Bible Museum is located in the center of Amsterdam, on the waterfront Herengracht canal. Since 1975, the museum occupies two buildings of four so-called "houses Kromhauta." The buildings themselves are also of great historical and architectural value. They were built in 1662 to a wealthy Amsterdam merchant Jacob Kromhauta. These houses are preserved kitchen XVII century - the oldest in the Netherlands. Also of great interest are preserved in some rooms, ceiling painting beginning of the XVIII century and stucco.

The museum was founded in 1852. The founder of the museum, Leendert Schouten, collected what could recreate the atmosphere of that time and those places where once there were the events described in the Bible. The Egyptian Museum's collection includes not only the clay tablets, sarcophagi or images scarabs, but this mummy. Here you can see models of ancient temples made with amazing accuracy and decorated with precious stones.

The museum contains the oldest Bible printed in the Netherlands - it was published in 1477. It also kept the first Bible in Dutch, printed in 1637. Visitors can see a lot of old and rare books. The museum's collection continues to grow: in 2009, with the sponsorship, the museum acquired the collection of old Bibles bound in silver. The museum also exhibited a facsimile copy of the famous Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran, found in 1947.

The museum also hosts a variety of exhibitions.