ARK ENCOUNTER AND CREATION MUSEUM WILLIAMSTOWN AND PETERSBURG, KENTUCKY The Ark Encounter is Kentucky’s most popular attraction and features a 510-foot-long replica of Noah’s Ark. Its sister museum, the Creation Museum, is a few miles down the road in Petersburg. Together, they are the leading faithbased destination in the country. The Ark Encounter recently started raising funds for a future attraction, the Tower of Babel, which will give visitors a biblical perspective on racial issues and show how all people developed from one biological race. The exhibit will use genetics research and passages from the Bible to confirm the origin of all people groups around the world. In addition, the museum plans to include a massive indoor scale model of what Jerusalem may have looked like at the time of Christ — likely to open in 2023 — and a Bible-themed carousel. In 2020, the Ark Encounter opened Truth Traveler, a virtual reality experience where guests take a trip through time to Noah’s day in high-tech headsets and moving seats. It also added new animals to the Ararat Ridge Zoo and increased seating at Emzara’s Restaurant, which can accommodate 1,700 diners at one time. The Creation Museum added a new exhibit called “Borderland: Israel at the Time of Jesus” that features artifacts, models, original artwork and replicas of what life was like in Israel in the time of Jesus. The Stargazer Planetarium reopened in 2020 after a multimillion-dollar upgrade that included a new surround sound system, two new laser projectors and a new tilted dome that offers a better viewing experience from every seat. arkencounter.com creationmuseum.org
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