Creation and Earth History Museum (Santee, CA).
The attractions collected here perform young-earth creationist narratives through historical and scientific registers. Some attractions emphasize converting non-creationist visitors, while others provide a space for creationists to experience exhibits that align with their ideologies. Many do both.
Dinosaur Adventure Land (Repton, AL):
Founded: 2018
Creation and Earth History Museum (Santee, CA):
This attraction offers "interactive museum experiences and activities" such as a tabernacle display and exhibits on human anatomy and the age of the earth, all in service of its mission to "provide scriptural and scientific evidence that reinforces the biblical account of creation."
Founded: 1977
World's Biggest Dinosaurs (Cabazon, CA):
Attraction boasts giant dinosaurs and an "educational adventure," seeking to "help the young and old explore what is known and not known about dinosaurs, man and the creation of the world in a practical, factual and fun way."
Founded: 1980
Adventure Safaris Dinosaur Warehouse and Exploratorium (Santa Maria, CA):
Run by a private collector, this attraction showcases a wide variety of artifacts from dinosaur bones and fossils to historical displays and military memorials to "help students learn about God's handiwork" as they complete a scavenger hunt throughout the displays.
Founded: 2010
Creation Adventures Museum (Arcadia, FL):
This attraction offers many "adventures," including guided museum tours, fossil digs, canoe trips, and field trips to see "spectacular evidences contradicting evolution," all of which activities vary based upon time of year and allow guests to "explore God's world in light of God's Word."
Founded: 2000
Creation Discovery Museum (Fort Lauderdale, FL):
A part of the Creation Studies Institute, this attraction offers exhibits including dinosaur fossils, mammoth remains, and a butterfly display, as well as hands-on education activities for children, so visitors can "learn about the true account of the origins of the universe, life, and man's early history."
Founded: 1987
Camp Sunrise Museum (Fairmount, GA):
Housed as part of a camp experience for groups. Displays discuss the days of creation, Noah's ark, Tower of Babel, Mt. St. Helens, and rare minerals.
Founded: 1995
Heart of America Science Resource Center (Haviland, KS):
"Hands-on science at its best!" This attraction provides museum exhibits as well as laboratory activities, field trips, seminars and other opportunities to "take scientific truth to this generation" through a young-earth creationist and biblical perspective.
Founded: 2013
Creation Museum (Petersburg, KY):
Founded: 2007
"Prepare to Believe" at this attraction that features exhibits portraying Bible stories from Adam and Eve to Noah's Ark, scientific evidence from a "biblical" standpoint, and biblical transmission history, as well as a planetarium, petting zoo, and zip lines.
Ark Encounter (Williamstown, Kentucky):
Founded: 2016
Set on 800 acres - 40 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio - the ark is 510 feet long, 85 feet wide, and 51 feet high. Affiliated with Answers in Genesis, the park presents the story of Noah from the standpoint of young earth creationism.
The Stone's True Story (Gladwin, MI):
Portable creation museum.
Founded: 1998
The Dinosaur Encounter (Bridgton, ME):
This attraction features primarily dinosaur and other fossil remains to "disclose the truth about our existence based on the study of our past." The attraction is overseen by a founding pastor, who runs evangelistic outreaches through the museum.
Founded: 2007
Creation Experience Museum (Strafford, MO):
Attraction is part of Creation Ministries of the Ozarks, which seeks "to equip believers with answers [to evolutionary philosophy] based on the absolute truths of the Bible and true empirical science." It features biological, archaeological, and geological exhibits.
Founded: 2008
Glendive Dinosaur and Fossil Museum (Glendive, MT):
"The largest dinosaur and fossil museum in the United States to present its fossils in the context of biblical creation," this attraction is part of the Foundation Advancing Creation Truth and offers several exhibits of dinosaur bones and fossils to challenge evolutionary natural history museums.
Founded: 2009
Boneyard Creation Museum (Broken Bow, NE):
This attraction contains displays of artifacts "highlighting the many problems that evolution has." Its purpose is "displaying scientific evidence for creation and showing the difference between evolution and creation."
Founded: 2013
Semisaurus Mobile Museum (Juniata, NE):
Mobile creation museum, whose parent ministry is based in Nebraska.
Founded: 2016
North Carolina Museum of Creation (Southern Pines, NC):
Housed in the basement of a Christian bookstore, this museum is also home to an antique tool museum and expansive taxidermy displays. The displays proclaim the Genesis account of creation, including a case with all the world's evidence for evolution, which is empty.
