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Bible Libraries, Museums and Special
Collections
Compiled by William E. Paul
[The
following are some of the libraries and museums which house Bible
collections, containing from ancient biblical manuscripts to modern
English
and
foreign Bible versions. These collections, varying widely in number of
volumes, are open for public or private perusal, some by appointment
only.
It
is strongly advised that you phone or write them for exact locations,
the nature of the collections and the hours of viewing. Some of this
data may have
changed since first compiled.]
ARIZONA
Bible Museum, Inc., The,
Hampton Inn & Suites, 2000 N. Litchfield Rd., Goodyear, AZ 85338. (800)
422-6243
Northern Arizona
University, Special Collection Library, CU Box 6022, Flagstaff, AZ 86011.
ARKANSAS
Bible Museum, The, Elna
M. Smith Foundation, P.O. Box 471 (935 Passion Play Road), Eureka Springs,
AR 72632-0471,
(501) 253-9200
CALIFORNIA
Biola University, Rose
Memorial Library, 13800 Biola Ave., La Mirada, CA 90639. (562) 903-6000
Claremont School of
Theology Library, 1325 North College Ave., Claremont, California 91711,
(909) 447-2500.
Dr. Gene Scott Bible Collection, See at
http://www.drgenescott.com/dgtour.htm
Hebrew Union College,
Jewish Institute of Religion, 3077 University Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90007.
Huntington Library, Alan
H. Jutzi, Curator, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108, (818) 405-2128.
Los Angeles Public
Library, Social Science, Philosophy & Religion Dept., 630 W. Fifth St., Los
Angeles,CA 90071. (213) 228-7000
Pacific School of
Religion, Bade Institute of Biblical Archaeology, Howell Bible Collection,
1798 Scenic Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709.
(510) 849-8272
Pilgrimage Library
Museum, 2260 N. Cahuenga, Hollywood, CA 90028 (may have moved or been
renamed)
University of
California, Santa Barbara Library, Dept. of Special Collections, Santa
Barbara, CA 93106. (805) 893-3420
University of
California, Davis, Shields Library, Dept. of Special Collections, Davis, CA
95616.
COLORADO
International Bible Society,
International Headquarters, 1820 Jet
Stream Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80921,
(719) 488.9200 (7:30
a.m. to 5 p.m. MST)
CONNECTICUT
Yale University Library,
Box 1603A, Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520.
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
Holy Land Experience,
The, 4655 Vineland Road, Orlando, FL 32811, (407) 529-9770
Florida International Museum, Ink &
Blood: Sacred Treasures of the Bible Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida.
info@inkandblood.com
1-877-332-4253 (January 13 – May 14, 2006)
Florida Southern
College, Roux Library, Johnson at McDonald, Lakeland, FL 33802.
Florida State
University, Julia Stover and Milton Washington Carothers Memorial Collection
of Bibles, Robert Manning Strozier Library,
105 Dogwood Way,
Tallahassee, FL 32306-2047 (850) 644-5211.
Leslie Hale Antique Bible Museum, P.O. Box
125, Tarpon Springs, FL 34688, (727) 938-0112,
leslie@lesliehale.com
University of Florida,
Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica, 406 Smathers Library, Gainesville,
FL 32611. (904) 392-0308.
GEORGIA
Focus on the Bible
Museum, The Legacy Center, 85 Carolyn Ct., Social Circle, GA 30025, (770)
464-1234
Pitts Theology Library,
Candler School of Theology, Emory University, 505 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA
30322. (404) 727-4166
HAWAII
IDAHO
IOWA
ILLINOIS
Garrett-Evangelical
Theological Seminary, Paul Edwin Keen English Bible Collection,
2121 Sheridan Rd.,
Evanston, IL 60201. (847) 866-3900.
Jesuit-Krauss-McCormick
Library, 1100 E. 55th St., Chicago, IL 60615-5112. (773) 256-0738
Moody Bible Institute,
Library, 820 N. LaSalle Blvd., Chicago, IL 60610-3223. (312) 329-4000
Newberry Library, 60 W.
Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610-7324. (312) 943–9090
Trinity International
University, Rolfing Memorial Library, 2065 Half Day Road, Deerfield, IL
60015-241.,(847) 945-8800.
United Library, Garrett
Seabury Seminaries, 2121 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60201. (847) 866-3909.
University of Chicago
Library, Dept. of Special Collections, 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago,
IL 60637. (312) 702-8705.
