MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) will open Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible: Ancient Artifacts, Timeless Treasures in early 2010. The exhibition—created and produced by the Museum—includes authentic Dead Sea Scrolls, illustrated manuscripts, papyri, early biblical artifacts, landscape and aerial photography, and interactive displays about science, discovery and exploration.

Since its restructuring in 2006, the 125 year-old Museum has focused on blockbuster exhibits to generate interest locally and internationally. This exhibit is being developed in conjunction with the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation with which the Museum began negotiations in 2004.

The scrolls were discovered in caves near the Dead Sea in the mid-1900’s, and they have been dated and authenticated to the first century. Recognized as objects of intense scholarship and sources of primary information for archaeologists, historians, Jews and Christians, the Dead Sea Scrolls draw large crowds of people from all backgrounds.

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