Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Creation Museum is Three Years Old

The house that Ham built is now three years old and still drawing visitors by the church bus-loads. Mark Hansel of Cincinnati.com writes:
When the doors opened in May of 2007, it was estimated that about 250,000 people would visit each year, but in less than three years, it already has surpassed the 1 million mark.

"Some museums have inflated numbers because a lot of public school children visit," Mark Looy, co-founder of the museum, said. "For obvious reasons, we don't get many of them."

The museum's controversial exhibits represent the views of the Answers in Genesis [sic] is the Apologetics Ministry, which includes the belief that the earth is only about 7,000 years old and that dinosaurs were among the creatures on Noah's ark. The ministry is focused on the absolute truth and authority of the Bible.
Somehow, I don't think I will go out and buy a cake.

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6 comments:

  1. Anyone tried to access Steve Matheson's blog today? I get this;

    "Blog has been removed

    Sorry, the blog at sfmatheson.blogspot.com has been removed. This address is not available for new blogs."

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  2. I'm curious how the attendance breaks down in terms of paid visitors vice guests.

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  3. I'm curious how the attendance breaks down in terms of paid visitors vice guests.

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  4. I am also curious how it breaks down in terms of religious affiliation, if they keep those sorts of statistics.

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  5. Tom, I received an email from Steve. His site is up and running again.

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