See the Actual Dead Sea Scrolls

The Discovery Center in New York City has an exhibit on the Dead Sea Scrolls, offering a unique opportunity to see some of the actual scrolls and many other artifacts of the period when they were written, about the 1st Century BC. “The Dead Sea Scrolls” is on view through April 15 at Discovery Times Square, 226 West 44th Street: http://www.discoverytsx.com/

An article in the New York Times reviews the exhibit: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/29/arts/design/the-dead-sea-scrolls-at-discovery-times-square-review.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=DEAD%20SEA%20SCROLLS&st=cse

In addition, another article in the New York Times describes the effort by Google to publish digitized versions of the scrolls online: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/technology/quietly-google-puts-history-online.html?scp=1&sq=google%20dead%20sea%20scrolls&st=cse

The Discovery exhibit will been seen by many people; the Israel Museum in Jerusalem that houses the scrolls will be visited by many more; however, the online version created by Google has already been seen by millions: http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/dss_video