Wheaton College, Buswell
Memorial Library, 510 Irving Ave., Wheaton, IL 60187. (630) 752-5102
INDIANA
Indiana University,
Lilly Library, Seventh St., Bloomington, IN 47405. (812) 855-2452
Studer Bible Collection,
Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries, 3003 Benham Ave, Elkhart, IN
46517. (574) 296-6253
KANSAS
Baker University
Library, William Alfred Quayle Rare Bible Collection, Eighth St.,
P. O. Box 65, Baldwin
City, KS 66006-0065. (800) 873-4282.
Saint Mary College,
DePaul Library, 4100 S. Fourth St., Leavenworth, KS 66048-5082. (913)
682-5151.
KENTUCKY
Asbury Theological Seminary, B. L. Fisher
Library, Jack Hiatt,
204 N. Lexington Ave., Wilmore, KY
40390-1129. (859) 858-3581, (800) 227-2879
Berea College, Hutchins
Library, Rare Bible Collection, Berea, KY 40404. (606) 986-9341.
Lexington Theological
Seminary, Bosworth Memorial Library,
631 South Limestone St.,
Lexington, KY 40508-3400. (859) 252-0361.
Louisville Presbyterian
Theological Seminary, 1044 Alta Vista Rd., Louisville, KY 40205. (502)
895-3411.
Rawlings Foundation
Bible Museum, 11042 Stirrup Lane, Walton, KY 41094-9520
Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary and Eisenberg Museum, 2825 Lexington Road, Louisville,
KY 40280. (502) 897-4807.
LOUISIANA
Emy-Lou Biedenharn
Foundation, The Bible Research Center, 2006 Riverside Drive, Monroe, LA
71201-4268. (318) 387-5281.
MAINE
Robert L. Taylor’s Maine Family Bible
Archives, David C. Young,
P.O. Box 152,
Danville, ME 04223
MARYLAND
Johns Hopkins
University, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Special Collections, John Work
Garrett Library,
4545 N. Charles St.,
Baltimore, MD 21210. (410) 516-0341.
The Christian
Heritage Museum
www.christianheritagemuseum.com
MASSACHUSETTS
American Antiquarian
Society, 185 Salisbury St., Worcester, MA 01609-1634. (508) 755-5221
Andover-Newton Theological School, Franklin-Trask
Library, 169 Herrick Road, Newton Centre, MA 02459-2219. (800)
964-2687 ext. 251
Boston University, Mugar
Memorial Library, Dept. of Special Collections, Boston, MA 02215.
Goddard Library,
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 130 Essex St., South Hamilton, MA
01982-2317., (978) 646-4300.
Harvard University
Divinity School, Andover-Harvard Theological Library, 45 Frances Drive,
Cambridge, MA 02138. (617) 495-5910
Hebrew College, Jacob
and Rose Grossman Library and Lawrence Jay & Anne Cable Rubenstein Library,
43 Hawes St., Brookline,
MA 02146. (617) 232-8710.
Massachusetts Bible Society Collection,
Boston University School of Theology,
745 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Massachusetts 02215,
(617)-353-3050.
Wellesley College, Dept.
of Special Collections, Wellesley, MA 02181.
Williams College, Chapin
Library of Rare Books, P.O. Box 426, Williamstown, MA 02167.
MICHIGAN
Albion College,
Stockwell Memorial Library, 602 E. Cass St., Albion, MI 49224.
Bible Museum & Biblical
Research Foundation, William J. Chamberlin, Director,
6413 Snow Apple Drive,
Clarkston, MI 48346. (248) 620-2642
Calvin College and
Seminary, Hekman Library, 1855 Knollcrest Cir., SE, Grand Rapids, MI
49546-4437.
(616) 526-6000 or (800)
688-0122
Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary,
Library, 4801 Allen Road, Allen Park, MI 48101-2913.,
(313) 381-0111
Detroit Public Library,
Rare Books Department, 5201 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48202. (313)
833-1476.
Trinitarian Bible Society, 1710 Richmond NW,
Grand Rapids, MI 49504. (616)
453-2892
University of Michigan
Library, Special Collections Library, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. (313) 764-9377.
MINNESOTA
Bethel Theological
Seminary Library, 3949 Bethel Drive, St. Paul, MN 55112-6940. (651) 638-6184
Hill Museum &
Manuscript Library,
Saint John's
University, P.O. Box 2000,
Collegeville, MN 56321, (320) 363-2011
University of Minnesota,
Meredith Wilson Library, 309 19th Ave., S., Minneapolis, MN
55455.
