
The history of materializing the Bible has its stories of closed chapters, never realized visions, rumored openings, and coming soon attractions.
Closed (N=58)
- Mechanized Passion Play (Valenciennes, France), 1547
- Palestine Park & Jerusalem Miniature (Round Lake, New York), c.1875-1880
- Jerusalem model (Ocean Grove, New Jersey), 1879-1959
- Holy House of Loreto replica (Montreal, Quebec), 1894-?
- Cyclorama of Jerusalem on the Day of the Crucifixion (St. Anne-de-Beaupre, Quebec), 1895-2018
- Jerusalem Old City at World's Fair (St. Louis, Missouri), 1904
- Creation exhibit (St. Louis, Missouri; Coney Island, New York), 1904-1911
- Gauci Brothers Holy Land miniature (traveling; based in Edmonton, Canada), 1925-1962
- Solomon's Temple at the Century of Progress World's Fair (Chicago, IL), 1933
- Musee Historique Canadien (Montreal, Quebec), 1935-1989
- Jerusalem replica (Texas Centennial Exposition; Dallas), 1936
- Black Hills Passion Play (Spearfish, South Dakota), 1939-2008
- Tabernacle replica (St. Petersburg, Florida), 1948-1970
- Lund's Scenic Garden (Maple City, Michigan), 1948-1987
- Garden of Gethsemane replica (Los Angeles, California), c.1950
- Jerusalem model (Wappinger Falls, New York), c.1950
- Bible Land (Orlando, Florida), c.1950-1970
- Bob Jones biblical art museum (Greenville, South Carolina), 1951-2017
- Museum of Woodcarving (Spooner, Wisconsin), 1951-2020 (relocated to BibleWalk in Mansfield, Ohio)
- Garden of Eden (Bristol, Florida), 1952-1981
- Drive-Thru Bible Garden (Woodville, Georgia), 1954-1997
- Prince of Peace Memorial Park (Silver Springs, Florida; Gettysburg, PA; Henderson, TN), c.1955-68; 1968-84; 1984-?
- Bible Land (Calimesa, California), 1957-c.1990
- Bible History Wax Museum (Washington, D.C.), 1958-1982
- Christus Gardens (Gatlinburg, Tennessee), 1960-2008
- Book of Job (Pineville, Kentucky), c.1960-1977
- Biblical Gardens (Wisconsin Dells), 1961-1997
- The Holy Land Pavilion (New York, New York), 1964-1965
- Biblical and Historical Wax Museum (Salt Lake City, Utah), c.1965
- Museum of the Cross (Sarasota, Florida), 1966-1969
- King of Kings (St. Petersburg, Florida), 1968-1998
- Holy Land Museum and Library (New York, New York), 1970-c.1990
- Space View (Madison, Georgia), c.1970-?
- Holy Land USA (Bedford, Virginia), 1972-2009
- Bible garden at San Francisco Botanical Garden (San Francisco, California), 1975-c.1990
- Black Hills Holy Land (Custer, South Dakota), c.1975
- The Gallery of Creation: A Museum of Natural History (Social Circle, Georgia), 1978-2010
- Heritage USA (Fort Mill, South Carolina), 1978-1989
- Life of Christ Display (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), c.1980-2017
- Jesus of Nazareth Passion Play (Puyallup, Washington), 1982-2007
- Stiftung Lebendige Vorwelt (Hagen, Germany), 1983-2012
- Golgotha Fun Park (Cave City, Kentucky), 1992-2002
- The Promise (Branson, Missouri), 1995-2002; 2006-2010
- Trinity Via Dolorosa (Costa Mesa, California), 1999-2017
- Trinity Via Dolorosa (Hendersonville, Tennessee), closed 2017
- Trinity Via Dolorosa (Irving, Texas), 2000-2017
- Noah's Ark Biblical History Museum (Winston, Oregon), 2000-2017
- Museum of Religious Arts (Logan, Iowa), 2000-2016
- Museum of Biblical Art (New York, New York), 2005-2015
- King's City (Eliat, Israel), 2005-2015
- Museu Vida de Cristo (Fatima, Portugal), 2007-2017
- Songdo Bible Park (Songdo, South Korea), 2010
- Creation Store (Pensacola, Florida), online only as of 2016
- Covenant Gardens (Eureka Springs, Arkansas), date unknown
- Episcopal Biblical Garden (Mount Dora, Florida), date unknown
- Bellevue Biblical Gardens (Daytona Beach, Florida), date unknown
- Creation Orlando (Orlando, Florida), closed 2016
- Holy Land Experience (Orlando, Florida), 2001-2021
Never Was (N=10)
- Bible Park U.S.A. (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)
- Bible Story Land (Cucamonga, California)
- Holy Land at Ghost Town in the Sky (Maggie Valley, North Carolina)
- Biblical garden and Holy Land replicas (Anaheim, California)
- Holy Land, USA (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania)
- Exploration Science Center (Port Jervis, New York)
- Bible City (near Springfield, Missouri)
- Jerusalem Temple replica (Cape Canaveral, Florida)
- Biblelands (near Cambridge, Ohio)
- Bible theme park (Canterbury, England)
Coming soon? (N=21)
- Jewish Museum Berlin Children's Museum (Berlin, Germany)
- Trek Thru Truth (Cleveland, Tennessee)
- Northwest Science Museum (Boise, Idaho)
- Biblical Theme Park (Moose Jaw, Canada)
- Bible Museum (Bayern, Germany)
- Land of Genesis (Switzerland)
- God's Ark of Safety (Frostburg, Maryland)
- Museum of Biblical Antiquities (Salt Lake City/Provo, Utah)
- Biblical Garden (Hebron, West Bank)
- Greater Ancestors World Museum (Jacksonville, Florida)
- The Bible Ship (Germany)
- Creation Research of the North Coast museum (Bayside, California)
- Lost World Museum (Phoenix, New York)
- Re-created biblical Jerusalem (near Colorado Springs, Colorado)
- Museum of Biblical Archaeology (Ripon, California)
- Abrahamic Botanic Garden (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- Genesis Park (New Hampshire)
- Bible museum at National Cathedral (Accra, Ghana)
- Bible History Museum (Greenville, Texas)
- Museum of Archaeological and Biblical History (TBA)
- Holy Land Park (Branson, MO)