Bible Libraries, Museums and Special Collections
by William E. Paul & Carl Johnson
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
Northern Arizona University
Special Collection Library, CU Box 6022, Flagstaff, AZ 86011.
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
Google: Dr. Gene Scott Bible Collection Tour.
Gateway Seminary Library
The Michael/Terry Kuykendall Bible Collection, 3210 E Guasti Rd, Ontario, CA 91761. (909) 687-1800
Hebrew Union College
Jewish Institute of Religion, 3077 University Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90007.
Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108, (818) 405-2128.
​(Has a Gutenberg Bible & some early English Bibles)
Los Angeles Public Library
Social Science, Philosophy & Religion Dept., 630 W. Fifth St., Los Angeles,CA 90071. (213) 228-7000
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
Biblica (formerly the International Bible Society),
The Don Heese Bible Collection, 300 General Palmer Dr. #4, Palmer Lake, CO 80133, (719) 488-9200.
CONNECTICUT
Yale University Library
Box 1603A, Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520.
FLORIDA
Florida Southern College
Roux Library, 841-899 Frank Lloyd Wright Way, Lakeland, FL 33803. (863) 680-4164.
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 Teaching Center
The Bible Museum, 1355 N. Pinellas Ave. (Alt. 19), Tarpon Springs, FL 34689, (727) 938-0112, lesliehale.com
University of Florida
George A. Smathers Libraries, Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica, 1508 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611. (352) 273-2865.
GEORGIA
Pitts Theology Library
The Michael Morgan Bible Collection, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, 505 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322. (404) 727-4166
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
Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries
The Gerald Studer Bible Collection, 3003 Benham Ave, Elkhart, IN 46517. (574) 296-6253
Indiana University
Lilly Library, Seventh St., Bloomington, IN 47405. (812) 855-2452
(Has Gutenberg NT, Complutensian Polyglot, 1535 Coverdale, Eliot's 1663 & 1685)
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.
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Eisenberg Museum
2825 Lexington Road, Louisville, KY 40280. (502) 897-4807.
ARKANSAS
Bible Museum
The, Elna M. Smith Foundation, P.O. Box 471 (935 Passion Play Road), Eureka Springs, AR 72632-0471, (501) 253-9200
LOUISIANA
Emy-Lou Biedenharn Foundation,
The Bible Research Center, 2006 Riverside Drive, Monroe, LA 71201-4268. (318) 387-5281.
MARYLAND
Johns Hopkins University, Milton S. Eisenhower Library
Special Collections, John Work Garrett Library,
4545 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21210. (410) 516-0341.
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.
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
MAINE
Robert L. Taylor’s Maine Family Bible Archives
David C. Young, P.O. Box 152, Danville, ME 04223
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
NEW JERSEY
Princeton University
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 YORK
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.
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
the University of Oklahoma, 660 Parrington Oval, Norman, OK, 73019-0390 (405) 325-0311
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
American Bible Society
101 N. Independence Mall East Floor 8, Over 45,000 Foreign & English Bibles, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155. (866) 895-4448.
Dickinson College
Waidner-Spahr Library, Special Collections, 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
Connelly Library, The Susan Dunleavy Collection of Biblical Literature, 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
NEBRASKA
Nebraska Christian College
The Loren T. and Melva M. Swedburg Library, Gunderson Bible Collection,
1800 Syracuse Ave., Norfolk, NE 68701. (402) 379-5000.
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
TEXAS
Abilene Christian University
Margaret and Herman Brown Library, Sewell Bible Library, ACU Station, Abilene, TX 79601.
Bible Museum
The, Terry Snelling - Curator, Walnut Street & Second Ave., Houston, TX.
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 Bible Museum
Houston Christian University, Diana Severance, Curator, 7502 Fondren, Houston, TX 77074-3298. (281) 649-3287
Enduring Word Museum
The, PO Box 121998, Fort Worth TX 76109, John Sliffe, Curator, 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 Harry Ransom Center, https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/gutenberg-bible
TENNESSEE
Freed-Hardeman University
Hope Barber Shull Library, The David Tarbet Bible Collection, 158 E. Main St., Henderson, TN 38340. (731) 989-6936
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
The John H. Palmer Bible Collection, 7900 Johnson Drive, Knoxville, TN 37998. (865) 573-4517.
The Tennessee Bible Museum
Gene Albert, Founder, 135 E. Wears Valley Rd. #1, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863, (865) 365-1277.
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Special Collections, The Shaheen Antiquarian Bible Collection, 1015 Volunteer Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37996-1000, 865-974-4351.
VIRGINIA
Liberty University
The Rawlings Scriptorium Museum, 1971 University Blvd, Lynchburg, VA 24515. (434) 582-2569
Virginia Theological Seminary
Bishop Payne Library, 3737 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22304-5202., (703) 370-6600
WISCONSIN
Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society Library & Museum
3120 Kennedy Rd., Janesville, WI 53547. Phone (608) 752-5055
WASHINGTON D.C.
Catholic University of America
Mullen Library, 620 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington, D.C., 20064. (202) 635-5055.
Library of Congress
Thomas Jefferson Building, Rare Book and Special Collections Division (Bibles), 101 Independence Ave. SE, Washington, D.C. 20540. (202) 707-5434.
Museum of the Bible
400 4th St. SW, Washington D.C. 20024, 866-430-6682.
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. +44 1223 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.
University of Münster
Institute for New Testament Textual Research (INTF) Bible Museum, Pferdegasse 1, 48143 Münster, Germany.
+49 (0)251/83-22583
AUSTRALIA
Ellen Reid The Bible Museum
125 - 133 Napier Street, St Arnaud, Victoria Australia, 3478 Phone: 03 5495 1169 or 03 9001 9312 email: ellen@thebiblemuseum.com.au web: http://www.thebiblemuseum.com.au
ASIA
Korean Bible Society
1365-16 Seocho-2 Dong, Seocho-Ku, Seoul, Korea 137-072. +(82)-(0)-2-3474-3061-8
MIDDLE EAST
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
The Bible Society in Israel
17 Jaffa St., POB 44, Jerusalem 91000, Israel. 011-972-2-6251849
SOUTH AMERICA
Bible Museum,
Bible Society of Brazil, Caixa Postal 330, Tamboré, 06453-970, Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil, +(55)-(0)11-4195-9590