The World of the Bible in the Museum of Dombóvár

On 10 May, Whitsun Saturday, a new temporary exhibition was opened in the Museum of Local History in Dombóvár, The World of the Bible. The vast majority of the exhibited material contains very interesting, selected bibliographical material, which has been collected with the kind contribution of local people, churches and institutions. There can be found versions of the Holy Scripture from almost four (!) centuries, written in Hungarian, for example, one of the main pieces of the exhibition is an original copy of the so-called Káldi-Bible from 1626. It was the first Catholic Bible completely written in Hungarian.
From the 1800s, there are Protestant, Catholic, Greek and Latin, very precious pieces as well.
In addition, there are some Bibles, which were written in foreign languages, for example valuable Hebrew and Hebrew-Hungarian hymn- and prayer-books from the bequest of the Jewish community of Dombóvár. There is an interesting Esperanto Bible as well, which has been found recently.
Special forms of the Bible are also exhibited, for example student, illuminated, miniature and 'buckled Swabian' ones and besides the holy books, there is the so-called Peasant Bible of Hungarian folklorists.
Among the specialities of the exhibition, there is a two-volume Classic Golden Bible, jubilee present of the Eszterházy family (Duke Esterházy patronized Dombóvár in the past) to the local secondary grammar school.
The exhibition is joined with an ecumenical mobile exhibition, called 'Wandering Bible' and there are entertaining board games connected to the topic, for families and communities who visit the exhibition. In cooperation with the local library, a quiz competition has been launched, and the results will be announced during the programmes of the Night of Museums.
Opening hours for the exhibition: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday: 10 am-4 pm.
Thursday: 10 am-6 pm.
Closed on Sundays and Mondays.
Location: Dombóvár, Szabadság u. 16.
Contact: tel/fax: 74-465-715
e-mail: museum.dombovar@gmail.com