Explanation origin of Universe based on literal interpretations of Genesis creation narrative in The Bible.
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Creation Museum Kentucky Bible History VR Map Places
2800 Bullittsburg Church Rd, Petersburg, KY 41080, United States
The state-of-the-art Creation Museum allows you to venture through biblical history, stunning exhibits, botanical gardens, planetarium, zoo, zip line adventure course, and much more.
Book your tickets early through their official website below
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Sunday: 1:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Monday to Saturday: 9:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
With controversial topics we take no sides in this 6.000yr argument but both views must be added for our readers
The museum is controversial and has received much commentary from cultural observers and the museum community.
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"At the heart of the Creation Museum is a chronological retelling of biblical history in seven parts called the Seven C´s. Guests step back in time, beginning with Creation, and fast-forward to Christ´s return. Along the way, they see how God´s Word provides the big-picture answers for our most difficult questions, whether about science, the Bible, or our personal relationship with God."
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The 75,000-square-foot museum cost US$27 million, raised through private donations, and opened on May 28, 2007. In addition to the main collection, the facility has a special effects theater, a planetarium, an Allosaurus skeleton and an insect collection.
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As the headquarters of AiG, the museum has approximately 300 employees, and permanent employees must sign a statement of faith-affirming their belief in AiG's principles.
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The Creation Museum portrays a literal interpretation of the creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in the Bible, known as young Earth creationism (YEC), the viewpoint advocated by Answers in Genesis (AiG)
From the time AiG was founded in Florence, Kentucky, in 1994, the group's officials planned to open a museum and training center in the area. Ken Ham, a native of Australia, said that "Australia's not really the place to build such a facility if you're going to reach the world.
AIG gets brought up alot it basically means "answers in genesis" but it's both an organization and an acronym for speediness
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Reflecting young-Earth creationist beliefs, the museum depicts humans and dinosaurs coexisting, portrays the Earth as approximately 6,000 years old, and disputes the theory of evolution. Scientists and educators have criticized the museum for misrepresenting science and expressed concerns that it could harm science education.
The Creation Museum is a Christian evangelistic outreach of Answers in Genesis, as is our sister attraction, the Ark Encounter.
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Tenets of young-Earth creationism enjoy substantial support among the general population in the United States, contributing to the museum's popularity.
Scholars of museum studies, like Gretchen Jennings, have said that creationist exhibitions lack "valid connection with current worldwide thinking on their chosen discipline" and with "human knowledge and experience," and are not in their view museums at all.
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In May 2000, AiG purchased land for an undisclosed price and expected to begin construction in March 2001. At the time, AiG planned a 30,000-square-foot museum, which they believed would cost US$14 million and would open by mid-2002. After market research projected more visitors to the museum than AiG had initially anticipated, plans for the museum were altered, expanding it to 50,000 square feet and pushing the cost estimates to approximately US$25 million and later to US$27 million when more favorable visitor projections led them to add another 10,000 square feet to the museum.
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The museum operates as a division of Answers in Genesis. In 2007 about 160 people including a chaplain worked at the museum, and another 140 people worked at the attached Answers in Genesis headquarters. Each permanent employee of AiG, including people who work at the museum, must sign a statement of faith indicating that he or she believes in young-Earth creationism and the other teachings of Answers in Genesis, "in order to preserve the function and integrity of the ministry".
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The media hype and buzz surrounding the first weeks of the museums opening were apparent
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Approximately 4,000 patrons and 200 protestors visited the museum on opening day, and the event was covered by international media outlets.
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On Opening week. The Orlando Sentinel wrote that the majority of the media coverage had a "mocking" undertone, similar to that found in reporting on the 2001 opening of Orlando's Holy Land Experience theme park. Across the street from the museum, scientists, educators, students, and atheists protested at a "Rally for Reason" organized by Edwin Kagin, the Kentucky state director of American Atheists.
The Creation Museum ranked second in the Best Religious Museum category of the 2020 USA Today/10Best.com Readers Choice Awards; the top spot went to its sister attraction, the Ark Encounter.
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Media Hype will continue as long as this museum remains open which was Ken Hams idea of not having it in Australia but USA instead
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In February 2007, a crew filming footage for comedian Bill Maher's anti-religious documentary Religulous toured the museum and arranged for Maher to interview Ken Ham without Ham knowing in advance that Maher would be the interviewer.
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A 2008 episode in the first season of the TLC reality series 17 Kids and Counting (now known as 19 Kids and Counting) features the Duggar family's trip to the museum, including a personal tour they were given by Ken Ham.
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On the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, in February 2010 Vanity Fair magazine published British critic A. A. Gill's negative review of the museum under the title Roll Over, Charles Darwin!
On the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, in February 2010 Vanity Fair magazine published British critic A. A. Gill's negative review of the museum under the title Roll Over, Charles Darwin!, with photographs by actor Paul Bettany (who had portrayed Darwin in the film Creation). Jill Stevenson noted that although most press coverage of the museum occurred around its 2007 opening, continuing coverage in Vanity Fair and elsewhere "testified to people's ongoing curiosity about the venue."
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Book your visit today at their official website below
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Sunday: 1:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Monday to Saturday: 9:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
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2800 Bullittsburg Church Rd, Petersburg, KY 41080, United States
