The link goes to an article that contains little info beyond the headline, certainly nothing about Obama’s outrage. I’d like to know where, 2 blocks from the Mall, 3 from the Capitol IS, i.e., which quadrant of D.C.
Museum address: 400 4th St SW, Washington, DC 20024
http://www.museumofthebible.org/
MUSEUM TIMELINE
2009: Green family purchases their first biblical artifact, the Roseberry Rolle manuscript
2010: Museum of the Bible established as 501(c)(3) nonprofit
March 2011: The Green Collection makes public debut to gathering of business, government, academic and religious leaders at the Vatican Embassy in Washington
July 2012: Washington Design Center purchased for $50 million as site for forthcoming Bible museum
Summer 2014: Museum architectural concept submission is approved by the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts, the local D.C. Advisory Neighborhood Commission and the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board; The Terminal Refrigerating and Warehousing Co. building is also designated as an historic landmark by D.C.’s Historic Preservation Review Board
December 2014: Crews begin interior demolition process, creating a blank slate for new exhibit build-out and working to lower the ground floor to accommodate basement levels and elevator shafts
February 2015: Major construction begins with the start of demolition on a 1980s-era addition to the historic former refrigeration warehouse that will become the museum
Late 2017: Anticipated opening date for Museum of the Bible