We are less than a week away from Christmas, and ChristmasTown at the Creation Museum is in full swing! If you haven’t visited during this special time of the year, you still have time! This event runs Tuesdays through Saturdays (on select days) until January 4, 2025.

Bring your family out to help us celebrate this special season. Follow the star to our live nativity, which returns this year in its new location at our new Wonders of Creation Stage in the Creation Zoo.

While you are here for this special time of the year, step back in time as you view a realistic recreation of the events surrounding the night of our Savior’s birth. Reflect on the true meaning of Christmas as you stand before Mary and Joseph with baby Jesus at the live nativity.

Christmas Indoor Dramas

In addition to the live nativity, your family can learn more about the events surrounding the birth of Christ with our indoor dramas performed in Legacy Hall.

Enjoy a fireside chat with one of the magi as he rests from a long journey of searching for truth, meaning, and purpose for this life, and follow a young archaeologist as he digs deeper into the Scriptures and uncovers more about what really happened the night Jesus was born.

You can also hear from Anna and Elisabeth. After decades of serving God in the temple and longing to see the Messiah, Anna finally encountered the Christ child and held him in her trembling arms, while Elisabeth had lost all hope after decades of longing for a child. But God is the God of miracles, and he answered her prayers in the most miraculous way, even in her old age.

Check the daily schedule to see which performances you can catch during your trip to ChristmasTown.

Start planning your trip today, and be sure to visit our live nativity and take in one or more of our indoor dramas!

We’re excited to announce that our Plants of the Bible Conservatory opened to help kick off this year’s ChristmasTown at the Creation Museum on Friday, and we held our ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday!

Comprised of four separate glass greenhouses, this conservatory complex is a beautifully curated collection of special plants. Each greenhouse has its own climate. The largest greenhouse, featuring the Judean date palm, changes seasonally, and the subsequent greenhouses move from subtropical, to Mediterranean, and then to arid climates. All houses feature a variety of plants that can be found in that particular climate and region—many of which are mentioned in the Bible.

Toward the end of a self-guided tour that presents the gospel, guests can observe a plant species that may have been used to create the crown of thorns worn by Jesus during his crucifixion.

When you join us for ChristmasTown at the Creation Museum, you’ll be some of the first guests to visit the conservatory and see it decorated with lights as well!

Follow the Star to the Live Nativity

Also, be sure to follow the star to our live nativity (which will be located on our Wonders of Creation Stage inside our new Creation Zoo) when you join us for this special time of the year! Reflect on the true meaning of Christmas as you stand before Mary and Joseph with baby Jesus at the live nativity.

Celebrate Christmas at the Creation Museum

Not only will your family enjoy these new additions to ChristmasTown at the Creation Museum, you’ll also love seeing the botanical gardens lit up in multicolored lights! Learn more about the events that surrounded the birth of Christ through live dramas inside Legacy Hall; in our 4K planetarium show, discover the truth about the mysterious star in the east that heralded the birth of Jesus and guided the wise men; and participate in family-friendly programs such as Christmas Truths for Families and 7 C’s of Christmas*; and so much more.

Start planning your ChristmasTown visit to the Creation Museum today, and make sure you check out our brand-new conservatory!

*Christmas Truths for Families and 7 C’s of Christmas are available Thursday–Saturday. Visit the event page for more information, including program times.

We’re excited that a family foundation has once again stepped forward this year and offered to double any gift given toward our end-of-year campaign, up to $8 million. Praise the Lord—what a blessing!

So what key ministry opportunities are we looking to fund with this dollar-for-dollar match?

Creation Museum Upgrade and Expansion

The Creation Museum’s popularity has significantly grown. Not only has guest attendance increased, but the amount of time that guests stay on-site has also grown substantially.

Furthermore, we believe the guest attendance will increase even more once we open the stunning conservatory exhibiting the plants of the Bible (an attraction in itself) and the outdoor stage soon, along with the opening of our new Creation Zoo. The museum’s existing café is often unable to meet the increased demand, and the museum can get very crowded at times.

• We plan to add a larger main dining venue to the museum to accommodate and serve more guests on the Creation Museum property.
• This dining room will open up a lot more space inside the museum to improve guest pathways and flow to the exhibits/theaters.
• Once the staff has moved to HQ, work will begin to redesign some of the museum office space into an area to engage and impact children.
• We plan to update and expand the bookstore.

A Message from Ken Ham

In this short video, our Founder CEO Ken Ham gives you an overview of this exciting project, along with information about what additional Ark Encounter upgrades/additions we are planning and details about our “AI Genesis” platform. We think you’ll be excited about what’s coming to our ministry across the board.

We are so grateful for this opportunity to fully fund these projects. Each gift is matched dollar-for-dollar up to $8 million through the end of the year. If you’d like to join us in these projects, visit our donate page and help us reach even more people with the truth of God’s Word and the gospel message.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at the Creation Museum. Our grounds team has been busy preparing for ChristmasTown at the Creation Museum since August, and we can’t wait to start welcoming guests as we celebrate this special time of the year.

Beginning the day after Thanksgiving, ChristmasTown and ChristmasTime at the Ark Encounter will run from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., November 29, 2024–January 4, 2025, Tuesday through Saturday on select days.

In addition to the beautiful light displays guests have come to love, we also have a few new features for this year’s event.

Conservatory Opening

We are excited to announce that our brand-new conservatory will open the day after Thanksgiving to help us kick off the start of this year’s ChristmasTown at the Creation Museum!

Answers Academy families were recently given a sneak preview of the stunning conservatory.

