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[[Image:CMpix1.JPG|thumb|The front of the Creation Museum while under construction in 2005.]]
[[File:800px-AiG museum.jpg|thumb|300px|Front of the Creation Museum.]]
[[File:800px-AiG creation museum rear view.jpg|thumb|300px|Back of the museum.]]
The '''Creation Museum''' is a 60,000 square foot [[museum]] designed to promote a [[Young Earth Creationism|Young-Earth Creationist]] view of history with state of the art displays and presentations.<ref name="creationmuseum" /><ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14122311/ Museum Brings Creationism to Life], MSNBC, says "50,000 square-foot-museum"</ref> It cost $27 million to construct and is located in Petersburg, [[Kentucky]], just outside of [[Cincinnati]]; a location chosen due to having almost two thirds of the [[United States]] population within a 650-[[mile]] distance.<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070520/ts_alt_afp/uspoliticsreligion_070520222942 Dinosaurs frolic with Adam and Eve at creationism museum]</ref> It opened its doors to the public on May 28, 2007, exceeding expectations by receiving 4,000 visitors on the first day. Membership to the museum, which includes annual passes, now exceeds 10,260.<ref>Answers update, volume 14, issue 8, August 2007, pg. 3</ref>
The '''Creation Museum''' is a 60,000 square foot [[museum]] designed to promote a [[Young Earth Creationism|Young-Earth Creationist]] view of history with state of the art displays and presentations.<ref name="creationmuseum" /><ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14122311/ Museum Brings Creationism to Life], MSNBC, says "50,000 square-foot-museum"</ref> It cost $27 million to construct and is located in Petersburg, [[Kentucky]], just outside of [[Cincinnati]]; a location chosen due to having almost two thirds of the [[United States]] population within a 650-[[mile]] distance.<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070520/ts_alt_afp/uspoliticsreligion_070520222942 Dinosaurs frolic with Adam and Eve at creationism museum]</ref> It opened its doors to the public on May 28, 2007, exceeding expectations by receiving 4,000 visitors on the first day. Membership to the museum, which includes annual passes, now exceeds 10,260.<ref>Answers update, volume 14, issue 8, August 2007, pg. 3</ref>