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Dead Sea Scrolls at Pacific Science Center
Neighborhood: Queen Anne
200 2nd Ave North
Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 443-2001
200 2nd Ave North
Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 443-2001
2 reviews for Dead Sea Scrolls at Pacific Science Center
Haven't been yet so arbitrarily put this rating up. Was planning on going to a lecture and seeing the exhibit, but the one for tonight may be cancelled due to the weather.
Coming up in the lecture series:
November 29
How the Dead Sea Scrolls Were Uncovered and Saved
Weston Fields, Th.D., Ph.D.
Executive Director, The Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation; Chair, Department of Biblical Studies; Chair, Division of Old Testament and Culture of Ancient Israel, University of the Holy Land, Jerusalem
December 6
Identical Cousins: The Holy Spirit in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament
John R. "Jack" Levison
Professor of the New Testament,
Seattle Pacific University
December 13
The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Jodi Magness
Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
We went to the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at the Pacific Science Center where we are members. Luckily, it was highly discounted at $8 per adult for us with free museum admission. Otherwise, I would have been pretty upset at admission and extra exhibit fee for a total of $28 per person for a few scraps (literally) of the scrolls at the end of the exhibit.
They also hurried us through after we waited three hours for the last showing at 8:15.
The exhibits about the settlements that stored the scrolls were interesting, but bored the kids to no end and needed at LEAST 3-4 hours to get through completely (if you are like me or my brother-in-law and like to read every explanation and listen to every audio tour narrative.).
It didn't help that there was a blind guy whose guide was also reading every description in pretty loud, nasally voice. I just couldn't concentrate reading in my head, trying to ignore nasally voice, and look at exhibits all at once. It was super over-crowded.
Verdict: I think you could gain just as much information online without the $28 a head surcharge for underwhelming pieces of old paper with no similarity to scrolls whatsoever.
The only cool thing that made me say, "wow," was a copper scroll which was more of a treasure map and did not have the religious significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Again, little scraps of paper--very few larger than fist size--in a packed room weren't worth it! It should have been called Dead Sea Bits O' Paper.