Founded: c.2002
Akron Fossil and Science Discovery Center (Akron, OH):
This attraction features museum exhibits with fossils and artifacts, as well as an outdoor adventure experience, providing visitors with tours and hands-on activities to "connect people to the truth of creation" and "answer questions of origins."
Founded: 2005
Museum of Creation Truth (Bokchito, OK):
Small creation museum with fossil and artifact displays, taxidermy, 30-seat theatre, and 16-foot wall chart of creation history.
Founded: 2005
Grand River Museum (Lemmon, SD):
A non-profit cultural and natural history institution, this attraction provides visitors the opportunity to learn about creation science, Native American history, and ranching, as well as take part in archaeological digs and ranch activities.
Founded: 1998
Wyatt Archaeological Museum (Cornersville, TN):
This small, two room museum is a one hour drive south of Nashville. Comprised mostly of replicas, the exhibits claim to offer material proof for the discovery of Noah's ark, the lost cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Mt. Sinai, the Ark of the Covenant, and Moses' Red Sea Crossing.
Founded: 1994
Wonders of Creation Center (Lewisburg, TN)
Museum of Earth History (Dallas, TX):
Located on the campus of Christ for the Nations, this attraction offers "a place where science and the teachings of the Bible can be examined side-by-side" through geological and archaeological exhibits of fossils and artifacts, and is a ministry of the Creation Truth Foundation.
Founded: 2006
ICR Discovery Center for Science and Earth History (Dallas, TX):
Founded: 2019
Discovery Center (Abilene, TX):
This attraction offers tours, seminars, and other events and activities, including live animals, a scale model of Noah's Ark, and life-size hi-tech robots, all in service of the museum's mission to "provide scientific and historic evidence for the truthfulness of God’s word."
Founded: 1980
Creation Evidence Museum of Texas (Glen Rose, TX):
This attraction displays fossils and artifacts and a detailed Noah's Ark replica, which highlights the "gopher technique" and technology that was used "in Bible times."
Founded: 1984
Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum (Crosbytown, TX):
This attraction is one of three Mt. Blanco companies, along with Mt. Blanco Casting Company, which sells molds and fossil casts, and Mt. Blanco Publishing Company. The museum "is a scientific and educational institution dedicated to a correct interpretation of Earth history and fossil remains," teaching an Earth history that is thousands of years old, instead of billions.
Founded: 1998
Creation Kingdom Zoo (Gate City, VA):
Founded: 2010
Creation Hall Museum (Lynchburg, VA):
Located on the campus of Liberty University, this attraction is primarily a resource for students as they "learn how to defend their belief system." Visitors can view fossils and artifacts up close to help classroom material come alive, in exhibits that highlight Liberty's belief in "the truth accounted in Genesis."
Founded: 2010
Mount St. Helens Creation Center (Silverlake, WA):
"Teaching the truth of scripture, from the foot of the mountain," this attraction and its exhibits focus on arguing for the scientific plausibility of a global flood based on "seven wonders" related to Mount St. Helens, "which show how the earth's landscape could be changed very rapidly."
Founded: 1998
God's World Exploration Station (Peshastin, WA):
Founded: 2019
Living Waters Bible Camp (Westby, WI):
One of the first museums in the nation to provide a six-day creation layout, the creation museum at Living Waters Bible camp features hands-on activities, expansive animal and insect displays, and more, in service of its mission "to draw people closer to Jesus Christ." The attraction also features a Tabernacle replica [cf. Re-Creations].
Founded: 1970
What's the Evidence? (West Bend, WI):
Portable creation museum.
Founded: 2005
Jurassic Ark: Outdoor Creation Museum (Gympie, Australia):
This is attraction is organized largely as day field trips where groups excavate dinosaur fossils.
Founded: 2008
Big Valley Creation Science Museum (Big Valley, Canada):
Built to "display the evidence of [the Creator's] handiwork and refute the lie of evolution," this attraction features exhibits including Evidence from Geology, Terrible Lizards, Fossils and the Flood, and Dinosaurs and Humans, for visitors to browse and learn about Creation Science.
Founded: 2007
Creation Discovery Center (Bow Island, Canada):
This attraction aims to "point to the evidence of the Creator revealed in scripture," and features exhibits such as an Ocean Floor Adventure, Astronomy Gantry, Genesis Space Room, as well as special events and seminars.
The Secrets of Creation Traveling Museum (Red Deer, Canada):
This attraction from Creation Truth Ministries features Canada's largest traveling creation museum, including exhibits of fossils, casts, and others that "connect the Bible to the real world."