The conservatory (which consists of four glass greenhouses and a courtyard) will house a special collection of the plants of the Bible. The largest of the four structures will highlight the date palms, Australian flora, and flowers for seasonal displays. The other three will be set up for sub-tropical, Mediterranean, and arid plants. Each greenhouse is climate-controlled, and one includes a water feature.

Visitors will enjoy a self-guided walkthrough, finishing at a plant with many thorns that could have been the type used for the crown of thorns placed on the head of Jesus. This will also enable a special presentation of the gospel as a climax of the tour.

Live Nativity Returns to the Creation Zoo

When you join us for this special time of the year, be sure to follow the star to our live nativity, which will be located on our Wonders of Creation Stage inside our new Creation Zoo! Reflect on the true meaning of Christmas as you stand before Mary and Joseph with baby Jesus at the live nativity.

Joyful Voices of Christmas

Experience the joy of the season with Joyful Voices of Christmas here in Legacy Hall on December 3, 2024, at 6:15 p.m. This heartwarming evening of live music and festive performances features talented performers like Ken Ham, Answers Academy, Ray Cummins, and many more. Enjoy this free concert with your family and celebrate the true joy of Christmas together.

Donations to benefit Children’s Hunger Fund are welcome.

Indoor Dramas, Family-Friendly Programs, and More!

Not only will your family enjoy these new additions to ChristmasTown at the Creation Museum, you’ll also love seeing the botanical gardens lit up in multicolored lights, learn more about the events that surrounded the birth of Christ through live dramas inside Legacy Hall; in our 4K planetarium show, discover the truth about the mysterious star in the east that heralded the birth of Jesus and guided the wise men; and participate in family-friendly programs such as Christmas Truths for Families and 7 C’s of Christmas*; and so much more.

And be sure to grab your children a free scavenger hunt before you head into the gardens! Track down our dinosaurs, learn more about each one, and receive a prize upon completion. Your family will also be able to take a free family devotional home as well.

Continue Celebrating at the Ark Encounter

Celebrate this special time of the year with a trip to ChristmasTime at the Ark Encounter as well! Take in the beauty of the grounds illuminated in a stunning sea of rainbow-colored lights, enjoy the brand-new laser light show on the side of the Ark, various concerts and dramas in the Answers Center, and more!

Start planning your Christmas visit to the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter today!

*Christmas Truths for Families and 7 C’s of Christmas are available Thursday–Saturday. Visit the event page for more information, including program times.

Along with humankind, every land-dependent, air-breathing bird and animal was destroyed during the global flood—except for those aboard the ark. When the floodwaters subsided, Noah’s family and the creatures preserved with them on the ark were left to repopulate the earth.

But some may wonder how animal life spread all over the world after the flood. Noah didn’t drop off certain animal kinds in strategic locations as the ark journeyed to its final resting place. No, all the ark’s occupants disembarked at one location—the mountains of Ararat. How then did they manage to quickly fill even the far reaches of the earth?

While many factors were involved, a few major considerations may help clear up confusion. From the Middle East, mainland Africa, Europe, and Asia would have been relatively easy to access by land as populations spread. Additional land bridges also existed during the ice age, granting passage to other landmasses only accessible by air or sea today.

Ocean routes are another important factor. Though some animals were perhaps carried from shore to shore by exploring humans, many could have traveled alone on natural rafts resulting from the billions of trees uprooted during the flood and left to float along ocean currents.

With just these few considerations, we begin to see how populations could have easily redistributed throughout the world, filling it as God intended.

To learn more, plan your trip to the Creation Museum at CreationMuseum.org/visit and be sure to visit the lower level!

As you explore the Creation Museum’s walk through history, the fourth of the 7 C’s you’ll encounter is Confusion. Up to this point in history, all of mankind shared one language, but a little more than a hundred years after the global flood, we see the rise of a new rebellion with far-reaching consequences.

Though God had directed mankind to fill the earth as they multiplied post-flood, they chose to do the opposite. Rather than “be dispersed over the face of the whole earth” (Genesis 11:4), they schemed to build a city with a high tower, intending it as a testament to their own glory and an avenue for remaining together in opposition to God’s command.

Armed with this purpose, the people began construction. But God, in his infinite wisdom, chose to intervene by confusing their language. Without the easy, universal communication they had always known, the people gave up their building plans and began to scatter by groups as they ought to have done from the beginning.

Babel, as the city became known, marks the historical splitting of languages and explains the language families we see evidence of in the world today.

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth. (Genesis 11:9)

To learn more, visit the Creation Museum for yourself! Start planning your trip at CreationMuseum.org/visit.

After the fall of man, things became worse and worse. Sin abounded to the point that Scripture notes, “Every intention of the thoughts of [man’s] heart was only evil continually” and “the earth was filled with violence” (Genesis 6:5, 11). The Lord was grieved at this great wickedness, and he determined to send judgment—a catastrophic global flood.

But even in judgment, God chose to extend mercy. He instructed Noah to build an ark that would withstand the coming catastrophe and preserve life. After the ark was complete, the flood came as God had promised. Of those with the “breath of life”—humans; birds; and land-dwelling, air-breathing animals—only righteous Noah, his family, and the creatures with them aboard the ark would survive.

The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. (Genesis 6:5–6)

I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die. (Genesis 6:17)

You can learn more about the global flood of Noah’s day when you visit the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter. Consider making the most out of your visit with a 3-Day Bouncer Pass, which gives you three days of unlimited visits to both attractions within a seven-day period. Start planning your trip today!

Explore Excursions: Fossil Hunt

Join us at Caesar Creek Lake* in Warren County, Ohio on Saturday, October 26, 2024, as we embark on an exhilarating expedition to hunt for fossils. Answers in Genesis paleontologist Dr. Gabriela Haynes will lead this one-day excursion to one of the most popular fossil-hunting locations in the region.

