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The Museum's extensive collection of rare Bibles and creative exhibits enhance an appreciation among all visitors of the Bible's history.

Exhibits

On public display are
• ancient manuscripts
• decoratively illuminated medieval Scriptures
• examples of the earliest printed Bibles
• the earliest Bibles in English
• the earliest Bibles printed in America
• Bible translations from across the centuries and around the world.
For the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, the Museum features the special exhibit "KJV@400: From Hampton Court, around the Globe, and to the Moon."

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