Bible Lands Museum

A Step into the Past

Recently the Seminary's Bible Lands Museum was featured on Pittsburgh 360. The program, produced by WQED, provides a dynamic, interactive look at the people and place, issues and stories that shape the fabric of Pittsburgh and its surrounding communities.

The Kelso Museum has its roots in a program of archeological field work in the Near East that began in 1924. Artifacts in the collection include ceramics, metal, stone and organic materials that date from prehistoric to early Islamic times. Exhibits explore continuity and change in many aspects of daily life: settlement patterns, agriculture, technologies and crafts, trade and writing systems and practices.

The collection and associated archives are available to scholars and students for research. Visitors of all ages are welcome to browse the exhibits or to arrange a tour. 

The museum is part of a multifaceted archaeology program that includes an on-going excavation at Tel Zeitah in Israel, now in its 11^th year, academic courses and a semi-annual lecture program that brings leading archaeologists to Pittsburgh.