University of Minnesota,
Duluth, Ramseyer-Northern Bible Society Museum Collection,
416 Library Drive,
Duluth, MN 55812-3001 Phone (218) 726-8102; (218) 727-3687
MISSISSIPPI
Reformed Theological Seminary, Library, 5422
Clinton Blvd., Jackson, MS 39209-3099
(601) 923-1600
MISSOURI
Concordia Seminary Library, 801 DeMun Ave., St. Louis,
MO 63105-3168.
(314) 505-7030.
Nazarene Theological
Seminary, Library, 1700 E. Meyer Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64131-1246. (800)
831-3011
MONTANA
NEVADA
NEBRASKA
Nebraska Christian
College, The Loren T. and Melva M. Swedburg Library, Gunderson Bible
Collection,
1800 Syracuse Ave.,
Norfolk, NE 68701. (402) 379-5000.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
Harvey S. Firestone
Memorial Library, One Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08542. (609) 258-1470
Sheide Library,
Princeton Theological Seminary, P.O. Box 821, Princeton, NJ 08542-0803 (609)
921-8300.
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
American Bible Society
Library, 1856 Broadway, New York, NY 10023. (212) 408-1204.
Colgate Rochester
Divinity School, Ambrose Swasey Library, 1100 S. Goodman St., Rochester, NY
14620.
General Theological
Seminary Library, Saint Marks Library, 175 Ninth Ave., New York, NY 10011.,
(212) 243-5150
Jewish Theological
Seminary, 3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10027. (212) 678-8000.
New York Public Library,
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788. (212) 930-0830
Pierpont Morgan Library,
29 East 36th Street, New York, NY 10016. (212) 685-0610
Union Theological
Seminary, Burke Library, 3041 Broadway at 121st Street, New
York, NY 10027. (212) 662-7100
NORTH CAROLINA
Duke University,
Divinity School Library, Box 90968, Durham, NC 27706. (919) 660-3400
Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary Library, P.O. Box 1499, Wake Forest, NC 27588. (919)
556- 3101.
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
Case Western Reserve
University, M. A. Baxter School of Information & Library Science, 10900
Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106
Living Bible Museum, 500
Tingly Ave., Mansfield, OH 44905. (419) 524-0139.
Public Library
of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, The, 800 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH
45202- 2071
Rosedale Bible College,
Library Collection, 2270 Rosedale Road, Irwin, Ohio 43029, (740) 857-1311
Rutherford B. Hayes
Presidential Center, The, Family Bible Collection, Spiegel Grove, Fremont,
OH 43420-2796; (419) 332-2081
OKLAHOMA
Bizzell Bible Collection at the University of
Oklahoma, 660 Parrington
Oval, Norman, OK, 73019-0390 (405) 325-0311
Living Word National
Bible Museum, 8863 E. 91st St., Tulsa, OK 74133-9849. (918)
489-0431.
Phillips Theological
Seminary, Library, 901 N. Mingo Road, Tulsa, OK 74116. (918) 610-8303.
Ross Hayslip Bible
Collection, Southern Nazarene University, 6729 NW 39th, Bethany, OK 73008.
(405) 491-6693.
OREGON
Multnomah School of the
Bible Library, 8435 NE Glisan St., Portland, OR 97220-5898.
Northwest Christian
College, Kellenberger Library, 828 E. 11th Ave., Eugene, OR
97401-3745. 541) 343-641
Corban College
(formerly Western Baptist College), Prewitt/Allen
Archaeological Museum,
www.corban.edu,
1-800-845-3005.
PENNSYLVANIA
Dickinson College, Boyd
Lee Spahr Library, Edwin Willoughby Collection, W. High St., Carlisle, PA
17013.
Free Library of
Philadelphia, Rare Book Dept., 1901 Vine St., Philadelphia, PA 19103-1189.
(215) 686-5416.
LaSalle University
Museum, Daniel Burke, 1900 W. Olney, Philadelphia, PA 19141. (215) 951-1221
Temple University
Libraries, Paley Library, Special Collections, Dept., Rare Books and
Manuscripts Section, Philadelphia, PA 19122,
(215)-204-8230
University of
Pennsylvania, Van Pelt Library, Rare Books Collection, 34th and
Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Westminster Theological
Seminary, Montgomery Library, Chestnut Hill, P.O. Box 27009, Philadelphia,
PA 19118. (215) 887-5511
RHODE ISLAND
Brown University, John
Carter Brown Library, P.O. Box 1894, Providence, RI 02912. (401) 863-2725.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Averyt Learning Center
Historical Room, North Greenville College, Lewie Miller Collection,
Tigerville, SC 29688.
