The Tandy Museum is currently located on the first floor of the A. Webb Roberts Library. It is open daily concurrent with the hours of the Roberts Library. The Museum has 16 major collections, with over 4000 objects. Main collections are the Timnah, Ruth Martin, Carlson Cuneiform, and the Randy Best collection. It currently has 4 exhibits (one in the main museum and three throughout the campus).
The A. Webb Roberts Library is the third largest seminary library not part of a university in North America. The Roberts Library houses the J. T. and Zehna Luther Archives on the second floor of the Roberts Building. The archive houses the Rare Book Collection, historical artifacts, anthropological artifacts, the Geoffrey and Beryl Breed Collection, the William R. Estep Collection, the Lonnie Quillen Collection, and hundreds of original church histories. In addition it currently houses the rare manuscript collection as well as Dead Sea Scrolls fragments.
For information about tours and classroom lectures, acquisitions, loans, or archival research
contact Heather Reichstadt, Curator hreichstadt@swbts.edu; 817-923-1921 ext. 4600
Another museum, named in honor of Ira Leeta Phillips, will be located on the first floor of the new chapel building. This museum will house the newly acquired DSS fragments as well as rare manuscripts in the Luther Archives and cuneiform tablets in the Tandy Museum. Southwestern recently broke ground on this new chapel complex, in addition to a 3500 seat auditorium and various libraries, music and concert halls, the building will house the new museum and will provide a secure, climate-controlled environment for these rare treasures to be preserved and displayed.
Currently the Communications Dept. is handling all inquiries communications@swbts.edu; 817-923-1921
The research seminar room is located in the back of the Tandy Museum on the first floor of Roberts Library. It is available for students in the archaeology graduate programs and is used for lectures and seminars. It currently utilizes the Ruth Martin artifact collection and a 2000 sherd study collection.
For information about using the Seminar Room contact the Tandy director; sortiz@swbts.edu
The Tandy's lab facility is currently located on the second floor of Roberts Library, in the Archives Department. The space serves as a studio environment where objects are examined and treated for conservation and preservation purposes. Projects range from photographic documentation and research of new acquisitions to in-depth physical stabilization procedures for fragile objects. Learn more...
