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Added location city, so as to make it clear it's in Kentucky, not Ohio.
[[Image:CMpix1.JPG|thumb|300px|The front of the Creation Museum while under construction in 2005.]]
[[Image:CMpix1.JPG|thumb|300px|The front of the Creation Museum while under construction in 2005.]]
The '''Creation Museum''' is "60,000 square foot museum"<ref name="creationmuseum" /> that cost 27 million dollars to construct. It is located 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> Designed to promote [[Young Earth Creationism]] with state of the art displays and presentations, it opened its doors to the public on May 28, 2007, exceeding expectations by receiving 4,000 visitors on the first day.
The '''Creation Museum''' is "60,000 square foot museum"<ref name="creationmuseum" /> that cost 27 million dollars to construct. It 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> Designed to promote [[Young Earth Creationism]] with state of the art displays and presentations, it opened its doors to the public on May 28, 2007, exceeding expectations by receiving 4,000 visitors on the first day.
"The Creation Museum presents a 'walk through history'"<ref name="creationmuseum">[http://creationmuseum.org Creation Museum]</ref> with a basis on a straightforward understanding of [[Genesis]] chapter 1. The exhibits are designed, for "[a] fully engaging, sensory experience,"<ref name="creationmuseum" /> and illustrate Earth's history and origin from a biblical perspective. The enterprise is supported by [[Ken Ham]], founder of [[Answers in Genesis]].
"The Creation Museum presents a 'walk through history'"<ref name="creationmuseum">[http://creationmuseum.org Creation Museum]</ref> with a basis on a straightforward understanding of [[Genesis]] chapter 1. The exhibits are designed, for "[a] fully engaging, sensory experience,"<ref name="creationmuseum" /> and illustrate Earth's history and origin from a biblical perspective. The enterprise is supported by [[Ken Ham]], founder of [[Answers in Genesis]].