The Creation Musuem

Last week we visited The Creation Museum. I had heard great things about the museum but was not sure what to expect. I had asked around on facebook and off facebook. I got lots of great tips! 

Right now Creation has free kids tickets and the adult tickets are ok for 2 days admission. Everyone had suggested we take advantage of both days. 

Entrance to the museum. 

Some historical artifacts and little snippets of info, that a momma with 5 kiddoes did not read, but a happy son absorbed.

Entrance to the History Section

We arrived very travel weary on Friday and did a short walk through, got some brochures and an idea of what we wanted to do. There were quite a few buses there, but we must have hit it just right because we did not encounter crowds as we walked through the main museum. 

We started out by watching the show "Men in White" which was a humorous show giving a glimpse into the debate between evolution and creation that many kids encounter in the "real world". 

The kids were fascinated by these skeletons...

After the "Men in White" show, we headed to the Planeturium. We had purchased tickets on our way in. It was worth the extra money spend! We sat in these cool reclining seats and watched the show overhead. Now if you must know, I find this type of science, INCREDIBLY boring. My children however were mesmerized. All I remember is how comfortable those reclining seats were! If I can convince Lee to type something up for me, I will have him share all the fun things he learned! 

This was a lifesized dinosaur dig. 

Meet Adam... 

Creation Scientists... 

They had these listed throughout the history walk. One side says "man's word" the other side says "God's Word"  and then it goes on to show what man teaches vs what the Bible says. 

Who is Lucy? Tell me in the comment's section. 

Sin entered the world through Adam and Eve. 

This was really cool... The garden of Eden was beautiful! 

The Tree of life... 

We were able to walk through this long curving "hallway" that started with Creation, then the Garden of Eden, followed by the conversation with Eve and the Serpent, portraying when Sin came into the world. 

The kids did not like this part. The beautiful garden, then the ugly darkness of sin, death and hard work. 

This for some reason is one of their favorite stories... The story of Cain and Able.

Noah's Ark. It was very real and very cool. It showed how Noah and His family entered the boat, some ideas on what it must have been like, what they ate, what they did etc... 

The  boys were fascinated by this. The people all drowning and the last few hanging on for dear life.

Then we continued on to the idols of Babylon... 

The older 2 and I spend a good bit of time in this area, discussing God's thoughts on slavery, why slavery exists, why people treat each other the way they do.. 

We ended that section of the musuem with a short video of "The last Adam". It was an amazing video portraying the life and death of Adam. Which would have been very interesting, had I not needed to keep my attention on squirmy children! 

After "The Last Adam" show we meandered into the Insect. The kids loved the little talk the guy did. I was fascinated by all the bugs! 

Next we headed upstairs to see the Dinosaurs.  This part of the musuem was no handicapped accessible. We decided that a small boy could probably fit into this guy's mouth. 

The kids were getting tired and were getting pretty tired. This part of the museum was much less packed and it was much easier to explore at our own pace. 

We finished up our inside tour of the Museum and headed out to tour the gardens and the petting zoo. 

The kids asked me to take this picture of them in the pavilion. 

Lee took a picture of the dinosaur topiary. 

The camel ride.. the ridicoulous $5  a person ride... I remember riding an elephant as a child. I simply had to let them ride. 

They loved it! 

We headed to the petting zoo where we got to see the zorse and the other strange animal, whose name escapes me at the moment! 

Good by Creation Museum.
We learned so much on our trip. I believe this will be a place my children will never forget. It has changed the way I look at a lot of things. It was very educational for me, as well as the kids. We have had many interesting discussions since the trip and I feel much better equipped to answer questions.

Have you been to the museum? What tips would you offer others who are planning on visiting?