Creation Museum: The Ark

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The next display brought to life the historical account of Noah's Ark. This photograph shows what Noah might have looked like as he supervised the construction of his enormous ship.

Noah

To carry every kind of animal, the Ark was an enormous boat. Below we see several workmen assisting in its construction. The exhibit filled a whole room, and yet it only represented one percent of the Ark's actual size.

Under Construction

Creation Museum: Garden of Eden

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The next museum highlight was a recreation of a small part of the Garden of Eden. With lively model animals and luscious plastic vegetation, this room almost felt like it was outdoors.

These llamas were one part of the exhibit that stood out. One seems to be craning its neck to observe some distant object, while the other smirks at the viewer.

Llamas

The creature below was one of the more unusual. It looks like a leopard, except for its mottled pattern of scales. Apparently it is an artist's idea of one type of dinosaur, and it is seen here voraciously devouring a pineapple.

Pineapple-Eating Dinosaur

Finally, these two kangaroos could be seen peeking out of the vegetation.

Kangaroos

Creation Museum: Dinosaur

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As I mentioned earlier, the Creation Museum exhibits a number of life-sized dinosaurs. While there is an entire room, which we will get to later, dedicated to this purpose, I passed a lone dinosaur specimen early on along the exhibit trail.

This model is a Tyrannosaurus Rex, with sharp, knife-like teeth. It could grow to forty feet long and twenty feet high, with a weight over seven tons. Maybe this model wasn't quite life size, but it definitely was bigger than any T. Rex I'd like to meet!

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Another exhibit displayed ancient scrolls from around the world. The scroll shown below dates from around 1825. Scrolls were often made of vellum produced from animal skins, resulting in a document that could last almost indefinitely. The scroll below contains Hebrew portions of Genesis and Exodus.

Hebrew Scroll 

This exhibit depicts a famous scene of Moses and the Ten Commandments. As you can probably tell from the stone tablets, Hebrew is read from right to left.

Ten Commandments

Creation Museum: Dinosaur Dig

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Located in Petersburg, Kentucky, the Creation Museum provides a detailed look at the origin and history of our planet and its inhabitants from a Biblical perspective. Its impressive displays include life-sized dinosaurs, a number of large fossils, and a detailed model of Noah's Ark. Outside, a petting zoo, landscaped garden, and three-acre lake provide additional activities for visitors.

Creation Museum

The first display includes an extremely realistic life-sized fossil excavation, complete with a dinosaur fossil buried in the rock.

Dinosaur Dig

Great care must be taken when unearthing the fossilized bones so they are not damaged. This archaeologist is using a number of tools to extract this dinosaur skeleton.

Archaeologist

Icy River

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Because of the extremely cold weather, the Scioto River was covered in a layer of ice and snow. The viewing deck shown below provides an excellent view out over the river. The last time I had been here, there were ducks swimming in the water. The sparkling river and chirping birds were nowhere to be seen on this bleak winter day.

Icy Scioto River

All signs of life were gone, except for a few footprints in the fallen snow. Nevertheless, the stillness and placidity of the scene seemed to add to the contrast of dark railings and brilliant snow.

Viewing Deck