DINOS Centre, Inc. (Innisfail, Canada):
Founded: 2017
Museum of Creation (Winnipeg, Canada):
Located in the lower level of New Life Sanctuary church, this attraction is a family-curated collection of artifacts to teach biblical creation. The museum features biblical artifacts, as well as redefinitions of displays commonly used to teach evolution.
Founded: 2002
Creation Research Museum of Ontario (Goodwood, Canada):
Located in Goodwood Baptist Church, this attraction focuses on proving a young earth to be consistent with the Bible through its displays, the newest of which portrays both living fossils and an extinction exhibit. Opportunities to take part in quarry digs with the museum are also available.
Founded: 2004
Creation Science Centre (Cornwall, Canada):
Open since 2012, this attraction offers activities and exhibits for visitors of all ages to learn about Intelligent Design.
Noah's Ark (Florenceville, Canada):
Small-sized replica, the inside serves as a dormitory for a Bible College started by the attraction's founder.
Founded: 1993
Genesis Expo (Portsmouth, England):
The largest creation museum in the United Kingdom, Genesis Expo presents information as evidence of creation from the fields of biology, geology, and genetics. Visitors will also find Boris, the 20-foot dinosaur model in the entrance hall.
Founded: 2010
Genesis Museum of Creation (Norwich, England)
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm (Bristol, England)
Founded: 1998
German Creation Museum (Schobrunn, Germany):
Visitors at this attraction will be observe a 75-minute multimedia presentation, "God, a fascinating Designer," showing the wonders of creation as well as Earth's history from a biblical perspective.
The Bible Center (Minden, Germany)
Founded: 2009
Bibelmuseum (Wuppertal, Germany):
Located in western Germany, this museum focuses on Bible printings from early scribes to the medieval period and the post-Reformation printing press era.
Ark van Noach (Dordrecht, Netherlands):
"Full-size" replica of Noah's ark, visitors see live small animals, polyester replicas of larger animals, and "showcases and presentations about Noah’s history, scientific background information, various themed paintings, cinemas, and a restaurant."
Founded: 2012
The Ultimate Questions Creation Trailer (Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland):
Founded: 2000
Parque Discovery (Mafra, Portugal):
This attraction is "a small theme park where visitors get a hands on tour through our Bible exhibition, creation museum and planetarium."
Dinosaur Adventure Land (Repton, AL):
Founded: 2018
Creation and Earth History Museum (Santee, CA):
This attraction offers "interactive museum experiences and activities" such as a tabernacle display and exhibits on human anatomy and the age of the earth, all in service of its mission to "provide scriptural and scientific evidence that reinforces the biblical account of creation."
Founded: 1977
World's Biggest Dinosaurs (Cabazon, CA):
Attraction boasts giant dinosaurs and an "educational adventure," seeking to "help the young and old explore what is known and not known about dinosaurs, man and the creation of the world in a practical, factual and fun way."
Founded: 1980
Adventure Safaris Dinosaur Warehouse and Exploratorium (Santa Maria, CA):
Run by a private collector, this attraction showcases a wide variety of artifacts from dinosaur bones and fossils to historical displays and military memorials to "help students learn about God's handiwork" as they complete a scavenger hunt throughout the displays.
Founded: 2010
Creation Adventures Museum (Arcadia, FL):
This attraction offers many "adventures," including guided museum tours, fossil digs, canoe trips, and field trips to see "spectacular evidences contradicting evolution," all of which activities vary based upon time of year and allow guests to "explore God's world in light of God's Word."
Founded: 2000
Creation Discovery Museum (Fort Lauderdale, FL):
A part of the Creation Studies Institute, this attraction offers exhibits including dinosaur fossils, mammoth remains, and a butterfly display, as well as hands-on education activities for children, so visitors can "learn about the true account of the origins of the universe, life, and man's early history."
Founded: 1987
Camp Sunrise Museum (Fairmount, GA):
Housed as part of a camp experience for groups. Displays discuss the days of creation, Noah's ark, Tower of Babel, Mt. St. Helens, and rare minerals.
Founded: 1995
Heart of America Science Resource Center (Haviland, KS):
"Hands-on science at its best!" This attraction provides museum exhibits as well as laboratory activities, field trips, seminars and other opportunities to "take scientific truth to this generation" through a young-earth creationist and biblical perspective.
