The Creation Museum

Allyson and I were blessed to be able to accompany our church's senior group on an overnight trip to the Creation Museum in Kentucky this weekend. We had an amazing time and wanted to share some of the pictures with all of you.

Allyson and her friend Mariah wait to go into the museum...

Inside, there are many dinosaur models-this one is a velociraptor.

The whole premise of the museum is stated in this statement: God's Word is true.

And, if we believe the amazing claims of the New Testament and take them literally, we need to believe the amazing claims of the Old Testament as well.

The museum shows the doubt people have about the Word of God, and the effects of that doubt in a very clear way.

There are several exhibits of live animals, including this huge praying mantis...

An exhibit of "Darwin's" Finch's shows that God created each living thing with individuality and diversity, and these differences point to an amazing Creator, not evolution.

As you walk through the history of the first eleven chapters of Genesis, there are gorgeous exhibits of dinosaurs, and the beautiful stories of the Bible.

Allyson and a dino.

Here, Allyson sees the serpent who will ask Eve the pivotal question, "Hath God said...?"

After the fall of man, enter the predators.

And, the requirement of a blood sacrifice for sin.

Soon, mankind's evil reaches a point where God instructs the one righteous man left, Noah, to build an ark. You can not fully appreciate this exhibit without standing inside this to scale replica of the ark. Amazing!

Noah and his sons build the great "lifeboat".

A beautiful (breathtaking, really) model of the ark being loaded.

The doomed try to survive the flood.

The full image of the ark during the flood.

Inside the ark, Noah and his family are safe.

More views inside the ark.

Mrs. Noah goes to feed some of the animals.

The ark rest on Mt. Ararat.

Noah and his family build an altar, and sacrifice to the Lord.

After the flood, civilization is restored, and soon, brilliant and prideful mankind is at it again.
The museum takes the patron through the tower of Babel. After these exhibits, the story of Jesus is told-"The Last Adam", and people are given a clear presentation of the Gospel.

Upstairs, there is a great dinosaur exhibit!

Check out that T-Rex!

If you and your family are looking for a great place to spend a few days-I would encourage you to check out the Creation Museum. In addition to all of the wonderful exhibits, there were movies, multimedia special effects presentations, a petting zoo, botanical gardens, restaurants, a bookstore, and a wonderful planetarium.

We had a blast, and you will, too!