Profile: The Bible Museum is a Museums company located at St Arnaud, Victoria Australia, address is 125-133 Napier St, St Arnaud 3478 VIC, postcode is 3478, you can contact The Bible Museum by phone 03 5495 1169
Description: Australia's first Bible Museum is now open in St Arnaud, 1 hour drive west of Bendigo! Free entry to all, including guided tours. The Bible Museum and Butterfly Garden are closed until 2nd September 2014. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. The Bible Museum has a collection of over 1,000 Bibles, with original printings from the early 17th century onwards, and facsimiles of Bibles from the 9th century onwards. It includes miniature Bibles, handwritten scrolls, Bibles with elaborate covers, and very large ornately gilded Family Bibles. There is a large exhibit of foreign language Bibles including matching dolls in ethnic costumes. There are many original and replica antiquities from Israel, Egypt, Rome and Mesopotamia, such as Rosetta Stone, King Cyrus Cylinder, the Black Obelisk with King Jehu, and Dead Sea Scrolls and Jars. Musical instruments from the Bible include a large shofar, silver temple trumpets, harp, psalter, Arabic flutes, and Jewish percussion. These musical instruments can be played by the public. There are also large models of the Jewish Temples and Tabernacle. The whole collection is on display to the public, with free entry for all, in a heritage building which has recently been restored. The museum is entirely privately financed without government or religious organization funding. It is the result of 30+ years of collecting Bibles and related items by one family. We hope to open a bookshop, tearoom and Bible Plants Garden in late 2011. The aim of the Museum is to Bring the Bible to Life as well as to explore the history of the Bible as a book, in an interesting and pleasant environment. The Butterfly Garden is open from November to May.
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