This exciting, hands-on experience includes special geology presentations and personal instruction from Dr. Haynes. Enjoy fellowship with other fossil enthusiasts** in a beautiful state park that offers a variety of additional recreational activities.

Register today to learn more about fossils from a biblical worldview!

*Please note that Caesar Creek Lake is located a moderate distance from the museum (view map), about a 75-minute drive. Participants are responsible for their own transportation. Check-in is at 8:30 a.m. The program will start promptly at 8:45 a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m.

**Due to the technical content of this event, we strongly recommend that children be at least 11 years old to attend.

After nine months of closure, the day has finally arrived: the Creation Museum’s zoo, renamed the Creation Zoo, has reopened to guests!

Come see fun farmyard animals like alpacas, donkeys, and goats, along with unique South American life like Auggie the king vulture and Quinn the giant anteater.

Although the wallaby walkabout is still under construction, you can still view our wallaby joeys and Aldabra tortoises in their temporary habitats. Guests may also interact with goats in our farmyard from 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. daily (weather dependent).

The Wonders of Creation Stage, presented by Cosequin Joint Health Supplement, is still being completed, so animal shows will still be held in Legacy Hall for now. Keeper chats with ambassador animals will continue in Pavilion 3 through mid-October.

The rest of the zoo should be opening later this year, and more animals will continue to be added, so stay tuned for updates!

We want to give special thanks to Nutramax Laboratories for their generous donations that contributed to the zoo renovation.

Skeptics often claim the Genesis flood was merely local and not worldwide. But in Genesis 7, we receive confirmation that the flood lasted over a year and, at its peak, covered all of the mountains 15 cubits deep—so there is no way it could have only been local.

As we look at our world, we see evidence of a global flood all around us. Such a flood had never been seen before and has not been seen since, but we can look to our own backyards and around the world to see what other catastrophes can teach us about the flood.

For example, when we observe a local river flood, we often see the erosion and deposition of less than 1/1000 cubic miles of sediment within minutes or hours. Yet the Mount St. Helens eruption took only minutes to erode and deposit an impressive 0.7 cubic miles of sand and mud. If these “quick” events leave behind such marks on the earth, just think what a global flood would have done—and an examination of the geological record does reveal similar evidence on a scale consistent with such a catastrophe.

When we take Scripture at its word, it’s clear that the flood of Noah’s day was indeed a global event—and geologic evidence only confirms that fact.

Learn more during your visit to the Creation Museum in our Flood Geology exhibit.

Learn About Science from a Biblical Worldview

Did you know that we have science opportunities to supplement your Christian school or homeschool curriculum? We invite you to join us at the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter, where we have educational opportunities for everyone in your family.

Here are just a few of the programs you may be interested in:

• Explore Days: Young people are naturally curious about creation and filled with questions about how science and the Bible work together to glorify God. Explore Days (for students ages 11–18) offer a three-hour program of hands-on science learning with a biblical worldview. We also offer a half-day Explore Jr. for kids ages 5–10.
  
• High School Labs: Students will participate in engaging, hands-on experimentation and application uniquely presented from a biblical worldview. This program includes 12 sessions of 24 hands-on labs for biology, chemistry, environmental science, forensic science, and physical science during the 2024–2025 academic year.
  
• Summer Camps: Join us at the Creation Museum for our five-day summer camps for children ages 11–18. These camps present a variety of scientific topics from a biblical worldview and are perfect for any science enthusiast. Your 5–10-year-old kids can also join us for a similar experience at our three-day summer camp.
  

Take advantage of all the educational programs available to your students at the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter this school year.

Families are going to love this exciting adventure at the Creation Museum!

A stunning new movie recently began showing in our 4D Special Effects Theater. Dragons: Quest for Truth is 20 minutes long and ties in with our dragon exhibit (which begins at the museum’s entrance and leads into our Main Hall).

Most people believe dragons are the stuff of fantasy. But what if something real inspired these myths and legends? Join Gabe as he flies through history on a quest for truth. In the video below, catch a glimpse of what you will experience during Dragons: Quest for Truth.

In addition to the high-quality graphics, this new show is accompanied by all the effects our guests have come to love with this experience. Our Special Effects Theater is a state-of-the-art 4D theater, complete with comfy seats that rumble, shake, and deliver other surprises. The cinema projector generates 34,000 lumens, giving you a bright, crisp image on the big screen. It’s truly an experience to remember!

Dragons: Quest for Truth is included with your Creation Museum admission and currently plays every half hour throughout the day in our special effects theater.

Start planning your trip to the Creation Museum today, and be sure to catch Dragons: Quest for Truth during your visit!

At the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter, we love teaching guests about God’s creativity and design through his creatures. Both attractions have always featured zoos filled with a variety of animals that guests love to meet and learn about—and we’ve been hard at work all year expanding the Creation Museum’s Eden Zoo!

In addition to old favorites, a number of new critters are set to call the new Eden Zoo home. The expansion will include a wallaby walkabout where you can meet Bennett’s wallabies and tortoises up close and a new area featuring a variety of South American wildlife.

Meet some of the new additions below!

Anteaters

We are thrilled to add a giant anteater to the Eden Zoo! Meet Quinn, who was named after Cosequin, the #1 veterinarian-recommended joint supplement for animals. Cosequin is produced by Nutramax Laboratories, which has donated a generous amount of funding to help build the new Eden Zoo at the Creation Museum and to improve the Ark Encounter’s Ararat Ridge Zoo.

