Creation Museum

[Scot]

Has anyone here ever been to the creation museum?

Creation Museum - Creation, Evolution, Science, Dinosaurs, Family, Christian Worldview | Creation Museum

 

[Scottish Lass]

Yup. Live just down the road from it.

 

[OPC'n]

no but i'd go if someone took me i love museums

 

[Bethel]

We visited in June 2010. My parents live about 20 minutes away, so fortunately, we didn't have to pay for a hotel. I thought the admission was high for a family of five (4 adults & 1 child), and it looks like they just raised the rates...

 

[Andres]

I thought the admission was high for a family of five (4 adults & 1 child), and it looks like they just raised the rates...

Just looked at their website and you're not kidding they're expensive! For $30 a person what all is included?

 

[DMcFadden]

Very, very impressive and worth the money. I loved it as did my kids and grandkids.

 

[J. Dean]

Very, very impressive and worth the money. I loved it as did my kids and grandkids.

I second this. It is a quality museum, and the bookstore has some wonderful resources (a number of good Calvinist/Reformed authors in there, btw). If you get a chance, go. I am NOT a museum person, and I enjoyed it.

 

[Backwoods Presbyterian]

1) Loved my visit, especially since it came with a fellow PB'er Rev. Glenn Ferrell

2) The Gospel is amazingly central to every nook and cranny it is interestingly "covenantal" in its presentation, which I am not sure is 100% on purpose or not.

3) The Banner of Truth has its own bookcase in the bookshop with many wonderful titles.

4) Only downside is the 2nd Commandment violations but they are refreshingly few and far between.

 

[Pilgrim Standard]

Yup. Live just down the road from it.

I drive by it on the way to work each workday.
But your tag says Louisville... isn't that 2hrs away?

I totally love the Creation museum.

 

[Pilgrim Standard]

4) Only downside is the 2nd Commandment violations but they are refreshingly few and far between.

I second that. There are a few second commandment violations.

Another down side is that they put a bit of a pounding on Hodge in one display.

 

[Backwoods Presbyterian]

Well I am ok about them hammering Hodge and Warfield on their misguided ideas regarding Darwin.

 

[Pilgrim Standard]

Well I am ok about them hammering Hodge and Warfield on their misguided ideas regarding Darwin.

Yes... I agree pastor. But it is the light that they present it in that I have an issue. One would avoid these men at all cost and anyone promoting them if the displays at the Creation Museum were all they had to go on.

For $30 a person what all is included?

Unfortunately yes... it is very expensive, especially when one has several children, although children tickets cost less.
What is included is the Gardens, the Museum, and lectures and shows going on. What is not included is the camel rides, the planetarium and a movie If I recall correctly. It is worth the money in my opinion.

The displays are very well designed and executed but unlike some secular museums, the displays at the creation museum require thought and usually reading. It is a professionally created museum with an important message in a biblical theme, not an infotainment getaway.

 

[rbcbob]

1) Loved my visit, especially since it came with a fellow PB'er Rev. Glenn Ferrell

2) The Gospel is amazingly central to every nook and cranny it is interestingly "covenantal" in its presentation, which I am not sure is 100% on purpose or not.

3) The Banner of Truth has its own bookcase in the bookshop with many wonderful titles.

4) Only downside is the 2nd Commandment violations but they are refreshingly few and far between.

Also fourth commandment violations. They are open for business on the Lord's day.

 

[Andres]

Also fourth commandment violations. They are open for business on the Lord's day.

That's disheartening...

 

[Contra_Mundum]

Also fourth commandment violations. They are open for business on the Lord's day.

Which is pretty tragic, really, when you realize that the whole six-day Creation narrative kinda has as its point: getting the Seventh Day.

Mutual communion with God is the reason for Creation.

"Come the the CM (after your quick Sunday-hour, or course), buy a ticket to our ministry, and put an afternoon of "highlights" into your special day."

 

[Pilgrim Standard]

Also fourth commandment violations. They are open for business on the Lord's day.

Which is pretty tragic, really, when you realize that the whole six-day Creation narrative kinda has as its point: getting the Seventh Day.

Mutual communion with God is the reason for Creation.

"Come the the CM (after your quick Sunday-hour, or course), buy a ticket to our ministry, and put an afternoon of "highlights" into your special day."

Yes, I agree this to be very tragic, especially since one of Ken Ham's main arguments is that we are losing the culture because the children of the culture no longer believe the bible in a literal sense.

 

[SRoper]

It's more important that the kids know that Bible truth that there were dinosaurs on the ark than worry about minor details like the reason for six days of work and rest on the seventh. Be sure to stop by the gift store!

 

[SRoper]

Sarcasm can be difficult to detect in print, especially when the author is not a particularly skilled writer.

 

[rbcbob]

Sarcasm can be difficult to detect in print, especially when the author is not a particularly skilled writer.

Scott, I too missed your sarcasm and needed help to spot it. However once it was pointed out I realized that I had not yet had my morning coffee!

 

[SRoper]

In retrospect, my attempt to call attention to the intended sarcasm by calling a bit of trivia "Bible truth" was not enough to overcome the fact that the Sabbath is much neglected in the church. It would not be unreasonable to think that I would see nothing wrong with going to a museum on the Lord's Day based on probability.