Situated three blocks from the U.S. Capitol, the museum includes towering bronze gates inscribed with text from the Gutenberg Bible and a soundscape of the 10 plagues, enhanced by smog and a glowing red light to symbolize the Nile turned to blood.
The museum was the brain child of US store chain, Hobby Lobby’s owner, Steve Green. Eight years ago he began collecting biblical artifacts that he hoped could become the starting point for a museum.
That vision will now be realized with the 430,000-square-foot museum.
Green said the institution he largely funded is meant to educate, not evangelise, though critics are dubious.
Museum administrators have hired a broad group of scholars as advisers.
Lawrence Schiffman, a New York University Jewish studies professor and Dead Sea Scrolls expert, called the museum a “monument” to interfaith cooperation. Exhibits have been planned from the Vatican Museum and the Israel Antiquities Authority.
“There’s just a basic need for people to read the book,” Green said. “This book has had an impact on our world and we just think people ought to know it and hopefully they’ll be inspired to engage with it after they come here.”
The building alone has been designed to inspire a sense of wonder.
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