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''See also:'' [[Essay: PZ Myers embarrasses himself at the Creation Museum|PZ Myers embarrasses himself at the Creation Museum]] - [[satire]]  

''See also:'' [[Essay: PZ Myers embarrasses himself at the Creation Museum|PZ Myers embarrasses himself at the Creation Museum]] - [[satire]]  

In August 2009, [[atheism|atheist]] and [[evolution]]ist [[PZ Myers]] led a group of over 300 atheist and [[agnostic]] students on a tour of the Creation Museum.<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=8280168 "Creation Museum: Is This How World Began?" (ABC News)]</ref> During the visit, the 52-year-old Myers had noticeably greater difficulty than others climbing on and off a [[dinosaur]] model due to the fact that he was overweight and out of shape.<ref name="this video">See [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQQl2TMrgbM this video].</ref> In addition, the purpose of the dinosaur model is clearly for children to sit on for photographs.<ref>http://blogs.answersingenesis.org/aroundtheworld/2009/08/16/children-and-the-creation-museum/</ref><ref>[http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/53237252.html "A firebrand visits Creation Museum" (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)]</ref> Myers donned a borrowed cowboy hat and was egged on by the cheers and laughter of the students.<ref name="this video"/>

In August 2009, [[atheism|atheist]] and [[evolution]]ist [[PZ Myers]] led a group of over 300 atheist and [[agnostic]] students on a tour of the Creation Museum.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=8280168 "Creation Museum: Is This How World Began?" (ABC News)]</ref> During the visit, the 52-year-old Myers had noticeably greater difficulty than others climbing on and off a [[dinosaur]] model due to the fact that he was overweight and out of shape.<ref name="this video">See [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQQl2TMrgbM this video].</ref> In addition, the purpose of the dinosaur model is clearly for children to sit on for photographs.<ref>http://blogs.answersingenesis.org/aroundtheworld/2009/08/16/children-and-the-creation-museum/</ref><ref>[http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/53237252.html "A firebrand visits Creation Museum" (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)]</ref> Myers donned a borrowed cowboy hat and was egged on by the cheers and laughter of the students.<ref name="this video"/>

==Other Creation Museums==

==Other Creation Museums==

*A much more modest creation museum, the [[Big Valley Creation Science Museum]],<ref>http://www.bvcsm.com/</ref> opened on June 5, 2007.<ref>[http://www.bvcsm.com/ Big Valley Creation Science Museum], museum website</ref> in Big Valley, [[Canada]].<ref>[http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN2547663920070529 Canada's first museum of creation opens in Alberta], Reuters, May 29, 2007</ref> It includes displays on "[[Fossil]]s and the [[Great Flood|Flood]]," a set of [[England|English]] scrolls tracing the family of [[King Henry VI]] back to the [[Garden of Eden]], and illustrations of humans and [[dinosaur]]s coexisting.  Big Valley is a small [[village]] located about 270 miles north of [[Alberta]]. The region is a historically important dinosaur fossil collecting area, where the "great Canadian dinosaur rush" occurred in the early 1900s,<ref>[http://www.travelforkids.com/Funtodo/Alberta/dinoasaurvalley.htm Dinosaur Valley], Travel for Kids website</ref> popular for [[school]] field trips and tourists interested in fossils; the area also includes the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology and Dinosaur Provincial Park. In 2015, one of the board members of the museum unearthed a major fossil discovery of rare fossilized fish.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-creationist-discovers-rare-fish-fossils-in-basement-dig-1.3091266 Alberta creationist discovers rare fish fossils in basement dig]. ''CBC News''. May 28, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2017.</ref>

*A much more modest creation museum, the [[Big Valley Creation Science Museum]],<ref>http://www.bvcsm.com/</ref> opened on June 5, 2007.<ref>[http://www.bvcsm.com/ Big Valley Creation Science Museum], museum website</ref> in Big Valley, [[Canada]].<ref>[http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN2547663920070529 Canada's first museum of creation opens in Alberta], Reuters, May 29, 2007</ref> It includes displays on "[[Fossil]]s and the [[Great Flood|Flood]]," a set of [[England|English]] scrolls tracing the family of [[King Henry VI]] back to the [[Garden of Eden]], and illustrations of humans and [[dinosaur]]s coexisting.  Big Valley is a small [[village]] located about 270 miles north of [[Alberta]]. The region is a historically important dinosaur fossil collecting area, where the "great Canadian dinosaur rush" occurred in the early 1900s,<ref>[http://www.travelforkids.com/Funtodo/Alberta/dinoasaurvalley.htm Dinosaur Valley], Travel for Kids website</ref> popular for [[school]] field trips and tourists interested in fossils; the area also includes the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology and Dinosaur Provincial Park. In 2015, one of the board members of the museum unearthed a major fossil discovery of rare fossilized fish.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-creationist-discovers-rare-fish-fossils-in-basement-dig-1.3091266 Alberta creationist discovers rare fish fossils in basement dig]. ''CBC News''. May 28, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2017.</ref>

*The [[Institute for Creation Research]] (ICR) in Santee, [[California]] (near San Diego) has a small "Museum of Creation and Earth History" which has been operating since 1975 with an upgrade around 1992.<ref>[[John Morris|Morris, John]], [http://www.icr.org/article/3345/] ''Acts & Facts'', June 2007.</ref><ref>[[Henry Morris|Morris, Henry]], [http://www.icr.org/article/795/ ICR and The Word Of God] ''Back to Genesis'', December 1995.</ref>

*The [[Institute for Creation Research]] (ICR) in Santee, [[California]] (near San Diego) has a small "Museum of Creation and Earth History" which has been operating since 1975 with an upgrade around 1992.<ref>[[John Morris|Morris, John]], [https://www.icr.org/article/3345/] ''Acts & Facts'', June 2007.</ref><ref>[[Henry Morris|Morris, Henry]], [https://www.icr.org/article/795/ ICR and The Word Of God] ''Back to Genesis'', December 1995.</ref>

*The [[Glendive Dinosaur & Fossil Museum]] is a relatively large creation museum in Glendive, [[Montana]].<ref>Inbody, Kristen (April 28, 2016). [http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/life/my-montana/2016/04/28/dinosaurs-bible-glendive-museum/83681042/ Dinosaurs, the Bible and a Glendive museum]. ''Great Falls Tribune''. Retrieved July 8, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.creationtruth.org/ Glendive Dinosaur & Fossil Museum]. ''Glendive Dinosaur & Fossil Museum''. Retrieved July 8, 2017.</ref>

*The [[Glendive Dinosaur & Fossil Museum]] is a relatively large creation museum in Glendive, [[Montana]].<ref>Inbody, Kristen (April 28, 2016). [http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/life/my-montana/2016/04/28/dinosaurs-bible-glendive-museum/83681042/ Dinosaurs, the Bible and a Glendive museum]. ''Great Falls Tribune''. Retrieved July 8, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.creationtruth.org/ Glendive Dinosaur & Fossil Museum]. ''Glendive Dinosaur & Fossil Museum''. Retrieved July 8, 2017.</ref>

*ICR is currently (as of 2017) raising money to build a larger creation museum in Dallas, Texas.<ref>http://www.icr.org/discoverycenter/</ref>

*ICR is currently (as of 2017) raising money to build a larger creation museum in Dallas, Texas.<ref>https://www.icr.org/discoverycenter/</ref>

== See also ==

== See also ==