Creation Evidence Museum Facts for Kids

The museum's first building

The museum's newer building

The first hyperbaric biosphere experiment

The Creation Evidence Museum of Texas is a creationist museum located in Glen Rose, Texas, United States. It was started in 1984 by Carl Baugh. The museum aims to show evidence that supports creationism. It teaches that Earth is about six thousand years old. It also suggests that humans lived at the same time as non-avian dinosaurs. This view is different from what most scientists believe. Scientists say Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. They also say dinosaurs died out millions of years before humans appeared.

About the Museum

The Creation Evidence Museum was founded by Carl Baugh. He believes in Young Earth creationism. This means he thinks Earth is very young. Baugh came to Glen Rose in 1982. He wanted to study claims of human footprints found next to dinosaur footprints. These prints were said to be in the limestone banks of the Paluxy River. This area is near Dinosaur Valley State Park.

Carl Baugh says he found many dinosaur and human footprints. These findings are a main part of the museum's exhibits. Baugh is still the director of the museum.

The museum also works on different research projects. One project involves a special chamber called a "hyperbaric biosphere". The museum hopes this chamber can recreate Earth's atmosphere before a big flood, like the one in the Great Flood story. They believe these conditions would make creatures live longer and grow larger. Baugh claims that experiments in these conditions have made fruit flies live three times longer. A much bigger version of this chamber is being built.

In 2008, a family member of someone who found many dinosaur tracks in the 1930s said something important. Zana Douglas, whose grandfather was George Adams, claimed that her grandfather had faked many of the tracks. She said that during the 1930s, people in Glen Rose made money by selling "dinosaur fossils." When they ran out, they would "just carve more." Sometimes, they even added human footprints.

Museum Exhibits

The exhibits at the Creation Evidence Museum have been strongly questioned by scientists. Scientists say that many of the supposed dinosaur prints are not correctly identified. They also say some are other types of fossils or even fakes.

Here are some of the displays you can see:

The London Artifact: This is also known as the "London Hammer". It is a hammer found inside a piece of rock in 1934. The museum claims the rock is very old, from the Ordovician period or Cretaceous time. However, scientists have looked at it. They say the rock could have formed around the hammer more recently. Minerals in water can harden around an object over time.

The Burdick Track: This exhibit shows what looks like a human footprint in Cretaceous rock. Scientists like Glen J. Kuban say there are mistakes in the "footprint's" shape. They also found signs that it was carved into the rock. This is similar to other carved tracks found in the Dinosaur Valley State Park area.

The Fossilized Human Finger: This is a fossil that looks like a human finger. The museum says its tissues were replaced by Cretaceous stone. However, scientists say it was not found in its original place. They also note it looks very much like natural rock formations. These are often cylindrical sandstone fillings from shrimp burrows.

The Meister Print: This display shows two trilobites in rock that seem to be crushed by a sandal print. Scientists say this "print" is questionable. They believe it is due to natural rock patterns, not a real footprint. The trilobites themselves are real, but the "print" is likely a natural geological feature.

The Hand Print in Stone: This exhibit claims to be a human hand print in Cretaceous rock. The museum has not provided proof that it was found in its original rock layer. They also have not let experts examine it closely. Even some other creationists have questioned this exhibit.

The Alvis Delk Cretaceous Footprint: This exhibit shows what is said to be a human footprint. It is partly covered by an Acrocanthosaurus dinosaur footprint. The museum says this shows a new human species called Homo bauanthropus. However, no one else recognizes this species. Scientists say this print is a clear fake. The "human print has toes like tubes," and the "dino print is basically a three-pronged flat plate." It does not look like a real dinosaur footprint. Also, the person whose family originally found many tracks said her grandfather faked them.

From 1982 to 1984, several scientists studied the tracks Carl Baugh claimed to have found. They also looked at other specimens. After a three-year study, these scientists concluded there was no real evidence. They found no proof for any of Baugh's claims or for any "dinosaur-man tracks."

Creation Evidence Museum facts for kids

About the Museum

Museum Exhibits

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