Our Facilities
The BTS Department is located on the fifth floor of Billy Graham Hall—a space that invites both scholarship and spiritual reflection. Taking a walk from the elevators on the west end of the BITH department to the east end of the department will guide you through a visual narrative of the biblical story through art pieces from the last five hundred years. Here, students study surrounded by art and resources that bring Scripture to life.
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The Billy Graham Museum: 20,000 square feet of exhibits on the history of evangelism and the global impact of the Gospel.
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Wheaton Archives & Special Collections: original manuscripts, letters, and artifacts documenting missions and Christian history.
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Biblical Archaeology Laboratory: hands-on exploration of the ancient world.
This environment fosters community and learning in equal measure—students often linger in the central lounge for conversation, study, and prayer.
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Billy Graham Hall 5th Floor Open Study Space
The department offers an open study space for students in the middle of the department. This space includes tables, lounge chairs, and couches to facilitate conversation and study. There are sliding glass doors that can separate the student space into two sections, allowing one group of students to study, while another group of students can engage in conversation.
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Billy Graham Hall Archaeology Lab and Museum
Joseph P. Free, who served as Professor of Archaeology at Wheaton College, excavated the ancient ruins of Dothan for ten seasons over the course of twelve years, from 1953-1964. His collection of resulting artifacts is housed in the Archaeology Museum on the 5th floor of the Billy Graham Hall. We gladly welcome visitors who are interested in self-guided viewings of artifacts on display.
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Wheaton Archives & Special Collections
The Wheaton Archives & Special Collections is the college’s central repository for institutional archives, rare book and manuscripts, and extensive holdings of important documents relating to evangelism, missions, and Christian history. The library provides a manuscript reading room for students and faculty to engage with rare texts. The collection is divided into three categories.
The College Archives documents the history of Wheaton College (1860 – present) and its predecessor institution, the Illinois Institute (1853-1859). The Special Collections preserves and promotes material relating to major historical Christian evangelists, missionaries, and cultural figures. These holdings aim to support the Wheaton College curriculum and student engagement with the history and tradition of the Christian Evangelical tradition. Finally, the Evangelism & Missions Archives is a collection of major unpublished materials relating to Protestant evangelism and global missions with a focus on the twentieth century. The collection includes personal correspondences, scrapbooks, diaries, oral history interviews, photographs, sound and moving image recordings, and more.
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Billy Graham Museum
The Billy Graham Museum presents a visual engagement of the history of Christian evangelism and American society. The museum contains 20,000 square feet of space that houses rare artifacts, interactive displays, and rotating temporary exhibits focusing on the impact of the gospel around the world. Although named after Billy Graham, a Wheaton alumnus, the museum focuses on guiding visitors through the Gospel story to deepen our understanding of God’s love and God’s mission to share the Gospel with the world.