Giant anteaters are the largest members of the anteater kind, growing up to seven feet long and 140 pounds. Native to Central and South America, they use their two-foot-long spiny tongues to consume over 30,000 insects per day! Their sense of smell is 40 times stronger than a human’s, and they can identify each other by the scent of their saliva.

Quinn currently resides at the Ark Encounter’s Ararat Ridge Zoo but will eventually transfer to the new and improved Eden Zoo.

Bennett’s Wallabies

This species (part of the kangaroo kind) is native to Australia, but Jane comes from an accredited facility in Florida, and Kitty comes from an accredited facility in Ohio. Jane is currently 11 months old, and Kitty is currently 10 months old.

They will eventually join other animals in the Eden Zoo’s new wallaby walkabout, where guests can enter during select times to see them all up close.

Jane

Jane and Kitty were both raised by their mothers. As marsupials, they were only the size of jellybeans when they were born and were blind, deaf, and hairless. God designed them to know how to crawl up into their mothers’ pouches, where they finished developing over the course of about 4–5 months. They don’t start leaving the pouch until about 5–6 months old, and by 8 months old, they’re too big, and their mothers kick them out.

Kitty

That’s when our keepers adopted them and started hand-raising them behind the scenes. Since they’ll be in a walkabout habitat, it’s important that they get used to strangers and all kinds of sights, sounds, and smells.

Hand-raising these wallabies also ensures they are comfortable with any care they need, especially veterinary care. Our zoo staff have dedicated lots of time to caring for them, and they take turns spending the night with them at the zoo to ensure they get their bottles and stay happy and healthy.

During your visit to the Creation Museum, be on the lookout for wallaby sightings as our staff will be walking around with them to meet guests!

King Vulture

Meet Augustus, the king vulture!

Auggie is only 19 months old, so he has his dark, juvenile coloration. In the next few years, his face and neck will become a rainbow of red, orange, yellow, pink, purple, and blue colors. His body will turn white with black and gray markings.

With a wingspan of up to seven feet wide, king vultures are one of the largest New World vultures. As scavengers, they keep their Central and South American habitats clean by eating carrion, which also reduces disease.

Auggie currently resides at the Ararat Ridge Zoo and will eventually transfer to the Eden Zoo.

Aldabra Tortoises

Cashew, Macadamia, Peanut, and Pistachio are our new Aldabra (al-DAH-brah) tortoises. They will eventually join our wallabies, African spurred tortoise (Methuselah), and other to-be-announced species in our new wallaby walkabout.

They are two years old and come to us from the Emerald Coast Zoo in Crestview, Florida, a facility that supports our ministry. Zoo staff believe the tortoises are females, but it is difficult to know for sure until they are bigger and older.

Aldabra tortoises are a vulnerable species native to the Seychelles. They are the second largest tortoise species in the world, with the largest weighing over 670 pounds.

They may also live well over 100 years! An Aldabra tortoise named Jonathan currently holds the record of the oldest known living land animal at 191 years old.

Aldabra tortoises are very social and seem to enjoy the company of other tortoises and people, which makes them an excellent addition to the Eden Zoo!

Our Aldabras currently live behind the scenes, but you may see them out and about with their keepers during your visit.

These are just a handful of the new arrivals for the Eden Zoo, so start planning your trip today and learn more about a variety of exciting creatures once the zoo opens later this year!

David is one of the most famous figures in the Bible. As a young man, he killed the mighty Philistine Goliath with a sling and a stone. He flourished as a military commander under King Saul until the king sought to kill him because he grew envious of David’s successes and popularity among the people.

Following Saul’s death, David became the king of Judah and eventually ruled all of Israel, and it quickly grew into a powerful nation. His public achievements were marred by personal failures, particularly when he committed adultery with Bathsheba and plotted to have her husband killed in battle. Yet David, a man after God’s own heart, soon repented of those sins and wrote nearly half of the psalms in the Bible. He also made preparations for his son Solomon to build the first Jewish temple.

The Archaeological Record

Critics have long denied the existence of King David, claiming he was a legendary figure akin to King Arthur of British lore. The discovery of the Tel Dan Stele in 1993 vindicated the biblical record.

Tel Dan Stele (Image by Geagea, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.)

The inscription is attributed to Hazael, king of Damascus, whose brutal wars against the kingdoms of Israel and Judah in the ninth century BC (about 150 years after David’s reign) are recorded in the Bible (2 Kings 10–13). Written in early Aramaic, the text boasts of killing a king of “the house of David” (Aramaic bytdwd). “House of David” is used more than 20 times in the Old Testament to refer to the royal descendants of David who ruled the kingdom of Judah for nearly 400 years.

The wording of “house of David” may also appear on a damaged portion of the Mesha Stele, which was erected around 840 VB by Moab’s King Mesha. A single letter is missing after the word “house,” and the following two letters are the last two consonants in David’s name. The stone also mentions Israel’s God, Yahweh, and the “house of Omri,” a king of Israel and founder of Samaria (1 Kings 16:23–28). Later Assyrian texts identify the rulers of Samaria by using the phrase “house of Omri.”

Mesha Stele (Image by DopefishJustin, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.)

Did David’s Giant Foe Exist?

A small potsherd discovered in 2005 at Tell es-Safi, called Gath in the Bible, lends some archaeological support to the name of David’s giant Philistine foe, Goliath. Two names written on the shard are etymologically similar to Goliath. While this inscription does not necessarily mention the famous giant, it reveals that names like his were used in his hometown during David’s lifetime.

