutes to look around until our scheduled Dome Tour at 11:15. If you don’t get around the rest of the building by then, you can resume the self-guided tour after the Dome Tour. 296 steps. Bring you hiking shoes.

Junior Rockhounds
2026-03-05 18:30 - 20:00 | First Congregational Church, 1701 SW Collins Ave, Topeka, KS, United States
Doors open at 6:00 class starts at 6:30.
Topic: Dinosaurs

General Meeting - Introduction to Faceting
2026-03-27 19:15 - 21:00 | First Congregational Church, 1701 SW Collins Ave, Topeka, KS, United States
The program for the monthly meeting on March 27th will be “Introduction to Faceting” by Mike Gillespie. Mike is a vendor at our annual show. It would be wonderful if every seat at the meeting was filled to show appreciation to Mike for taking time out of his schedule to travel and present for us! This will be a great meeting for those who are interested in lapidary arts.
-Desiree, 2nd Vice President TGMS

Field Trip - Kansas River Sandbar
2026-03-28 09:30 - 12:00 | Tecumseh Park, 4800 SE 2nd St, Tecumseh, KS, 66542, United States
The March Field Trip will be to Mike Meier’s sandbar this month. It will be the Saturday March 28th.

We will meet at Tecumseh Park located at 4800 SE 2nd St, Tecumseh, KS 66542 at 9:30 am for Sign-in and Group Photo. We will depart the Park in convoy fashion at 10:00 sharp. You must be a TTGMS member to participate, forms will be available if needed.

See Ya there.

Junior Rockhounds
2026-04-02 18:30 - 20:00 | First Congregational Church, 1701 SW Collins Ave, Topeka, KS, United States
Doors open at 6:00 class starts at 6:30.
Topic: Fossils

General Meeting
2026-04-24 19:15 - 21:00 | First Congregational Church, 1701 SW Collins Ave, Topeka, KS, United States

Field Trip - Midwest Concrete Materials
2026-04-26 09:30 - 12:00 | Midwest Concrete Materials Quarry – Wamego, 41050 K 99 HWY., Wamego, KS, United States
Greetings Fellow Field Trippers,

Our upcoming Field Trip on Sunday, April 26th will be to the Midwest Concrete Materials sand pit south of Wamego. This trip will be on a Sunday as they will be pumping sand 6 days a week and the EPA does not allow civilians around when the business is operating.

The address is 41050 K 99 Hwy, Wamego, KS. 66547. This is located south of Wamego and south of the Kansas River a little over a mile… or so … ish. It will be on the west side of 99 Hwy. and close enough to the road that you won’t miss it.

Be prepared for all weathers. Wear sensible footwear – boots would be good. Could be cold, wet, muddy. Will be ROCKY! We will be climbing on dirt/rock piles. Shouldn’t need more than a small hand digging utensil. Always remember the sun screen. We will be limited to 2 – 5 gallon buckets per person. If you want to put them in a wagon that will be OK. Children are welcome. Owners RULES are to stay away from the water as the banks are sand and prone to COLLAPSE! Also stay away from any machines, equipment, infrastructure!

Remember please – this is a business and let’s be respectful of the fact that the material we haul home is a gift from the owner and something they ordinarily sell. This is not sand for the kids sand pile or gravel for the driveway. To us this is rock and mineral specimens that we are fortune to be able to collect. Thanks for your attention to this matter.

We will meet on the property at 9:30am for Sign-In, Group Photo and Instructions. We plan to be turned loose to prospect at 10:00sharp. Hope to see Ya there!

Chuck Curtis
Field Trip Coordinator

Junior Rockhounds
2026-05-07 18:30 - 20:00 | First Congregational Church, 1701 SW Collins Ave, Topeka, KS, United States
Doors open at 6:00 class starts at 6:30.
Topic: Fluorescent Minerals
