22-617: The Big Valley Creation Science Museum is a creationist museum in Big Valley , Alberta , Canada. It is dedicated to promoting creation science and young-earth creationism . The institution is the first creationist museum to open in Canada. The museum opened to the public on 5 June 2007 by Harry Nibourg, an oil field worker with little formal education. The museum measures approximately 84 square metres (900 sq ft), and cost C$ 280,000 to build. Exhibits include an interactive display about
44-1410: A young Earth creationist view that the Earth and life on Earth were created some 6,000 to 10,000 years ago in six days. These facilities generally promote pseudoscientific biblical literalist creationism and contest evolutionary science. Their claims are dismissed by the scientific community. Australia [ edit ] Jurassic Ark, located in Bells Bridge , Gympie , Queensland . Canada [ edit ] Big Valley Creation Science Museum , located in Big Valley , Alberta . Creation Truth Ministries Travelling Museum, located in Red Deer , Alberta . China [ edit ] Noah's Ark , located in Hong Kong . Mexico [ edit ] Waldemar Julsrud Museum , located in Acámbaro . United Kingdom [ edit ] Creation Research Centre, located in Oswestry, Shropshire . Genesis Expo , located in Portsmouth, Hampshire . Noah's Ark Zoo Farm , located in Wraxall, Somerset , whilst not strictly speaking
66-582: A Creationist Museum" . Vice . Retrieved April 24, 2017 . ^ Clock, Michele. "Literal interpretation of Bible is illustrated" Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine , San Diego Union-Tribune , February 3, 2007. Accessed September 2, 2008. ^ "A Key Encounter" . A Key Encounter Nature Theater and Planetarium . Archived from the original on May 16, 2017 . Retrieved April 24, 2017 . ^ "Creation Adventures Museum" . Creation Adventures Museum . Archived from
88-519: A cost of $ 27 million, includes exhibits of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden accompanied by dinosaurs . Fossils are said to have been created in the biblical flood during the days of Noah . Plans for the museum date back to 1996. Ark Encounter is a Christian theme park that opened in Grant County, Kentucky on July 7, 2016. The centerpiece of the park is a full-scale model of Noah's Ark from
110-451: A lot of damage' Archived 2009-11-02 at the Wayback Machine , This Is Bristol , September 23, 2008. ^ "Adam, Eve and T. Rex" , by Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times , August 27, 2005. Retrieved August 14, 2008. ^ "California Cabazon Dinosaurs Est 1975" . Cabazon Dinosaurs . Retrieved April 24, 2017 . ^ Taete, Jamie Lee Curtis (September 4, 2013). "Pee-Wee Herman's Dinosaurs Are Actually
132-475: A museum, represents creationism as scientific fact. United States [ edit ] California [ edit ] Cabazon Dinosaurs , located in Cabazon, California , are best known for their appearance in the film Pee Wee's Big Adventure . When the attraction's original owner died in 2005, the roadside dinosaurs were sold and turned into a museum promoting creationism. Unlike other creationist museums,
154-1169: A one-eyed kitten and a supposed chupacabra from Texas. North Carolina [ edit ] Creation Museum, Taxidermy Hall of Fame of North Carolina, and Antique Tool Museum, located in Southern Pines, North Carolina . Ohio [ edit ] Akron Fossils & Science Center , located in Akron / Copley , Ohio . Oklahoma [ edit ] Museum of Creation Truth, located in Bokchito, Oklahoma . South Dakota [ edit ] Grand River Museum , located in Lemmon, South Dakota . Tennessee [ edit ] Wyatt Museum, located in Cornersville, Tennessee . Texas [ edit ] Creation Evidence Museum , located in Glen Rose, Texas . ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History , located in Dallas, Texas , operated by
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198-1100: A worldwide flood left behind beds of fossils that can be found all around the world, including on high plateaus and mountain ranges. The museum displays portraits of people the museum identifies as evolutionists , such as Andrew Carnegie – who is described as "cruel and heartless in his own day to competitors and laborers alike" – along with Karl Marx and Adolf Hitler . Florida [ edit ] A Key Encounter Theater, located in Key West, Florida . Creation Adventures Museum , located in Arcadia, Florida . Creation Discovery Museum , located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida . Idaho [ edit ] Northwest Science Museum , founded 2014 in Boise, Idaho Kentucky [ edit ] Creation Museum , located in Petersburg, Kentucky , opened in 2007 and constructed at
