A Database of Dead Sea Scroll Exhibitions in the 20th and 21st Centuries

The 20th and 21st centuries have seen more than 160 different exhibitions featuring the Dead Sea Scrolls. Since the first exhibition at the Library of Congress in Washington (DC) in 1949, these scrolls—stemming from the Essenes living northwest of the Dead Sea 2,000 years ago—have visited almost every continent on Earth. Most of the exhibitions have been blockbusters, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors. Thus, the scroll exhibitions have had a significant religious and political impact. This database of Dead Sea Scroll exhibitions features information about every one of them: Where they were held, when they were open, who the curators were, et cetera.