Founded: 2013
Creation Museum (Petersburg, KY):
Founded: 2007
"Prepare to Believe" at this attraction that features exhibits portraying Bible stories from Adam and Eve to Noah's Ark, scientific evidence from a "biblical" standpoint, and biblical transmission history, as well as a planetarium, petting zoo, and zip lines.
Ark Encounter (Williamstown, Kentucky):
Founded: 2016
Set on 800 acres - 40 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio - the ark is 510 feet long, 85 feet wide, and 51 feet high. Affiliated with Answers in Genesis, the park presents the story of Noah from the standpoint of young earth creationism.
The Stone's True Story (Gladwin, MI):
Portable creation museum.
Founded: 1998
The Dinosaur Encounter (Bridgton, ME):
This attraction features primarily dinosaur and other fossil remains to "disclose the truth about our existence based on the study of our past." The attraction is overseen by a founding pastor, who runs evangelistic outreaches through the museum.
Founded: 2007
Creation Experience Museum (Strafford, MO):
Attraction is part of Creation Ministries of the Ozarks, which seeks "to equip believers with answers [to evolutionary philosophy] based on the absolute truths of the Bible and true empirical science." It features biological, archaeological, and geological exhibits.
Founded: 2008
Glendive Dinosaur and Fossil Museum (Glendive, MT):
"The largest dinosaur and fossil museum in the United States to present its fossils in the context of biblical creation," this attraction is part of the Foundation Advancing Creation Truth and offers several exhibits of dinosaur bones and fossils to challenge evolutionary natural history museums.
Founded: 2009
Boneyard Creation Museum (Broken Bow, NE):
This attraction contains displays of artifacts "highlighting the many problems that evolution has." Its purpose is "displaying scientific evidence for creation and showing the difference between evolution and creation."
Founded: 2013
Semisaurus Mobile Museum (Juniata, NE):
Mobile creation museum, whose parent ministry is based in Nebraska.
Founded: 2016
North Carolina Museum of Creation (Southern Pines, NC):
Housed in the basement of a Christian bookstore, this museum is also home to an antique tool museum and expansive taxidermy displays. The displays proclaim the Genesis account of creation, including a case with all the world's evidence for evolution, which is empty.
Founded: c.2002
Akron Fossil and Science Discovery Center (Akron, OH):
This attraction features museum exhibits with fossils and artifacts, as well as an outdoor adventure experience, providing visitors with tours and hands-on activities to "connect people to the truth of creation" and "answer questions of origins."
Founded: 2005
Museum of Creation Truth (Bokchito, OK):
Small creation museum with fossil and artifact displays, taxidermy, 30-seat theatre, and 16-foot wall chart of creation history.
Founded: 2005
Grand River Museum (Lemmon, SD):
A non-profit cultural and natural history institution, this attraction provides visitors the opportunity to learn about creation science, Native American history, and ranching, as well as take part in archaeological digs and ranch activities.
Founded: 1998
Wyatt Archaeological Museum (Cornersville, TN):
This small, two room museum is a one hour drive south of Nashville. Comprised mostly of replicas, the exhibits claim to offer material proof for the discovery of Noah's ark, the lost cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Mt. Sinai, the Ark of the Covenant, and Moses' Red Sea Crossing.
Founded: 1994
Wonders of Creation Center (Lewisburg, TN)
Museum of Earth History (Dallas, TX):
Located on the campus of Christ for the Nations, this attraction offers "a place where science and the teachings of the Bible can be examined side-by-side" through geological and archaeological exhibits of fossils and artifacts, and is a ministry of the Creation Truth Foundation.
Founded: 2006
ICR Discovery Center for Science and Earth History (Dallas, TX):
Founded: 2019
Discovery Center (Abilene, TX):
This attraction offers tours, seminars, and other events and activities, including live animals, a scale model of Noah's Ark, and life-size hi-tech robots, all in service of the museum's mission to "provide scientific and historic evidence for the truthfulness of God’s word."
Founded: 1980
Creation Evidence Museum of Texas (Glen Rose, TX):
This attraction displays fossils and artifacts and a detailed Noah's Ark replica, which highlights the "gopher technique" and technology that was used "in Bible times."
Founded: 1984
Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum (Crosbytown, TX):
This attraction is one of three Mt. Blanco companies, along with Mt. Blanco Casting Company, which sells molds and fossil casts, and Mt. Blanco Publishing Company. The museum "is a scientific and educational institution dedicated to a correct interpretation of Earth history and fossil remains," teaching an Earth history that is thousands of years old, instead of billions.
