$60M Philly Bible Museum To Close After Three Years

The Christian Post reports:

The American Bible Society will be closing down its Faith and Liberty Discovery Center, around three years after the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based museum, which cost around $60 million, had opened.

In a press release emailed to The Christian Post on Monday morning, the ABS announced that the center was ending operations on April 1, with the last day for public visits to be March 28. Full refunds will be given to those who bought tickets to visit the center after March 28, according to the ABS.

The center struggled from the onset, receiving only around $54,000 in ticket sales for the tax year of July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, while reporting total expenses of around $11 million, according to a statement of revenue.

Read the full article. The museum is on the Philadelphia Independence Mall near the Liberty Bell display.

A positive sign of the times … there is so little interest in the bible that the American Bible Society is shuttering the $60 million Faith and Liberty Discovery Center. The less bible preoccupation the better for human rights.https://t.co/Y61t62oRl9 via @RNS

— FFRF (@FFRF) March 15, 2024

The American Bible Society is shutting down its $60 million Center City museum after 3 years.https://t.co/CsgcPQH9ff

— The Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) March 18, 2024