Tell es-Safi, Israel

Two New Explore Programs

Do you wonder if the Bible is confirmed through archaeology? Archaeology is the study of ancient man and civilizations. Join archaeologists Corey East and Tommy Chamberlain at the Creation Museum for our brand-new Explore program—Explore Biblical Archaeology. On Friday, July 26, 2024, students will be able to observe real artifacts from the land of Israel and learn how the science of archaeology confirms the Bible.

We’ve also added Explore Entomology with Dr. Crawley, which will take place on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Join Dr. Crawley in this hands-on investigation into the world of entomology. Dr. Crawley not only generously donated a spectacular collection to the Creation Museum for an exhibit that opened in 2013 but has a massive interest in creepy-crawlies and has traveled the world collecting specimens of beetles, butterflies, bees, and more.

These opportunities are open to students ages 11–18 and are scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Visit our education page to learn more about this exciting new program and to save your child’s seat today!

A picture is worth a thousand words, and the recent images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have written a novel declaring how awesome space really is. They have brought the wonder of space into the hearts of so many people and revealed the beauty and incredible detail that exists out there.

From the images of the JWST to exciting space missions and the beginnings of space tourism, things beyond our atmosphere are heating up!

At the Creation Museum, our Stargazer Planetarium brings the universe within reach using laser projectors that display strikingly realistic images on a 30-meter-diameter tilted dome. These add-on experiences are a great way to see and enjoy another part of God’s created world.

During our Created Cosmos show, you can visit nebulae, galaxies, and more. Or get answers to questions about extraterrestrial life with the show Aliens: Fact or Fiction?

3, 2, 1 . . . Blast Off!

Among the crew on the historic voyage of Boeing’s Starliner is a friend of ours—Captain Barry “Butch” Wilmore, a Christian and a biblical creationist! And Captain Wilmore isn’t just on board—he is commanding this historic flight!

We wanted to share two videos from Captain Wilmore with you. This first video is a short clip from the Starliner, showing him shining a light out the window of the capsule.

And we thought you’d also enjoy this video of a short clip that was played on the buses bringing people to watch the launch. In it, you’ll see Captain Wilmore sharing the message of the gospel with everyone (please note this video represents his own views and not NASA’s).

Many months ago at his request, we sent him a variety of Creation Museum, Ark Encounter, and Answers in Genesis apparel, which were then sent to the ISS to wait for him. He put on the apparel and took photos. Wow! AiG, the Ark, and the museum were represented in outer space!

New Kids Resource About Space

Space has long captured the imaginations of children, and they are often filled with almost-endless questions on the mysteries of our galaxy and beyond. AiG astronomer Dr. Danny Faulkner partnered with Mark Wainwright to create a new book for kids, Awesome Facts About Space.

This is a great resource that will engage and captivate children as they learn more about the universe and discover answers to questions that are out of this world!

Awesome Facts About Space is now available for preorder.

Learn more about God’s amazing creation during your visit to the Creation Museum and preorder your copy of Awesome Facts About Space today!

Monday was a big day as our new conservatory received a major delivery—the largest delivery of plants for this major Creation Museum project. It took several hours to unload the trailer, and our site development and conservatory teams have begun the planting process inside the conservatory.

The conservatory (which consists of four glass greenhouses and a courtyard) will house a special collection of plants of the Bible. The largest of the four structures will highlight the Date Palms, Australian flora, and flowers for seasonal displays.. The other three will be set up for sub-tropical, Mediterranean, and arid plants, respectively. Each greenhouse is climate-controlled, and one includes a water feature.

Visitors will enjoy a self-guided walkthrough, finishing at a plant with many thorns that could have been the type used for the crown of thorns placed on the head of Jesus. This will also enable a special presentation of the gospel as a climax of the tour.

A Special Plant

Last week, we planted the very first plant in the conservatory. In the tropical house previously mentioned, there will also be a special collection of Australian flora. Twenty-two years ago, our Founder CEO Ken Ham and his wife, Mally, were given what looked like a small stick. It was about two feet high and half the thickness of one’s little finger. It was an Australian bottle tree.

Mally nurtured this until 2016 (pictured below), when they gave it to our attractions horticultural department. This tree was placed in the queue line gardens at the Ark Encounter each spring, summer, and early fall and then put back in one of our heated greenhouses for the winter.

Our horticultural department took great care of this tree, and last week they had a special ceremony for Ken and Mally to plant this tree as the first plant in the conservatory and as the beginning of the Australian plant exhibit. We also planted a plumeria, which is called frangipani in Australia.

We are excited to see plants in the conservatory! We can’t wait for this expansion to be finished. It will be a spectacular addition to the Creation Museum. Start planning your visit today!

We have to fill in the missing details about what happened to the dinosaurs based on our worldview—our starting points. We all have the same fossils, the same facts, and the same evidence. Our beliefs about how the earth was formed shape our interpretation of the evidence.

Fossils Give Clues

There are still many mysteries surrounding dinosaurs. We know they are specific types of land animals that were created, along with man, on day six (Genesis 1:24–27), but they have since gone extinct. So we are left to wonder how they lived, what they looked like, and what they ate; and we especially wonder what happened to them. How did a group of animals that left fossilized footprints on every continent eventually cease to exist? The fossils contain clues about these mysteries, but we still don’t know the whole story.

Paleontologists who believe in evolution have all sorts of ideas for why dinosaurs are no longer here. Some suggest that an asteroid struck the earth or that many huge volcanoes erupted simultaneously, causing dinosaurs to go extinct. As a consequence, some say the dinosaurs that survived those blasts starved to death, while others say they died of overeating. However, these scientists don’t have the full story because they don’t start with the eyewitness account of creation that God gave to us in his Word, the Bible.

