faith – RVing With a Purpose

Tuesday May 13, 2025

On May 8th we left Big Bone Lick State Park at 8am en route to the Creation Museum in Boone, KY. If you are not aware, the Creation Museum is a Christian evangelistic outreach of Answers in Genesis, as is the sister attraction, the Ark Encounter which we visited later in the day. Randy and Debra had visited both the attractions previously, but for Debra it was a while back and there have been many changes since her visit. We were glad that they wanted to visit again today with us as we knew it would be more fun that way. We had never been to either location. We found both the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter to be interesting and well done. We learned some things and we have many pictures of information boards that we want to go back and read. The Creation Museum does just what you would think it would do – it tells the story of the creation of the world as revealed in the first book of the Bible – Genesis. It also covers the end of the perfect world that God created when Adam and Eve sinned.

This sign explains one of the main principles used at the museum.

One of many information panels at the museum

Many of the written panels seem to be designed to witness of Jesus’s purpose on earth.

Someone at the museum has a sense of humor.

The Ark Encounter likewise tells the story of Noah and his faithfulness, the building of the Ark and the world after the flood. Both the Creation Museum and The Ark Encounter shared the redemption of the world by the death of Christ on the cross and the resurrection three days later. Again, we felt they were well done. Yes, there was some artistic license taken at times but it was identified as such when it occurred.

The creators of the Ark Encounter want visitors to understand that some of the displays show some theoretical ideas and are not to be taken as Gospel.

Genesis talks about the “kinds” of animal that were in the Ark.

The cages have speakers in them to make it sound they are occupied.

We even found some information that might be useful in our study of the Acts.

There is a small zoo at the Ark where we saw this beautiful black crowned crane …

… and this sloth that was moving along pretty fast – for a sloth.

It took us a full day to do both the Creation Museum and The Ark and we did not do any of the “extras” such as movies, zip lines, and much more that is offered. Doing all that is offered would take at least two days. So, after a long day we went back to Big Bone Lick Campground and prepared for a long travel day.

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Spring 2025 Road Trip – Creation Museum and Ark Encounter