Our Visit to the Creation Museum and FREE Field Trip Notebooking Pages!

Disclosure: I received media passes for my family for this visit to the Creation Museum.  All views and opinions in this post are my own and are solely based on our impression of the Creation Museum.  

My husband and I were married on Pi Day (3.14) and to celebrate we loaded up the car for a weekend of family fun.  It may not have been the most romantic but it may have been the most fun anniversary to date.  Our first stop was the Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky.  It was amazing!  We haven’t been there in a couple of years and it was such a treat to visit again.  There are a lot of photos in this post so it may need a few extra moments to load. :) At the bottom of this post you will find free printables to go along with your trip to the Creation Museum.

At the ticket counter they have a map and scavenger hunt for the kids.  C really enjoyed searching for everything and checking things off as she found them.  She especially appreciated having her own map.  After checking out the beautiful Main Hall, we headed to The Dig Site exhibit.  C had a blast in here!  One of the walls in this room has hidden fossils for kids to find.  After she found a fossil she excitedly headed over to the display to read more about the fossil.  We spent a long time in this exhibit.

There were a few exhibits that were really fascinating to my husband and I but C didn't have the attention span for us to sit and read all the information provided.  She did enjoy each of these exhibits they just didn't hold her attention as long as they held ours.  This included the The Starting Points,  Biblical Authority and Biblical Relevance exhibits.  

There were a couple of exhibits that were scary for C.  I quickly carried her through the Culture in Crisis exhibit and the dark tunnel that leads to the Six Days of Creation theater.  We all loved the videos offered in the various theaters.  The Men in White theater has fun special effects!  All the theaters are included with admission (awesome!).  There is an extra charge for the Stargazer's Planetarium.

At the Creation Museum, all tickets are valid for two consecutive days.  I highly recommend you take advantage of that if possible.  We spent almost the entire day there and wished we had more time!  There are so many amazing things to see and do:

The Garden of Eden

Noah's Ark Construction Site

In The Voyage of the Ark, you can ask Noah the questions you've always wondered about the ark.  He really answers, provided you use the touch screen and ask the pre-loaded questions. ;) 

Do not miss the Dino-Mite Readers story time.  It was a blast!

C wasn't sure about it at first, but she loved Dr. Crawley's Insectorium.

I think everyone's favorite indoor exhibit was the Dinosaur Den!  

The petting zoo is really cool.  It features both a Zonkey and a Zorse.

The walk through the gardens to the petting zoo is just as enjoyable as the zoo itself.  One of my very favorite features of the Creation Museum is that it is simple a stunning site to see!  You can really tell that there was a lot of thought and hard work that went into the design of the entire facility.  I think I could spend an entire day just enjoying the outdoor portion of the museum.  There are fun bridges, small water falls and gorgeous foliage.  

Be sure to check the little pamphlet they give you when you enter to see what special speakers and events they have going on that day.  The day we went they happened to offer a Buddy Davis concert which was such a treat!  

I wish I could give more details about everything we loved about our visit to the Creation Museum but this post would never end.  If you have the opportunity to go, take it! 

 General Admission for adults is $29.95, kids are usually $15.95 but if you go this year(2014) kids get in free with a paying adult!  This is an incredible bargain!  My husband and I are both pretty frugal but we agreed the Creation Museum is well worth the cost of admission.  You can have a fabulous day (or two - each ticket includes two consecutive days) without purchasing any extras.  If you are interested though, they do offer some pretty awesome extras:

• Stargazer's Planetarium
• Camel Rides (Be sure to check the times and availability for the day of your visit.)
• Zip Lines!
• The store offers wonderful resources for homeschoolers including curriculum, books and the Answers magazine!

For more information visit creationmuseum.org

I made up a few free notebooking printables for C to use on our visit.  I think she would have enjoyed them more if I remembered to bring her clipboard.  This three page pack includes:

• A page to draw and write important things you want to remember
• A page to draw dinosaurs you see in the museum
• A page with 4 writing prompts for when you get home to the museum.  

Your child may want to use more than one copy of the first two pages.  Print as many as you think they will use.  

Click here to download your copy!

I would love to hear about some of your family's favorite field trip locations in the comments below.  Thank you so much for visiting Joy Focused Learning!

~Angela

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