Bijbels Museum

These Biblical stories and themes function as a reference point and inspiration for the travelling exhibition.

The Biblical Museum aims to tell stories that are inspiring and reflect on meaning making.

Leendert Schouten, including the nineteenth-century models of the Tabernacle and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem has been handed over to Museum Catharijneconvent in Utrecht.

Nine objects disappeared from a display case, including bronze figurines, heart carabs and a Roman coin.

[5] In May 2018, the museum decided to dispose of its collection because there was too little money for maintenance and it wanted to fulfill its mission in a different way, to start telling stories in a new way.

[6] The change in direction was completed with the team's move to the Corvershof in Amsterdam and the closure as of July 1, 2020 of the permanent presentation on the Herengracht.

Examples of this new direction (for a larger public, focus on modern art and travelling exhitions) are Zondvloed nu (The Flood now),[8] Verhalen van hoop (Stories of Hope),[9] Zie mij.

[11] In October - December 2020 the Biblical Museum held an exhibition in the Westerkerk in Amsterdam called NIEUWE AARDE: 12 visioenen (NEW EARTH: 12 visions).

[12] In July - September 2021 the Biblical Museum held an exhibition in Escher in het Paleis and the Kloosterkerk in The Hague called Tijd en Eeuwigheid.

[14] In January - April 2023 the Biblical Museum held an exhibition in Fotogalerie de Gang Haarlem called Eva, Sara en Hanna.

[16][17] In March - September 2023 the Biblical Museum held an exhibition in Buitenplaats Doornburgh called EXODUS.