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The Dunham Bible Museum is a distinctive institution dedicated to preserving and presenting the history of the Bible through rare manuscripts, artifacts, and historical displays. Located on the campus of Houston Christian University (formerly Houston Baptist University), the museum serves as both an educational resource and a place of reflection on the transmission and influence of Scripture through the centuries. Read more...
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Modern creationism, the idea that God created the world in six literal days approximately 6,000 years ago, and following that, a worldwide flood occurred, was championed by George McCready Price, a Seventh Day Adventist, starting in 1902. Williams Jennings Bryan unsuccessfully recruited him as a witness for the Scopes Trial. The “flood geology” movement grew to include conservative Lutherans, and Read more...
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The Trinity Southwestern University Museum of Archaeology, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a specialized institution dedicated to the study and display of artifacts related to the ancient Near East and the historical context of the Bible. Operated by Trinity Southwestern University, the museum serves both as an educational resource and as a center for research, particularly in the field Read more...
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The Virginia Baptist Historical Society maintains one of the most valuable collections of Baptist history in the American South through the Virginia Baptist Historical Library. Located on the campus of the University of Richmond, the library serves as a center for preserving, studying, and sharing the rich heritage of Baptists in Virginia and beyond. The origins of the library are Read more...
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Ye Olde Yellow Meeting House, located on Yellow Meetinghouse Road, off Route 526, dates to about 1737. Its earliest records, beginning in 1766, are in a 165-page handwritten “Church Book: Giving an Account of ye First Settlement & Progress of the Baptists at Crosswicks, or Upper Freehold.” In 1766, its forty-seven members organized into Crosswicks Baptist Church. In 1773, its Read more...
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God’s Ten Commandments Park is a distinctive religious landmark located in southern Illinois. Overlooking the town of Murphysboro from a wooded hillside, the park has become known for its large-scale displays of biblical scenes, particularly its prominent monument to the Ten Commandments. Combining religious devotion, folk art, and local initiative, the park reflects a unique expression of faith in the Read more...
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George Bennard was born in Youngstown, Ohio, but his parents would move to Iowa. When he was a teenager, he was invited to a Salvation Army meeting at 176 South 1st Avenue, Canton, Illinois, where he knelt at the “mourner’s bench” and accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior. The Canton Salvation Army still has that mourner’s bench on display. After Read more...
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The D. L. Moody Museum, located on the campus of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, offers visitors a focused and meaningful glimpse into the life and ministry of one of America’s most influential evangelists. Though modest in size, the museum plays an important role in preserving the legacy of Dwight L. Moody and connecting modern audiences with the spiritual Read more...
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The Linda Byrd Smith Museum of Biblical Archaeology, located in Searcy, Arkansas, is a focused educational resource dedicated to illuminating the historical and cultural world of the Bible. Situated on the campus of Harding University, the museum provides students and visitors with a hands-on opportunity to explore artifacts and materials that reflect life in the ancient Near East. Established in Read more...
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The focus of the Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology is on the excavation of Biblical Mizpah (Tell en-Nasbeh) from 1926 to 1935 under the British Mandate. Mizpah, named for the place where Jacob and Laban made a covenant after Jacob left Laban’s employment with his wives Rachel and Leah (Laban’s daughters) according to Genesis 31:49. It was made into a Read more...
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The Biblical History Center in LaGrange, Georgia, is a unique educational facility dedicated to helping visitors understand the world of the Bible through immersive experiences and historical reconstruction. Unlike traditional museums that focus primarily on display cases, the center emphasizes living history, allowing guests to step into carefully recreated environments that reflect life in ancient biblical times. Founded with the Read more...
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Ken Ham was born in Australia, the son of a Christian educator. At the age of 10, John Whitcomb and Henry Morris published The Genesis Flood, that ignited the modern Young Earth Creation movement. After college, Ken Ham taught high school science, until he began a Creation ministry in Australia, and then later moved to the United States to work Read more...
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In addition to the artifacts, it features many of the most significant Biblical replicas, including Siloam Inscription – the “completion marker” of Hezekiah’s Tunnel, chiseled into stone underneath Jerusalem where the two teams of diggers met during the Sennacherib siege Mesha Stele – discuses Omri, King of Israel and his relations with Mesha of Moab as recorded in 2 Kings Read more...
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The G. Herbert Livingston Archaeology and Israel Studies Learning Lab, located at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, is a specialized educational facility dedicated to the study of biblical archaeology and the historical context of the ancient Near East. Designed to support both academic instruction and public engagement, the lab provides students and visitors with a hands-on opportunity Read more...