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    New Museum Invites Visitors To 'Engage' With The Bible

    The $500 million privately funded project focuses on biblical history, biblical stories and the Bible's impact on the world.
    by Tom Gjelten Nov 10, 2017 5 minutes
    The lobby features a 140-foot digital mosaic that rotates through different images.

    The newest museum in Washington, D.C., is a $500 million institution dedicated to a single book.

    The privately funded Museum of the Bible, set to open Nov. 17, will focus on biblical history, biblical stories and the Bible's impact on the world.

    "We only have one mission statement," says Cary Summers, the museum president, "and that is to engage people with the Bible."

    Summers and other museum officials insist the institution has no sectarian or evangelical agenda, even though the museum is largely the brainchild of Steve Green, the CEO of Hobby Lobby — the family-owned craft store chain known for supporting conservative Christian causes.

    The museum is housed in a former refrigerated warehouse a few blocks from the National Mall. It incorporates 430,000 square feet of interactive and high-tech

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