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Nora Creech, director of Othonia North America, points to a replica of the Shroud of Turin at a new interactive museum dedicated to the shroud, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, at the Christ Cathedral campus in Garden Grove, Calif. (AP Photo/Krysta Fauria)

New museum in California offers immersive experience of the Shroud of Turin

A museum dedicated to the Shroud of Turin has opened at the Christ Cathedral campus in Garden Grove, California. The exhibit is called “The Shroud of Turin: An Immersive Experience” and features interactive displays and a life-size sculpture of Christ. The original Shroud of Turin is kept in Turin, Italy, and is considered a relic by many Christians. While the Vatican has called it a symbol of Christ’s suffering, it has never claimed its authenticity. The exhibit was proposed by August Accetta, a gynecologist whose fascination with the cloth led him to open the Shroud Center of Southern California in 1998. The museum will remain open through 2030.

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