The Bible Museum is located in the centre of Amsterdam, canal Herengracht. Since 1975, the Museum occupies two buildings of four so-called "houses of Kromhout". The buildings themselves are also of great historical and architectural value. They were built in 1662 for wealthy Amsterdam merchant Jacob Cromhout. In these houses preserved food of the XVII century – the oldest in the Netherlands. Also of great interest are preserved in some rooms, ceiling painting of the early eighteenth century and stucco.

The Museum was founded in 1852. The founder of the Museum, Leendert of Schouten, gathered what could recreate the atmosphere of that time and those places, where once was described in the Bible events. The Egyptian collection of the Museum includes not only clay tablets, sarcophagi or images of scarabs, but a real mummy. Here you can see models of ancient temples, executed with amazing precision and decorated with precious stones.

The Museum houses the oldest Bible printed in the Netherlands – it was published in 1477. It also kept the first Bible in Dutch, printed in 1637. Visitors can see many old and rare editions. The Museum collection continues to grow: in 2009, with the sponsorship, the Museum acquired a collection of old copies of the Bible in the silver covers. The Museum also exhibited a facsimile copy of the famous Dead sea Scrolls from Qumran, found in 1947.

The Museum also hosts various temporary exhibitions.