Paleontologists who believe that God created the earth in six days as recorded in the Bible have a different answer to this question about dinosaurs. These scientists conclude that most of the dinosaurs died in the global flood.

So why did the dinosaurs that survived the flood on Noah’s ark eventually go extinct?

The dinosaur kinds that Noah took with him exited the ark into a vastly different environment. They, along with other now-extinct animal kinds, died out due to competition for food, a post-flood ice age, other post-flood catastrophes, or maybe even because people killed them for food or sport.

Start planning your visit to the Creation Museum today, and be sure to visit our Flood Geology exhibit to learn more!

The excitement is growing as our new Protoceratops Fossilization display, which will be located inside the Starting Points exhibit, heads toward completion. As visitors walk through the exhibit, they will see a remarkable, lifelike Protoceratops in the process of being buried. Based on fossils found in Mongolia, this display will contrast naturalistic and biblical interpretations of the circumstances involved in the burial of this creature. Guests will discover that the biblical flood provides the best explanation of the evidence. Incredible graphics and content will engage readers as they learn about this world-changing event.

Check out these pictures to see how this project has progressed.

This exhibit will be opening later this year.

Dinosaurs continue to captivate us long after they last roamed the earth. Created by God on day six, dinosaurs have intrigued people since they were rediscovered in recent centuries. We can find the logical answers to the big questions about them when we start with the foundation of God’s Word.

Beyond Bones Conference: The Truth About Dinosaurs

Want to learn more about these fascinating creatures and the truth about them found in God’s Word? The first Beyond Bones conference will bring our resident experts to the Legacy Hall stage at the Creation Museum on September 20, 2024. Beyond Bones will feature speakers Ken Ham, Dr. Georgia Purdom (molecular geneticist), Dr. Gabriela Haynes (paleontologist), and Joel Leineweber (paleoartist).

To learn more and register, visit the event page. Live stream tickets are also available for those unable to join in person.

Construction is continually advancing on the Creation Museum’s Eden Zoo. The newly renovated and expanded zoo will not only display your old favorites but also a variety of new and unique species.

The alpacas, chickens, donkeys, doves, goats, and pigs have been enjoying their temporary stay at the Ark Encounter’s Ararat Ridge Zoo while their habitats are redesigned and rebuilt. Our animal ambassadors have remained on-site to engage visitors during our daily animal programs and keeper chats.

In addition to a farmyard where guests can enter during select times to interact with our goats, the Eden Zoo will also include a wallaby walkabout. At certain times, visitors can walk through this habitat and meet our new Bennett’s wallabies, Aldabra tortoises, and Papuan eclectus parrots.

Bennett’s wallabies have been a staple at the Creation Museum’s zoo, but the Aldabra tortoises and Papuan eclectus parrots will be new species. Aldabra tortoises are the second largest tortoises in the world, with the heaviest weighing over 670 pounds. They are also believed to be the longest-living land animals today, with individuals estimated to be over 200 years old. The brightly colored Papuan eclectus parrots were once thought to be two different species because the males and females look so different from each other.

The renovated Eden Zoo will also include a South American expansion featuring exciting species from this unique continent. New South American coatis will join our white-nosed coati in a habitat that is designed for them to share. New Patagonian maras will delight guests with their antics, and several more surprise species will also be featured in this new area.

Finally, construction has begun on a new outdoor stage sponsored by Nutramax Laboratories, the makers of Cosequin, the #1 veterinarian-recommended retail joint health supplement. Here, guests can watch daily animal programs and engage with our animal ambassadors. During ChristmasTown at the Creation Museum, the stage will be transformed into a live nativity featuring animals associated with the account of Christ’s birth.

The new Eden Zoo is expected to partially open this summer, with new sections opening as they are completed and as the animals arrive. The next phase of construction will include a butterfly house and an indoor cabin displaying a variety of small animals. Stay tuned for behind-the-scenes opportunities too!

Some versions of the Bible include numerous mentions of “dragons” (although other versions use different words), and most cultures have legends of dragon encounters. But could those dragons have been dinosaurs?

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Some dragons flew, and others lived in the water. So, not all dragons could be called dinosaurs, but all dinosaurs could have been dragons. Dinosaurs are land-dwelling animals that have legs directly under their bodies.

Some reptiles are mistakenly called dinosaurs. For example, the dimetrodon, which had legs out to its side, is not a dinosaur. Plesiosaurs, which are marine reptiles, and pterosaurs, which are flying reptiles, are also not dinosaurs. But all of these animals could be referred to as dragons!

Dragon Legends: Fact or Fiction?

Legends of an ancient flood exist in hundreds of cultures around the world. A large number of these traditions share common elements with the biblical flood described in Genesis. For example, many of these stories assert that man’s wickedness brought divine judgment upon the whole world and that eight people and some animals survived aboard a large boat.

The Bible provides the historical account of the worldwide flood. By carefully comparing these legends with God’s Word, we see that many of these traditions have distorted, embellished, or lost information about the actual events.

Similarly, cultures from all over the globe also have dragon legends. Epic battles between gallant knights and fierce dragons are rather common, and descriptions of these beasts are often very similar to those of dinosaurs.

Of course, ancient people would not have called them “dinosaurs” since that word was coined in 1841. Carvings and cave paintings of these monsters have been discovered. Some of these dragon legends contain mythical elements, while others likely lost all the true details and retain nothing more than tall tales. But in many cases, the dragons were viewed as real animals. Do some of these dragon legends actually speak of dinosaurs?

In the Bible, God told Job about two creatures that could be considered dragons: the Behemoth and the Leviathan. Some Christians suggest that these are mythical monsters, but the mention of Behemoth and Leviathan in the book of Job follows the descriptions of about a dozen real animals. Furthermore, why would God tell Job to consider two beasts that did not even exist?

