Green Collection Bible Museum in D.C.

A BIBLE MUSEUM based on the Green Collection is to be built in Washington D.C.: Bible museum closes $50 million deal for D.C. spot (Religion News Service).

“Our intent is for this museum to showcase both the Old and New Testaments, arguably the world’s most significant pieces of literature, through a non-sectarian, scholarly approach that makes the history, scholarship and impact of the Bible on virtually every facet of society accessible to everyone,” said Mark DeMoss, a member of the Bible museum's board.

The museum, which will likely open in 2016, will highlight the collection of the billionaire Green family of Oklahoma. That collection features more than 55,000 items including biblical artifacts ranging from Dead Sea Scrolls to Torah scrolls that survived the Holocaust. Museum officials expect to also showcase other prominent collections from across the globe.

Some past posts involving the Green Collection are here, here, here, here, here, and here.