Would you like to see fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls displayed in Gadsden?

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The collection includes authentic Dead Sea Scrolls, 5,000-year-old clay tablets, Hebrew Torahs, ancient Greek texts, Medieval Latin manuscripts, pages from Gutenberg’s Bible, and rare English printed Bibles.

In addition to the more than one-hundred authentic artifacts, the exhibition includes a working replica of Gutenberg’s printing press featuring live demonstrations of incunabular printing. 

 
If 1,000 people paid $50 now, we would have the funds to guarantee the exhibit's success.  Please pre-purchase tickets now at $5 each.  If 1,000 people buy 10 tickets at $5 each by November 18, the Board of Directors will have the comfort level to make the necessary commitments.

For 2009, we had several headliners already planned.  Gadsden Reads: The Shawl's theme will be expanded upon in March and April as we exhibit "Darkness Into Life".  The exhibit was organized by the Birmingham Holocaust Education Committee and focuses on Alabama's Holocaust survivors.  Our summer is celebrated with a tribute to the air conditioner, and during September into November we are organizing Faberge and Vivian Alexander.  Original Faberge selections from several collections, including items from the Forbes' Collection will be combined with an extraordinary collection of Vivian Alexander egg-related objects d'art.
 
These programs were our 2009 grand plans until a few weeks ago when….

Ink and Blood became unavailable,
unless we exhibited it during May, June and July of 2009.

The good news is that our community has the opportunity to display an incredible exhibit in May, June and July 2009.   The bad news is that with our already full exhibit schedule, we must raise a minimum of $30,000 by November 18 to sign the contract.

Please click DONATE NOW to ensure this comes to Gadsden.

Corporate Sponsorships levels begin at $12,500 and special group rate programs can include the use of the Hardin Center's 400 seat auditorium; inquiries should be made to bobwelch@culturalarts.org or phone 256-543-2787 x 26.
Ink & Blood: Dead Sea Scrolls to Gutenberg is the largest collection ever assembled chronicling Western Civilization as seen through one of its most prominent and carefully preserved objects d’art—the Hebrew, Latin and English Bible.
The collection includes authentic Dead Sea Scrolls, 5,000-year-old clay tablets, Hebrew Torahs, ancient Greek texts, Medieval Latin manuscripts, pages from Gutenberg’s Bible, and rare English printed Bibles.
In addition to the more than one-hundred authentic artifacts, the exhibition includes a working replica of Gutenberg’s printing press featuring live demonstrations of incunabular printing.