220-672: A year to its 4,500-seat arena. Among the high-quality replica casts of dinosaurs are exhibits showing dinosaurs coexisting in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. The museum asserts that most dinosaurs became extinct during the Great Flood , and that while a pair of young dinosaurs accompanied elephants and lions on Noah's Ark , these became extinct later. Washington [ edit ] Mount St. Helens Creation Information Center , located in Castle Rock, Washington near Mount St. Helens , uses
242-1035: The Genesis flood narrative in the Bible which is 510 feet (160 m) long, 85 feet (26 m) wide, and 81 feet (25 m) high. The park also includes a petting zoo . Ark Encounter is operated by Answers in Genesis (AiG). Missouri [ edit ] Creation Experience Museum, located in Branson, Missouri . Montana [ edit ] Glendive Dinosaur and Fossil Museum located in Glendive, Montana . Nebraska [ edit ] Boneyard Creation Museum, located in Broken Bow, Nebraska . New York [ edit ] Lost World Museum , located in Phoenix, New York , features odd creatures in its creationist exhibits, including
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#1732855296763264-703: The Institute for Creation Research Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum , located in Crosbyton, Texas . Museum of Earth History , located in Dallas, Texas, was described by The Guardian as "first dinosaur museum to take a creationist perspective" and was constructed as a joint venture of the Creation Truth Foundation and the Great Passion Play outdoor Biblical theme park, which attracts over seven million visitors
286-431: The Wayback Machine , About.com . Accessed November 13, 2009. ^ "Waldemar Julsrud Museum – Acámbaro, Mexico" . Atlas Obscura . Retrieved June 8, 2023 . ^ "Creation Research Centre" . Creation Research Centre . Retrieved June 8, 2023 . ^ "Creation Science Movement - 403" . Archived from the original on 2019-02-11 . Retrieved 2009-10-23 . ^ 'Darwin has done
308-407: The bacterium flagellum , tracing how the ancestry of the royal family is supposedly connected to Adam and Eve , and how fossils are supposed evidence for the Genesis flood . The museum attracted 40 to 80 visitors weekly in 2007. Creationist museum Facility that hosts exhibits to present a young Earth creationist view Part of
330-1217: The volcano's 1980 eruption to show that geologic change can happen on a rapid scale, and that changes believed by mainstream scientists to take millions of years can occur in as short a period of time as hours or days. See also [ edit ] History of Earth Timeline of human evolution References [ edit ] ^ Harris, Paul (May 27, 2007). "Where dinosaurs meet Methuselah: A new museum in Kentucky merges evolutionary theory and creationism" . The Guardian . Retrieved May 17, 2013 . ^ Harris, Paul (May 22, 2005). "Would you Adam 'n' Eve it ... dinosaurs in Eden" . The Guardian . Retrieved September 2, 2008 . ^ "Jurassic Ark – The Aussie Outdoor Creation Museum" . Jurassic Ark . Retrieved June 8, 2023 . ^ "Creationism museum to open in Alberta" , CBC News , May 29, 2007. Accessed May 17, 2013. ^ Creation Truth Ministries' Travelling Museum ^ Rory Boland, Noah's Ark Hong Kong Creation Museum Archived 2015-04-06 at
352-502: The Controversy" Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Creationist_museum&oldid=1243734606 " Categories : Creationism Creationist museums Pseudoarchaeology Young Earth creationism Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata List of natural history museums This
374-508: The Controversy" Religious views Non-creation Creator in Buddhism Jainism and non-creationism Evolution Theistic evolution Buddhist Catholic Hindu Islamic Jewish Mormon v t e A creationist museum is a facility that hosts exhibits which use the established natural history museum format to present
