Bob Jones University

===Museum and gallery===
{{Main|Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery}}

[[Bob Jones Jr.]] was a connoisseur of European art from his teen years and began collecting after [[World War II]] on about $30,000 a year authorized by the University Board of Directors.<ref name="art">{{cite book|last=Turner|first=Daniel|title=Standing Without Apology: The History of Bob Jones University|pages=193–196}}{{cite book|author=Jones Jr., Bob|title=Cornbread and Caviar|publisher=BJU Press|year=1985|pages=48–49}} "A Collector's Dream" ''Greenville Piedmont'', 9 February 1989, A1.</ref> Jones first concentrated on the [[Baroque painting|Italian Baroque]], a style then out of favor and relatively inexpensive in the years immediately following the war.<ref name="art"/> The museum's collection currently includes more than 400 European paintings from the 14th through the 19th centuries, period furniture, and a notable collection of Russian icons.<ref name="MandG">{{cite web|url=http://bjumg.org/the-collection/|title=The Collection – M&G|work=M&G|access-date=June 14, 2015}}</ref> The museum also includes a variety of Holy Land antiquities.<ref name="MandG"/>
The gallery is strong in Baroque paintings and includes notable works by [[Peter Paul Rubens|Rubens]], [[Tintoretto]], [[Paolo Veronese|Veronese]], [[Lucas Cranach the Elder|Cranach]], [[Gerard David]], [[Bartolomé Esteban Murillo|Murillo]], [[Mattia Preti]], [[Jusepe de Ribera|Ribera]], [[van Dyck]], and [[Gustave Doré]].<ref name="MandG"/> Included in the Museum & Gallery collection are seven large canvases, part of a series by [[Benjamin West]] painted for [[George III]], called "The Progress of Revealed Religion", which are displayed in the War Memorial Chapel.<ref>[http://bjumg.org/the-benjamin-west-collection/ BJU Museum & Gallery website history of the West paintings].[http://bjumg.org/the-benjamin-west-collection/ BJU Museum & Gallery website history of the West paintings].</ref> The museum also includes a variety of Holy Land antiquities collected in the early 20th century by missionaries Frank and Barbara Bowen.<ref name="MandG"/>

Every Easter, the university and the Museum & Gallery present the ''Living Gallery'', a series of [[tableaux vivants]] recreating noted works of religious art using live models disguised as part of two-dimensional paintings.<ref>[http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060409/ENT01/604090313 ''Greenville News'', April 9, 2006]{{dead link|date=November 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}; "A dramatic transformation: BJU's 'Living Gallery' breathes life into religious masterworks", [http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080323/ENT01/80321068/1056/ENT ''Greenville News'', March 25, 2008]{{dead link|date=March 2015}}.</ref> 

BJU has been criticized by some fundamentalists for promoting "false Catholic doctrine" through its art gallery because much of [[Baroque painting|Baroque art]] was created for the [[Counter-Reformation]].<ref name="cc">[http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/bju/fundam.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614135853/http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/bju/fundam.htm|date=2006-06-14}} David Gibson, [http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2011-11/looking-catholic-art-fundamentalist-bob-jones-university-has-it "Looking for Catholic art? Fundamentalist Bob Jones University has it" ''Christian Century'', Nov 22, 2011].</ref> 

A painting by [[Lucas van Leyden]] that had been displayed in the gallery's collection for more than ten years and had been consigned to [[Sotheby's]] for sale was recognized by [[Interpol]] as art that had been stolen by the Nazis from the Mittelrhein-Museum in [[Koblenz]]. The painting was eventually returned to Germany after months of negotiations between the Mittelrhein-Museum and Julius H. Weitzner (1896–1986), a noted dealer in Old Master paintings.<ref>The Museum and Gallery was approached about two other paintings that the Nazis might have stolen, but in those cases, no theft could be proved.{{Cite web |last=Landrum |first=Cindy |date=2016-01-08 |title=Bob Jones once owned Nazi-looted painting |url=https://greenvillejournal.com/arts-culture/bob-jones-owned-nazi-looted-painting/ |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=GREENVILLE JOURNAL |language=en-US}}</ref>

After the death of Bob Jones Jr., Erin Jones, the wife of BJU president Stephen Jones, became director. According to David Steel, curator of European art at the [[North Carolina Museum of Art]], Erin Jones "brought that museum into the modern era", employing "a top-notch curator, John Nolan", and following "best practices in conservation and restoration". The museum cooperates with other institutions, lending works for outside shows such as a Rembrandt exhibit in 2011.<ref name="cc" />

In 2008, the BJU Museum & Gallery opened a satellite location, the Museum & Gallery at Heritage Green near downtown Greenville, which featured rotating exhibitions from the main museum and interactive children's activities.<ref>"Extraordinary art made more accessible", ''Greenville News'', March 17, 2008; "Sacred art museum opens today", ''Greenville News'', April 19, 2008.</ref> In February 2017, the Museum & Gallery closed both locations permanently. In 2018, the museum announced that a new home would be built at a yet undetermined located off the BJU campus.<ref>[http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2017/01/27/bju-closes-museums-one-renovation-one-permanently/97136874/ ''Greenville News'', January 27, 2017].</ref><ref>[https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/entertainment/2018/05/16/bob-jones-university-museum-gallery-moving-new-location/614950002/ ''Greenville News'', May 16, 2018].</ref> In 2021, Erin Jones said the museum was exploring a permanent home near the proposed downtown conference center.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Laughlin |first=Kathy |title=BJU Museum & Gallery tries to keep renowned collection accessible-seeks a downtown home |url=https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/money/business/2021/11/30/museum-gallery-bob-jones-university-seeks-downtown-greenville-sc-home/8794700002/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=The Greenville News |language=en-US}}</ref>