Founded: 1998
Creation Kingdom Zoo (Gate City, VA):
Founded: 2010
Creation Hall Museum (Lynchburg, VA):
Located on the campus of Liberty University, this attraction is primarily a resource for students as they "learn how to defend their belief system." Visitors can view fossils and artifacts up close to help classroom material come alive, in exhibits that highlight Liberty's belief in "the truth accounted in Genesis."
Founded: 2010
Mount St. Helens Creation Center (Silverlake, WA):
"Teaching the truth of scripture, from the foot of the mountain," this attraction and its exhibits focus on arguing for the scientific plausibility of a global flood based on "seven wonders" related to Mount St. Helens, "which show how the earth's landscape could be changed very rapidly."
Founded: 1998
God's World Exploration Station (Peshastin, WA):
Founded: 2019
Living Waters Bible Camp (Westby, WI):
One of the first museums in the nation to provide a six-day creation layout, the creation museum at Living Waters Bible camp features hands-on activities, expansive animal and insect displays, and more, in service of its mission "to draw people closer to Jesus Christ." The attraction also features a Tabernacle replica [cf. Re-Creations].
Founded: 1970
What's the Evidence? (West Bend, WI):
Portable creation museum.
Founded: 2005
Jurassic Ark: Outdoor Creation Museum (Gympie, Australia):
This is attraction is organized largely as day field trips where groups excavate dinosaur fossils.
Founded: 2008
Big Valley Creation Science Museum (Big Valley, Canada):
Built to "display the evidence of [the Creator's] handiwork and refute the lie of evolution," this attraction features exhibits including Evidence from Geology, Terrible Lizards, Fossils and the Flood, and Dinosaurs and Humans, for visitors to browse and learn about Creation Science.
Founded: 2007
Creation Discovery Center (Bow Island, Canada):
This attraction aims to "point to the evidence of the Creator revealed in scripture," and features exhibits such as an Ocean Floor Adventure, Astronomy Gantry, Genesis Space Room, as well as special events and seminars.
The Secrets of Creation Traveling Museum (Red Deer, Canada):
This attraction from Creation Truth Ministries features Canada's largest traveling creation museum, including exhibits of fossils, casts, and others that "connect the Bible to the real world."
DINOS Centre, Inc. (Innisfail, Canada):
Founded: 2017
Museum of Creation (Winnipeg, Canada):
Located in the lower level of New Life Sanctuary church, this attraction is a family-curated collection of artifacts to teach biblical creation. The museum features biblical artifacts, as well as redefinitions of displays commonly used to teach evolution.
Founded: 2002
Creation Research Museum of Ontario (Goodwood, Canada):
Located in Goodwood Baptist Church, this attraction focuses on proving a young earth to be consistent with the Bible through its displays, the newest of which portrays both living fossils and an extinction exhibit. Opportunities to take part in quarry digs with the museum are also available.
Founded: 2004
Creation Science Centre (Cornwall, Canada):
Open since 2012, this attraction offers activities and exhibits for visitors of all ages to learn about Intelligent Design.
Noah's Ark (Florenceville, Canada):
Small-sized replica, the inside serves as a dormitory for a Bible College started by the attraction's founder.
Founded: 1993
Genesis Expo (Portsmouth, England):
The largest creation museum in the United Kingdom, Genesis Expo presents information as evidence of creation from the fields of biology, geology, and genetics. Visitors will also find Boris, the 20-foot dinosaur model in the entrance hall.
Founded: 2010
Genesis Museum of Creation (Norwich, England)
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm (Bristol, England)
Founded: 1998
German Creation Museum (Schobrunn, Germany):
Visitors at this attraction will be observe a 75-minute multimedia presentation, "God, a fascinating Designer," showing the wonders of creation as well as Earth's history from a biblical perspective.
The Bible Center (Minden, Germany)
Founded: 2009
Bibelmuseum (Wuppertal, Germany):
Located in western Germany, this museum focuses on Bible printings from early scribes to the medieval period and the post-Reformation printing press era.
Ark van Noach (Dordrecht, Netherlands):
"Full-size" replica of Noah's ark, visitors see live small animals, polyester replicas of larger animals, and "showcases and presentations about Noah’s history, scientific background information, various themed paintings, cinemas, and a restaurant."
Founded: 2012
The Ultimate Questions Creation Trailer (Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland):
Founded: 2000
Parque Discovery (Mafra, Portugal):
This attraction is "a small theme park where visitors get a hands on tour through our Bible exhibition, creation museum and planetarium."