396-574: The Dallas museum where faith meets science" . WFAA . Retrieved January 21, 2021 . ^ "Arkansas Times (12 May 2005): State promotes new creationism museum " . Archived from the original on 26 April 2006 . Retrieved 23 October 2009 . ^ Time (2 May 2005): Dinosaurs for creationists ^ Anderson, Lisa. "Museum exhibits a creationist viewpoint." , Chicago Tribune , August 10, 2005. Accessed September 2, 2008. ^ Museum of Earth History website ^ Johnson, Alex (May 2, 2005). "The stirring on
418-498: The materials at this museum argue that dinosaurs still exist today. Museum of Creation and Earth History , located in Santee, California , was originally part of the Institute for Creation Research . The museum, established shortly after its parent in 1970, moved to its current site in the mid-1980s. The museum presents the view that all humans are descendants of the first humans created by God some six to ten thousand years ago and that
440-2742: The mount: St. Helens used in drive to prove biblical creation with science" . NBC News . Archived from the original on January 8, 2014 . Retrieved September 2, 2008 . ^ "Volcano "Creation Center" museum moves to downtown Castle Rock" . Longview, Washington: The Daily News. May 11, 2017. Portals : [REDACTED] Evolutionary biology [REDACTED] Science v t e Creationist museums United States Midwest Akron Fossils & Science Center Northeast Lost World Museum South Ark Encounter Creation Adventures Museum Creation Evidence Museum Creation Museum ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum Museum of Earth History West Cabazon Dinosaurs Glendive Dinosaur and Fossil Museum Mt. St. Helens Creation Information Center Museum of Creation and Earth History Northwest Science Museum Rest of world Genesis Expo (UK) Noah's Ark (Hong Kong, PRC) Noah's Ark Zoo Farm (UK) Big Valley Creation Science Museum (Alberta, Canada) v t e Creation science People Thomas G. Barnes John Baumgardner Walt Brown Harold W. Clark Raymond Vahan Damadian Robert V. Gentry Duane Gish Ken Ham John Hartnett Kent Hovind Dean H. Kenyon Frank Lewis Marsh Henry M. Morris John D. Morris Paul Nelson George McCready Price Georgia Purdom Marcus R. Ross John C. Sanford Jonathan Sarfati Andrew A. Snelling Walter Veith John C. Whitcomb Carl Wieland William A. Williams Kurt Wise Organizations Answers in Genesis (AIG) Anti-Evolution League of America Biblical Creation Society (BCS) Caleb Foundation Creation Ministries International (CMI) Creation Research Society (CRS) Creation Science Movement (CSM) Geoscience Research Institute (GRI) Institute for Creation Research (ICR) Facilities Creationist museums Lawsuits Hendren v. Campbell (1977) McLean v. Arkansas (1982) Edwards v. Aguillard (1987) Webster v. New Lenox School District (1990) Legal and philosophical Creation and evolution in public education Creation–evolution controversy Creationism Creationist cosmologies Cryptozoology Intelligent design movement Objections to evolution Omphalos hypothesis Pseudoscience "Teach
462-1065: The original on 2009-02-09. ^ Healy, Donna (October 18, 2009). "Dinosaur museum presents biblical view of origins" . Billings Gazette. ^ "Boneyard Creation Museum" . Boneyard Creation Museum . Retrieved June 8, 2023 . ^ Roadside America: New creationist museum buys cyclops kitty; wants more freaks ^ Associated Press, "Museum makes deformed kitty its main attraction" , USA Today , April 6, 2006. ^ Benjamin Radford, "Latest Texas 'chupacabra' exhibited in creationist museum," Skeptical Inquirer , January/February 2010, p.7. ^ "Museum of Creation Truth" . Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department . Retrieved June 8, 2023 . ^ South Dakota Historical Society, The Grand River Museum ^ "Wyatt Museum" . Wyatt Archaeological Research . Retrieved April 24, 2017 . ^ Roadside America: Creation evidence museum ^ Panicker, Jobin (April 18, 2019). "Inside
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#1732855296763484-672: The original on April 24, 2017 . Retrieved April 24, 2017 . ^ "CSI's Creation Discovery Museum" . Creation Studies Institute . Archived from the original on January 6, 2015 . Retrieved April 24, 2017 . ^ Mead, Andy (March 10, 1996). "Jurassic Ark: Planned Museum Debunks Evolution, Religious Group says dinosaurs on Board with Noah" . Lexington Herald-Leader . Retrieved May 17, 2013 . ^ "Ark Park teaches Crationism" . ^ "Creation Experience Museum" . Creation Experience Museum . Retrieved June 8, 2023 . ^ "Glendive Dinosaur & Fossil Museum" . Archived from
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