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[[File:800px-AiG museum.jpg|thumb|300px|Front of the Creation Museum.]]

[[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.]]

[[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> Due to the opening of the [[Ark Encounter]] in July 2016, attendance at the [[Creation Museum]] in its first year nearly tripled the yearly average attendance,<ref>Wartman, Scott (July 7, 2017). [http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/07/07/creationist-parks-still-potent-draw-visitors-controversy/425293001/ Creationist parks still a potent draw for visitors and controversy]. ''The Cincinnati Enquirer''. Retrieved July 8, 2017.</ref> with the Ark Encounter itself hosting 1 million people.<ref>[https://answersingenesis.org/about/press/2017/07/06/ark-encounter-makes-enormous-impact-in-first-year/ Ark Encounter Makes Enormous Impact in First Year]. ''Answers in Genesis''. July 6, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017.</ref><ref>Smith, Lawrence (July 6, 2017). [http://www.wdrb.com/story/35827195/1-year-after-opening-ark-encounters-attendance-and-impact-is-growing 1 year after opening, Ark Encounter's attendance and impact is growing]. ''WDRB''. Retrieved July 8, 2017.</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> Due to the opening of the [[Ark Encounter]] in July 2016, attendance at the Creation Museum in its first year nearly tripled the yearly average attendance,<ref>Wartman, Scott (July 7, 2017). [http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/07/07/creationist-parks-still-potent-draw-visitors-controversy/425293001/ Creationist parks still a potent draw for visitors and controversy]. ''The Cincinnati Enquirer''. Retrieved July 8, 2017.</ref> with the Ark Encounter itself hosting 1 million people.<ref>[https://answersingenesis.org/about/press/2017/07/06/ark-encounter-makes-enormous-impact-in-first-year/ Ark Encounter Makes Enormous Impact in First Year]. ''Answers in Genesis''. July 6, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017.</ref><ref>Smith, Lawrence (July 6, 2017). [http://www.wdrb.com/story/35827195/1-year-after-opening-ark-encounters-attendance-and-impact-is-growing 1 year after opening, Ark Encounter's attendance and impact is growing]. ''WDRB''. Retrieved July 8, 2017.</ref>

   

   

The Creation Museum presents a "walk through history"<ref name="creationmuseum">[http://creationmuseum.org Creation Museum]</ref> with a basis on a straightforward reading of the [[Bible]], particularly the early chapters of [[Genesis]].

The Creation Museum presents a "walk through history"<ref name="creationmuseum">[http://creationmuseum.org Creation Museum]</ref> with a basis on a straightforward reading of the [[Bible]], particularly the early chapters of [[Genesis]].