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The major exhibition on the world’s most studied, analyzed and controversial cloth kicks off Feb. 26.
WASHINGTON — The Museum of the Bible is presenting a high-tech, interactive exhibition about the Shroud of Turin.
It’s called “Mystery and Faith: The Shroud of Turin” and runs Feb. 26 through July 31.
Brian Hyland is the museum’s associate curator of medieval manuscripts. He holds a master’s degree in ancient history from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Maryland, College Park. As well as completing additional studies at Cornell University and the Institut für Papyrologie, Ruprecht Karls Universität, in Heidelberg, Germany, he has also taught Greek and Roman history at the University of Illinois at Chicago, medieval history at the University of Maryland’s European extension division, and Latin at Binghamton University.
Hyland, a Catholic, spoke via email to the Register just ahead of the exhibition’s opening.
Continued below.
Interactive Shroud of Turin Exhibit Comes to the Museum of the Bible
WASHINGTON — The Museum of the Bible is presenting a high-tech, interactive exhibition about the Shroud of Turin.
It’s called “Mystery and Faith: The Shroud of Turin” and runs Feb. 26 through July 31.
Brian Hyland is the museum’s associate curator of medieval manuscripts. He holds a master’s degree in ancient history from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Maryland, College Park. As well as completing additional studies at Cornell University and the Institut für Papyrologie, Ruprecht Karls Universität, in Heidelberg, Germany, he has also taught Greek and Roman history at the University of Illinois at Chicago, medieval history at the University of Maryland’s European extension division, and Latin at Binghamton University.
Hyland, a Catholic, spoke via email to the Register just ahead of the exhibition’s opening.
Continued below.
Interactive Shroud of Turin Exhibit Comes to the Museum of the Bible
