<P> The Museum of the Bible features dining, including a restaurant called Manna, which serves kosher food . </P> <P> The museum was established as a nonprofit in 2010 . The museum's building location and design were announced in 2012 when the Green family purchased the 1923 Terminal Refrigerating and Warehousing Co. building, two blocks from the National Mall that used to be the Washington Design Center in Washington, D.C. The estimated $400 million project updated the historically protected structure as well as adding two additional floors and a rooftop café and garden . The building's 1923 original red brick, architecture and ornamentation was restored, with new bricks imported from Denmark . The primary building was awarded historical status by the District's Historic Preservation Review Board . The glass - enclosed rooftop provides views of the United States Capitol, the Washington Monument and several Smithsonian museums . The construction efforts were led by Clark Construction . The architectural design team was led by SmithGroupJJR . </P> <P> The primary donors to the museum at launch were the Green family and the National Christian Foundation . </P> <P> In October 2018, the museum announced that expert examination led it to conclude that five of its 16 fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls (bought by founder Steve Green) were forgeries and would no longer be displayed . According to researchers in Germany, those five showed "characteristics inconsistent with ancient origin". </P>

Who funded the bible museum in washington dc