Attendance at Creation Museum Surpasses 250,000
The museum has several special exhibits and events planned for the holiday season, including a planetarium presentation on "The Christmas Star."
(PETERSBURG, KY)?As the public discussion on creation, evolution and intelligent design continues, attendance remains strong at the Creation Museum near Cincinnati.
The museum was opened in late May by the Biblical apologetics ministry Answers in Genesis (AiG).
The state-of-the-art museum saw its 250,000th guest on Friday afternoon, more than six months earlier than it originally expected.
"We are pleased with the attendance, certainly, but more importantly, we are grateful for the opportunity to help people grow in their Christian faith by learning more about Biblical creation. (WE are also glad) to see so many non-Christians be able to hear the Gospel" said ministry founder Ken Ham, in a news release. "While the museum is the most visible aspect of AiG, it is but one aspect of our international ministry." (Photo: Planetarium?CreationMuseum.org)
Mark Looy, co-founder of the museum, said in a news release, "While our numbers are strong, and we celebrate what that means to individual lives who have been touched by the museum's message, we are reminded that there are so many more to reach through various aspects of our ministry."
Looy added, "We continue to rely on ministry donors to help keep museum prices reasonable for families, as well as to enable other areas of the ministry to operate."
In addition to good attendance, sometimes as high as 3,500 guests, the museum has continued to receive a lot of media coverage?aided in part by the ongoing creation/evolution debate. Several international TV networks have recently sent crews to the museum to help explain for their audiences back home what the debate is all about.
"This is a hot topic in Europe especially, and we hope that we have been able to help clarify the issue," Looy said. The museum has several special exhibits and events planned for the holiday season, including a planetarium presentation on "The Christmas Star." Many Christian school groups have attended educational tours, which will continue throughout the school year.