Get answers to these questions and more when you visit the Creation Museum. Start planning your trip today!

The scientific advancements made in the area of reproduction can leave us in greater awe of God’s amazing and good design. For believers, that is our response—we are wowed by our Creator’s creative but highly ordered design.

From the tiniest of cells to the largest kinds of the created world, the purposeful order of our world beautifully displays God’s intelligent design. The miracle of life begins at microscopic levels, but medically speaking, what do conception and fertilization mean, and why is it so important that people know the difference?

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The Difference

Traditionally, it was said that life began at conception. Through scientific advancements, conception has now been redefined as the processes that occur from fertilization through embryo implantation in the womb. As with many terms that are being redefined today, it is critical that believers understand what has changed and why, so that we are not deceived into believing unbiblical ideas and so that we can be a voice for truth.

Since the term “conception” has been more broadly applied to these processes, it is no longer the correct term to describe the moment when life begins. In fact, using the term “conception” to describe the moment when life begins is downright dangerous. The only term to use, and the biblically sound term to use to describe this moment is “fertilization”—the moment when the father’s DNA combines with the mother’s DNA within the egg.

Why Does it Matter?

We understand reproduction in greater detail than ever before. With that increased knowledge, questions naturally arise. Questions like “When does personhood begin?” and “When do the unborn feel pain?” The questions themselves aren’t wrong or bad, but the consequences of those questions have been devastating to unborn life because we live in a fallen world.

We now know that the first cell holds all the information that the baby needs to grow; Christians recognize that this is life—a human being made in the image of God. For those who do not value the life of the unborn, they have reduced this miracle of life down to nothing more than a clump of cells through this redefinition. Once they have convinced themselves this “clump of cells” isn’t life, then they can justify murder. But those “clumps of cells” are outdated arguments proven false by this increased understanding of the journey of life before birth. It is a lazy phrase designed to deceive and ease the conscience of the conflicted.

The more Christians understand the terminology and the science, the more clearly they can understand the issues for themselves and intelligently speak to them when given the opportunity. Some people understand and admit that abortion is killing a child and will further admit that they just don’t care. But there are also people who just need help to understand the actual science and think through the ethics better, people who can be reasoned with and who will respond to logic and appeals to ethics and morality.

The more prepared we can be to give a defense to the world on all that the Bible speaks to, the more effectively God can use us to be a witness for his truth and good news.

Want to learn more and better prepare yourself to speak about the miracle of life? Visit our Fearfully & Wonderfully Made exhibit during your trip to the Creation Museum.

What is the number one question young people are wrestling with these days? Well, it’s “Who am I?” Questions of identity are soaring, with identity-based content on social media platforms like TikTok garnering billions of views and internet searches like “Am I gay?” or “Am I trans?” jumping each year.

And we want to help young people find their true identity—an identity grounded in God’s design from creation and the gospel of Jesus Christ. That’s why we’re designing a brand-new exhibit for the Creation Museum—Radiance.

This beautiful new exhibit space will focus on our identity as an image of God’s glory. If you’re familiar with the Creation Museum layout, this new exhibit will go where our Discovery Hall currently is.

This exhibit will be powerful for young people, pointing them to God’s Word as the unshakable foundation for their questions, including the question of “Who am I?” We are thrilled that we continue to produce cutting-edge exhibits that exalt God’s Word and deal with the big issues of our day.

These photos will give you an idea of what the new exhibit space will be like as our artists and fabricators make mock-ups to test their designs.

We can’t wait to share this new exhibit with our guests. Start planning your Creation Museum visit today, and be sure to come back when Radiance is installed and open!

The final days of Jesus were action-packed and full of significance: he entered Jerusalem to the praises of the people, overturned the tables of money changers doing business in the temple, washed the feet of his disciples, and ate one last meal with them. The mood of the people changed quickly, however, and their praises soon devolved into demands for Jesus’ death.

Jesus’ death was the perfect sacrifice and paid the price for sin once and for all. In Jesus’ resurrection, he defeated death with a full and final confirmation that he is indeed the Son of God.

Each Easter, we remember and celebrate Jesus’ sacrificial death and resurrection from the dead. His great gift paved the way for us to be made right with God—all who repent of their sins and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, trusting in his sacrificial death and resurrection, will enjoy everlasting life with their Creator and Savior.

Living History Easter Event

What do death, taxes, and Easter have in common? Find out at our Easter Living History event!

Join us as we travel back to the days of Jesus this Easter weekend, March 29–30, 2024. This unique experience provides a glimpse into what life was like, with period-appropriate costumes worn by staff who are excited to share the historical background of Easter and Passover.

Start planning your visit to the Creation Museum today, and be sure to join us for our Easter Living History to kick off your Easter weekend!

Roger Patterson, Education Specialist for Answers in Genesis and a familiar face around the Creation Museum, was an atheist and trained as an evolutionist when he was in university. So, what changed? Hear part of his testimony in this clip.

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Learn from Roger

During your visit to the Creation Museum, you could learn from Roger during one of our Discover Programs, which is included with your admission. He also leads a Hidden in Plain Sight tour (additional cost) where guests can learn interesting facts about the history of the Creation Museum and details they may have missed as they walk through the exhibits.

Roger is known as Mr. P in the popular Unlocking Science program on Answers TV. Join Mr. P in person at the Creation Museum to unlock the secrets of fire, flight, color, light, microscopic creatures, and much more during his Unlocking Science LIVE programs. Each program features an engaging and interactive exploration of God’s created world where the audience will swim with daphnia, soar with airplanes, marvel at a rainbow, or feel the heat of a fireball.