Phone (803) 895-1410
Anderson College Library, Bible
Collection, 316 Boulevard, Anderson, SC 29621;
www.ac.edu
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
Harding School of
Religion, Library, 1000 Cherry Road, Memphis, TN 38117-5424. (901) 761-1352,
(800) 680-0809
Holman Antique Bible
Display Case, Holman Bible Publishers, 127 Ninth Avenue
North, Nashville,
TN 37234., (800) 251-3225.
Johnson Bible College
Library, John H. Palmer Collection, 7900 Johnson Drive, Knoxville, TN 37998.
(865) 573-4517.
TEXAS
Abilene Christian
University, Margaret and Herman Brown Library, Sewell Bible Library, ACU
Station, Abilene, TX 79601.
Bridwell Theology
Library, Perkins School of Theology, Special Collections, Southern Methodist
University,
6005 Bishop Boulevard,
Dallas, TX 75275. (214) 768-3440
Dallas Theological Seminary, Mosher Library,
3909 Swiss Ave., Dallas, TX 75204.
(800) 992-0998.
Dunham Family
Bible in
America, The, Houston Baptist University, Diana Severance, Curator,
7502 Fondren, Houston, TX 77074-3298, (281) 649-3287,
www.hbu.edu/bia;
dseverance@hbu.edu.
Enduring Word Museum, The,
PO Box 121998,
Fort Worth TX 76109, 817-924-4209,
info@theenduringword.com
Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary Library, 2002 W. Seminary Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76122
Texas Christian
University, Mary Couts Burnett Library, 2800 S. University Drive, Fort
Worth, TX 76129., (817) 257-7117
University of Texas at Austin, Online Exhibition at
the Ransom Center,
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/gutenberg/
UTAH
VIRGINIA
Virginia Theological
Seminary, Bishop Payne Library, 3737 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA
22304-5202., (703) 370-6600
Museum of Christian
History and Library, The, 10 Croyden Lane, Staunton, VA 24401, (540)
885-7333
(moving to Common Ground
Meeting House, Fishersville, VA)
VERMONT
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
Northeastern Christian
Junior College, Whitworth Library, Ohio Valley
College,
1 Campus View Drive, Vienna, WV 26105-8000. (877)
446.8668
WISCONSIN
Seventh Day Baptist
Historical Society Library & Museum, 3120 Kennedy Rd., Janesville, WI 53547.
Phone (608) 752-5055
WYOMING
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
Catholic University of
America, Mullen Library, 620 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington, D.C., 20064.
(202) 635-5055.
Library of Congress,
Rare Book and Special Collections Division, 101 Independence Ave. SE,
Washington, D.C. 20540.
(202) 707-5434.
CANADA
National Library of
Canada, 395 Wellington St., Ottawa K1A 0N4, Canada. (613) 995-9481.
Queen’s University,
Douglas Library, SE corner of Union St. and University Ave., Kingston,
Ontario K7L 5C4, Canada.
(613) 533-2839
Wycliffe College,
Leonard Library, 5 Hoskins Ave., Toronto M5S 1H7, Ontario, Canada.
EUROPE
Bethesda Bible Museum,
Bethesda Baptist Church, Kensington Place, London W8 7PX, +44 (0)
20-7221-7039
British Library, 96
Euston Road, St. Pancras, London NW1 2DB, England. Phone 071-323-7023
Cambridge University Library, West Road,
Cambridge, UK CB3-9DR. 01223 333000
Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2,
Ireland, 011-353-1-407-0750. Web site:
http://www.cbl.ie; E-mail
info@cbl.ie.
Huron University
College, Silox Memorial Library, 1349 Western Rd., London N6G 1H3, England
(519) 438-7224.
Tyndale House, Cambridge
University Library, West Road, Cambridge, England CB3 9DR. Phone Cambridge
0223 333000.
ASIA
Bible Center Museum,
Rothshild Boulevard 16, Tel-Aviv 66881, Israel, 972-3-5177760 fax.
972-3-5107661
Israel Bible Museum,
P.O. Box 1396, Safad, Israel 011-972-06-6999972 (USA): (301) 897-1518
Korean Bible Society,
1365-16 Seocho-2 Dong, Seocho-Ku, Seoul, Korea 137-072.
+(82)-(0)-2-3474-3061-8
SOUTH AMERICA
Bible Museum, Bible
Society of Brazil, Caixa Postal 330, Tamboré, 06453-970, Barueri, São Paulo,
Brazil, +(55)-(0)11-4195-9590
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