Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology

We have been busy here at the Badè Project! Read below to see what we have been up to:

Preventative Conservation

A complete cleaning out of the museum storage area and refashioning it with archival quality materials. This includes archival EthaFoam® padding for all the drawers, archival tissue paper to line boxes and create "nests" for larger pots and jars so that they do not fall over, and removal of artifacts from 75 year old storage boxes (many dust-filled and decaying!) to be rehoused in brand new, archival quality storage boxes and trays. DONE!

Bible Cleaning and Inventory

Gentle dusting of the entire Badè Collection archives and Howell Bible Collection. Even more importantly, each volume was inventoried, labeled with archival quality materials, and catalogued in the Badè database. DONE!

Glass Lantern Slide Conservation

Complete reorganization of our large glass slide collection, including priceless lantern slides of the excavation at Tell en-Nasbeh as well as cities and sites across the Middle East. Slides are being catalogued to be included within the Badè database while at the same time being restored in archival-quality slide boxes.

Excavation Index Card Scanning

A key step in entering data from the Tell en-Nasbeh excavations into our database is the scanning of thousands of index cards that were created by Badè and his team. Each card contains information about each artifact including descriptions, drawings, and catalogue numbers. These cards being 70 years old are artifacts in and of themselves! Therefore, we are scanning each one so that their valuable information is preserved forever in digital format. DONE!

Exhibit Improvement

On-going efforts to refurbish the current museum exhibits, the most recent being updates to the Iron Age burial exhibit, pillar figurines, jewelry and sewing/cloth production at Tell en-Nasbeh.