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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> The museum recevied 404,000 visitors in its first year.<ref>Ross, Larry (September 15, 2016). [http://www.nkytribune.com/2016/09/answers-in-genesis-reports-strong-attendance-in-first-two-months-of-operation-for-williamstownsark-encounter/ Answers in Genesis reports strong attendance in first two months of operation for Williamstown’s Ark Encounter]. ''Northern Kentucky Tribune''. Retrieved July 8, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://answersingenesis.org/about/press/2017/05/26/record-crowds-creation-museum-celebrates-10th-anniversary/ Record Crowds as Creation Museum Celebrates 10th Anniversary]. ''Answers in Genesis''. May 26, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017.</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>  The museum cost  

$27 million. It is located in Petersburg, [[Kentucky]], just outside of [[Cincinnati]], a location chosen because almost two-thirds of the [[United States]] lives 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, exceeds 10,260.<ref>Answers update, volume 14, issue 8, August 2007, pg. 3</ref> The museum recevied 404,000 visitors in its first year.<ref>Ross, Larry (September 15, 2016). [http://www.nkytribune.com/2016/09/answers-in-genesis-reports-strong-attendance-in-first-two-months-of-operation-for-williamstownsark-encounter/ Answers in Genesis reports strong attendance in first two months of operation for Williamstown’s Ark Encounter]. ''Northern Kentucky Tribune''. Retrieved July 8, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://answersingenesis.org/about/press/2017/05/26/record-crowds-creation-museum-celebrates-10th-anniversary/ Record Crowds as Creation Museum Celebrates 10th Anniversary]. ''Answers in Genesis''. May 26, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017.</ref> Because of the opening of the [[Ark Encounter]] in July 2016, attendance at the Creation Museum nearly tripled its 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]]. The exhibits are designed, for "[a] fully engaging, sensory experience,"<ref name="creationmuseum" /> to illustrate [[Earth]]'s history and origin from a [[Young Earth Creationist]] perspective. The enterprise is supported by [[Ken Ham]], founder of [[Answers in Genesis]].

The exhibits are designed, for "[a] fully engaging, sensory experience,"<ref name="creationmuseum" /> to illustrate [[Earth]]'s history and origin from a [[Young Earth Creationist]] perspective. The enterprise is supported by [[Ken Ham]], founder of [[Answers in Genesis]].

On its opening, the ''[[New York Times]]'' gave it a page one review which commented:  

On its opening, the ''[[New York Times]]'' gave it a page one review which commented: