Creation Museum

Our Spring Break trip to the Creation Museum and some other destinations.

Today we went to the Creation Museum.  As a Fundamentalist Christian I tend to take a very unpopular stance regarding the origin of species and the beginning of life.  The stance is not without scientific merit or logic though many would tell ...

... homunculus skull), this is one museum that makes good on Barnum's promise of edutainment. From a history of the dime museums to a history of the creation and manufacture of the items in the museums, The American dime Museums proves to be a hands-on, ...

... painted it between 1508 and 1512, and created a story of nine scenes from Genesis including: God Dividing Light from Darkness; Creation of the Sun and Moon; Separating Waters from Land; Creation of Adam; Creation of Eve’ Original Sin; Sacrifice of ...

... ; Really quite impressive, art on such a large scale… wow.  But we were surprised to find that the famous 'Creation of Adam' by Michelangelo, the picture of man reaching towards God, is a small picture in the middle of lots of others, ...

... of the collections in the museum and it was really good to experience the brilliant history and enjoy the fabulous artistic creation of China.  After the museum we were keen to head back to the hotel and try to find out where we stand with regards to ...

... homeland as the Turkish army razed entire villages around World War I. Many in her family were killed. Overlooking Yerevan is the Museum of the Armenian Genocide and a symbolic grey monument of stone slabs with an eternal flame in the center, which ...

... up in its body...it's huge!     Let's see, I saw a short film on the Maori legend of the creation of the Earth and its animals, got to experience an earthquake simulation, and saw displays on the water cycle phenomena and volcanoes. Then I ...

... so beautiful with words - it would almost be insulting to this wonderful work of art. My favorite scene was the creation - with God holding his sculpted finger towards the awaiting touch of his most beautiful achievement, man. Done with the Sistine ...

... two palaces. Inside the museum are Egyptian, Greek, as well as the expected  Christian works of art. The story of it's creation is interesting.  The piazza in front of Saint Peter's Basilica today was at one time Nero's circus. The Emperor held ...

... out. Then finally, we got to the upper level. I found out that to get to the dinosaur exhibit, you have to go through the Creation of the Earth exhibit. I rushed through there, then some Indian guy stopped me, shook my hand, and walked away. It was weird! ...

... by the historical elements of the city for several days, I was looking forward to the history and chronology of Amsterdam's creation. Those three museum visits took up most of the day, leaving just enough time to stay relaxed. We found ourselves back ...

... met back up with some of the girls I’m heading south with.  We explored the Te Papa Museum, an incredible six-floor exploration of NZ from the creation of the land on the first floor, to the present day Kiwi experience on the top floors.  ...

... centre. On one of the pictures I have taken, there are the names of the group of people who contributed in the creation of this centre. In all, I am sure every single family contributed with information, photos, documents and scripts which they shared. ...

... Indoors there are caves and 7-story slides, mosaics, architectural facades from old buildings, a circus school, skateboard ramps, an art creation area, vintage clothing shop, baby grand piano, 25-cent pinball machines, an aquarium, and much more.  It ...

... a church with a painting with a legend about flies that save the city.Went to a big cathedral with a museum.Saw the old tapestry with story about the creation. Ate tapas for lunch Drove to Figueras.It's main attraction is the Salvador Dali Museum.It has ...

... sourkraut was great, my shnitzel was tasty so it was a successful lunch. We then went to an Eis cafe to have an icecream creation. I had a Ferrero Rocher thing, Dan had an Ameretto thing and that was the end of us...we were full! We decided to go to ...

... next to an ex-miner waiting for us near the entrance to another tunnel.  The miner showed us around their mine re-creation, actually demonstrated the tools of the trade (unlike the Sudbury mine) and told us stories from the Sullivan Mine.  Once ...

... ... interestingly, white is for summer and red is for winter; --the sign above the Queen's chamber says something like, "Big Creation" ... which means the making of the Crown Prince. I guess it makes it clear what her duty is; --Korean imperial gardens ...