Items of Interest August 27, 2012 Issue

Bible museum planned for Washington, DC

Adelle Banks

“Bible museum planned for Washington, DC”
© 2012 Religion News Service. Used with permission.
July 11, 2012

A large-scale Bible museum will open in Washington, DC, within four years, say planners who have been touring the world with portions of their collection.

Cary Summers, chief operating officer of The Museum of the Bible, a nonprofit umbrella group for the collection of the billionaire Green family of Oklahoma, said they considered Washington, Dallas, and New York but decided the nation’s capital was the best location. The final name of the museum and its exact location have not been disclosed but planners hope to confirm a location later this summer. . . .

A sampling of the Bible museum’s offerings—from the collection of more than 40,000 artifacts—has been displayed in the Passages Exhibit at the Vatican and in Oklahoma City and Atlanta, and will soon appear in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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