The first floor combines ancient artifacts with modern technology meant to immerse the participant in the Bible. This includes three permanent exhibit floors, each measuring 55,000 square feet (5,100 m 2). Įach of the six floors in the museum contain a different exhibit which emphasizes different aspects of the Bible's history or impact. The Museum has an external board of advisors, and works with Jewish, Protestant, Catholic, and other religious and secular institutions.
Indiana Wesleyan University professor Jerry Pattengale serves as Executive Director of Education Initiatives. Bible scholar David Trobisch, former director of the museum's collections, was hired to advise on new acquisitions, identify the storylines for the museum's exhibits, and supervise a team of thirty scholars and curators. The exhibits intend to offer a scholarly perspective on the impact of the Bible in history. Items from the Green Collection, which is owned by Hobby Lobby, were donated to the Museum of the Bible, providing a tax write-off to Hobby Lobby. The architectural design team was led by SmithGroup.
The construction efforts were led by Clark Construction. The glass-enclosed rooftop provides views of the United States Capitol, the Washington Monument and several Smithsonian museums. The primary building was awarded historical status by the District's Historic Preservation Review Board.
The building's 1923 original red brick, architecture and ornamentation was restored, with new bricks imported from Denmark. The estimated $400 million project updated the historically protected structure as well as adding two additional floors and a rooftop café and garden. In the initial nonprofit filling in 2010, the purpose of the museum was stated thus: “to bring to life the living word of God, to tell its compelling story of preservation, and to inspire confidence in the absolute authority and reliability of the Bible.” Former Museum president Cary Summers said that the goal is to "reacquaint the world with the book that helped make it, and let the visitor come to their own conclusions.We don't exist to tell people what to believe about it". The primary donors to the museum at launch were Hobby Lobby and its owners, the Green family and the National Christian Foundation. building, that used to be the Washington Design Center, two blocks from the National Mall in Washington D.C. The museum's building location and design were announced in 2012 when the Green family purchased the 1923 Terminal Refrigerating and Warehousing Co. The museum was established as a nonprofit organization in 2010. The museum features dining, including a restaurant called Manna that serves kosher food and the Milk and Honey Café. The Museum of the Bible charges for admission. Mayor Muriel Bowser, and Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer. The museum's dedication ceremony received an official pontifical blessing from Pope Francis, and people in attendance included Cardinal Donald Wuerl, musician CeCe Winans, Senate Chaplain Barry Black, Washington, D.C. In the year before its launch, the museum fielded questions about the acquisition of its collection, including a federal case over smuggled Iraqi antiquities and thousands of clay artifacts, as well as the provenance of some of its exhibits.
The museum claims it is nonsectarian and "is not political, and it will not proselytize." However, members of the board of directors are required to sign a "faith statement" regarding the truth of the Bible. It opened on November 17, 2017, and has 1,150 items in its permanent collection and 2,000 items on loan from other institutions and collections. : 16 The museum documents the narrative, history, and impact of the Bible. The Museum of the Bible is a museum in Washington D.C., owned by Museum of the Bible, Inc., a non-profit organization established in 2010 by the Green family.
0 kommentar(er)