Please check your daily schedule or our online daily calendar to see what educational opportunities will be available while you are here.

Work Where You Can Make an Eternal Impact

Maybe you have a story like Roger’s, or you are looking for a seasonal job where you can make an eternal impact. Right now, we are hiring seasonal help as we begin preparing for our busy season. Join us at the Creation Museum for our open interviews on the following days:

• Saturday, March 23, 2024: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
• Tuesday, June 4, 2024: 3–6 p.m.
• Saturday, August 10, 2024: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
• Monday, October 7, 2024: 3–6 p.m.
• Friday, October 25, 2024: 3–6 p.m.

Stop by the museum on the above dates to apply for a seasonal job, be interviewed, and potentially get offered a position—all on the same day! You can also apply online today.

When you visit the Creation Museum, you will find that the first series of exhibits teaches people how to think. We help visitors understand that everyone has a worldview—a way of thinking. And ultimately, there are only two foundations that determine one’s worldview—God’s Word or man’s word. Your worldview then determines how you interpret the evidence of the present in relation to the past.

One of the examples we use to help explain this has been one of the pride and joys of the evolutionary world—“Lucy”! Lucy was once considered to be a “missing link” in human evolution. Now she’s considered a close relative. But, Lucy is not a relative of any human as Lucy was a member of the ape kind!

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Here is an excerpt from the signage at the Lucy exhibit:

Art is communication. Even when words are absent, it has a great capacity to convey meaning. When you look at a piece of art, remember that it speaks for the artist who crafted it to tell a story.

Consider these depictions of australopithecine heads, cast from the same mold as the “Lucy” figure. Despite looking very different from one another, their sculpted details are identical. Only arbitrary details set them apart—things like hair, eye, and skin colors, as well as hair length and coverage.

Whether filling in missing bits of skull, surveying a bony surface for muscle attachment points, or choosing skin tones based on specimen location, degrees of assumption attend every stage of reconstruction. Ironically, the more superficial elements—things that represent the biggest unknowns—are often most effective in conveying a broader narrative.

For example, artists who wish to communicate that australopithecines were human relatives usually add human eyes and hair patterns. Those who wish to show that australopithecines were more like other apes will take inspiration from familiar varieties like gorillas, chimpanzees, or orangutans.

There is nothing wrong with using art to communicate. But these examples demonstrate at least two important things: how art can be used to shape public opinions, and how preconceived ideas can significantly impact art. Art, like the tongue or written words, can be a powerful tool for good or ill.

Art always speaks, so ask yourself what it is saying.

Of course, evolutionists use art to try to indoctrinate people in their evolutionary story, in this case, that Lucy was a supposed relative of humans. Now, when you look at the actual evidence found for Lucy—a number of bones—what you observe is totally consistent with Lucy being of the ape kind, not a relative of humans.

Start planning your visit to the Creation Museum today, and learn more about how our worldview shapes the way we interpret the things around us.

The Creation Museum boasts a powerful pro-life exhibit, Fearfully & Wonderfully Made. This exhibit features lifelike baby models, stunning special effects, and detailed biblical and scientific teaching that will have you marveling over how God knit each of us together in our mothers’ wombs. It also answers important questions such as, “When does life begin?”

This question lies at the heart of some highly contentious issues in our world today. But, from a medical standpoint, there’s only one logical answer: life begins at fertilization, when the chromosomes from the sperm and the egg combine, forming a genetically unique individual.

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This was traditionally called the moment of conception, but in the past few decades, conception has often been redefined to refer to the processes from fertilization through implantation of the embryo in the womb.

Our medical knowledge of this process has caused the debate to shift from “When does life begin?” to “When does personhood begin?” or “When do the unborn feel pain?” But these questions avoid the real issue.

Whether one refers to the unborn as an embryo, fetus, or baby, we learn from God’s Word that a human being made in the image of God is growing and developing within the mother from the moment of fertilization.

Worldview Impact on the Unborn

A person’s position on origins and reality shapes how they view human life.

Evolutionary Worldview

From a naturalistic evolutionary perspective, morality is arbitrary, and human beings have no more inherent value than an animal, a blade of grass, a rock, or anything else. Thus, ending human life via abortion or euthanasia carries no moral implications and is consistent with the evolutionary philosophy built on death and suffering.

Biblical Worldview

Since the Bible states that all people are made in the image of God, all human life, from fertilization until death, has unlimited value. Thus, the termination of human life through abortion and euthanasia are antithetical to the biblical worldview.

Can God Still Love Me?

This question has been asked countless times by people who have struggled to come to grips with their past. The truth is that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). Humans have rebelled against our perfectly holy God in every way imaginable—theft, rape, murder, etc., and we deserve to be judged for our sins.

Other than Jesus, our biblical heroes were flawed individuals. Moses, David, and Paul wrote huge sections of the Bible, yet they either murdered people or condemned innocent people to death. Jacob deceived people, Rahab lived as a prostitute, and Peter denied Jesus three times. But all these people found God’s love, grace, and forgiveness.

It is difficult to understand why God would be willing to forgive people who have done terrible things. However, this notion overlooks the fact that every sin is a crime against our Creator, and it fails to account for his amazing love for humanity.

God loves his creation, and he has provided the means for us to be forgiven. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died in our place on the cross, paying the penalty for our sins. Then he demonstrated his power over death when he rose from the dead. Forgiveness of sins and eternal life are promised to whoever believes in him (John 3:15–18; Acts 10:43).

Start planning your trip to the Creation Museum today, and be sure to visit the Fearfully & Wonderfully Made exhibit to get equipped with biblical answers about the sanctity of life.