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Creationists Open History Museum

On the sixth day, God created dinosaurs, says curator

By Dustin Lushing, Newser Staff

Posted May 24, 2007 5:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – A $27 million museum opening in Kentucky next week promises a different kind of take on natural history: a biblical one. At the Creation Museum, the Earth is 6,000 years old, evolution is a yarn, and dinosaurs were booked on Noah's Ark. Read full story »

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