The Museum of the Bible is an 8-story, 430,000 SF complex under construction at 400 4th Street, SW. The museum is scheduled to be completed in November of 2017. The subject property will have a ballroom with the capacity to seat 500, and 1,000 for lectures. The performing arts hall will seat 472 people.
According to the project website, here are the exhibits by floor:
- Basement Level 2: Storage, administrative, research labs
- Basement Level 1: Short-term exhibit space, mechanical/electrical
- First Floor: Lobby, atrium, media wall, gift shop, children’s gallery and affiliated libraries, mezzanine with coffee shop
- Second Floor: Impact of the Bible gallery
- Third Floor: History of the Bible gallery
- Fourth Floor: Narrative of the Bible gallery
- Fifth Floor: Long-term exhibit space for international museum galleries, performing arts hall, Museum of the Bible offices, Scholars Initiative offices, conference hall, research library
- Sixth Floor: Biblical garden, viewing gallery, gathering room, restaurant