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New Museum Aims to Get Visitors Thinking About the Bible

Year

2017

Language

ENGLISH

Duration

8m 28s

Publication Information

NewsHour Productions

Summary

The new $500 million Museum of the Bible is filled with thousands of texts and artifacts, immersive exhibitions of bible stories, even an amusement park-like area for children. According to those behind the new private institution, the focus is not on proselytizing or presenting religious doctrine, but to raise public awareness of the centrality of bible in history and culture. Jeffrey Brown takes a look.

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