The Ark Encounter - Kentucky

[Music] good morning Patrick canoe ski I'm the director of operations at the Ark Encounter this Ark that you see here is a direct representation of the biblical account of Noah and the flood so what we've done here is we've taken the true dimensions of the Bible in Genesis and we've replicated a full-size ark but in 2004 even the first thoughts about doing an ark replica was thought about and it just kept moving up on the to-do list and then eventually broke ground in the summer of 2014 and then we opened the Ark Encounter in July of 2016 since that time we've had hundreds of thousands of people come through here it's got rave reviews people are very excited about this and the first deck is really an introduction to the ark it's our shortest deck is just to get people oriented to the ark itself how big the wood is and things of that nature and some animal cages and some information about some of the animals the second deck is really where the story starts and the first exhibit that everyone sees is an exhibit called the pre-flood world pre-flood Society which really sets up for the the guests why was the Ark built in the first place it starts with creation in this particular exhibit and it goes through sin and the fall of man and then how society really degraded from there and how it was so bad that God said hey have a do-over basically and then Noah and his family are seen in working scenes on Dec 2 as well feeding the animals and also Noah in his study there's a library that's set up in there there's a woodshop a blacksmith shop and then you know just different exhibits like that and one of our main features on deck 2 is the door and you may see the ramp that's behind me here that ramp goes to the door on deck 2 and there's a gospel presentation there and we also every day on deck to have live animals that we bring in from our zoo bring those up on the elevator and get them right into deck - so people can actually see live animals on the ark we have kangaroos and right now a couple of the female kangaroos have Joey's in their pouch which is pretty neat we have camels and donkeys and the camels and donkeys we actually have rides on those that people can take we also have some farm animals like goats and and smaller animals in a petting area and those animals various different combinations of those animals come onto the ark every day so that's really Dec - and then once the folks go up to deck 3 again that's another large it's a tall deck deck - being the tallest but deck 3 is a large deck as well and there's a lot of excellent museum quality exhibits on deck 3 the first thing that the guests will see is Noah's living quarters so we've set up a living quarters for Noah and his wife and then Noah's sons and their wives so they eight people their living quarters there's a garden there's a kitchen a dining area and aviary things of that nature in a living area I also want to mention there's two two movie areas to film areas we're on deck two in the stern there's a Noah's interview back in Noah's time there's a an atheist lady from a newspaper or a local newspaper there in Noah's time and she interviews Noah and then that the sequel to that movie is on deck three or the same actors are actually in modern day and they're they're interviewing a guy named Noah who works here at the Ark Encounter so that's it's really a powerful presentation on deck two and deck three in our theaters and then continuing around on deck three again the museum quality exhibits on deck three are just amazing there's a an exhibit about the flood geology what the earth would have looked like before and after the flood how dramatically the earth was changed by the flood there's an exhibit on the Ice Age there's an exhibit on ancient man the Tower of Babel and then finally we get to an exhibit that discusses and presents the the rainbow it's called the rainbow covenant which is really the promise that that God made that the earth would not be destroyed again by by water by a flood and it talks about the rainbow and then another thing that we're very proud of is that mr. green and the Hobby Lobby group has displayed a lot of their Bible artifacts in a in an area that's called Museum of the Bible Museum of the Bible is gonna is being constructed right now in Washington DC and that museum has let us borrow some of their artifacts and I the artifacts are going to stay here in 11 different display areas on Dec 3 it's really an awesome awesome display of the Bible and then finally the last exhibit that folks will see on Dec 3 is an exhibit we call why the Bible is true and it's actually a walk through a story book of three college students and their travails they're in a class about the Bible and world religions and just what exactly does their professor espouse in this class and they kind of wrestle with what the professor is saying and there's a whole story about these three college students as you wind through this this story book and it's a very good Bible gospel presentation at the end so that's really good and again we have the zoo that's out back we have a restaurant here also a 1500 seat which is quite good and if you read everything if the guests would read all the all the exhibits and if they would have something to eat and if they would go to the zoo it probably takes a good three four or five hours to go through the whole park encounter as it is right now the best way to get in touch with us is we have a lot of web sites the Answers in Genesis website will also take you to the Creation Museum website and the Ark Encounter website and you can get your tickets online if you want on those websites the website also has our phone numbers that are available here in Kentucky you can call folks to make reservations if you want to actually talk to a person instead of doing it online again we appreciate you all watching this about the Ark Encounter and we'd like to see here again you'd be one of hundreds of thousands of people that have come and I just I think you'll be amazed when you get here [Music] another feature that we have here that is very popular is we have overnights here on the arc so youth groups other groups can come here and and it's sleepover on the arc instead of staying out in town in a hotel or something youth groups come here actually at night right after we close they bring their bedding into those theaters I was telling you about on Dec two and three and they they bet down they put their things down there they go on a scavenger hunt that night when they get here they also see a movie and have a snack and then we usually bed them down around 11:30 or so at night the next morning they get up they have their own program at the zoo their own private program at the zoo they have breakfast at Emma's ARS kitchen at the restaurant and then they stay on the arc all day and that is quite reasonable it's a regular ticket plus only nineteen dollars so if folks come here with a large group youth group obviously you need to have chaperones and things of that nature but they come with a group high school junior high youth groups etc school groups or church groups then they can stay here on the ark overnight instead of staying out in a in a hotel question I'm documenting some of the terrible things that I need to warn my children and their children after them what can happen if they do not follow their creators [Music]

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Published: Sat Dec 16 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/[deleted]]

What a colossal waste of money.

[u/michilio]

Yes. To prove it could be made like the bible said.

Sidenote: they had to use heavy machinery and bolts that weren't available 'at the time'

I wonder what that means...

[u/BrokenEye3]

Non-functional, because it turns out that building a functioning wooden boat with those dimensions was physically impossible. Square/cube law is a bitch.

[u/IAmZacHarrisFromCary]

That's the Kerbal Space Program music. I'd recognize that anywhere.

[u/Tnspartan]

Oh course there is. Kentucky.

[u/mean_mr_mustard75]

How many dinosaurs are on it?

[u/Gyongyhaju_lany]

I'm not religious, but this would be really fascinating to check out!

I mean surely even if I don't agree with everything I saw (dinosaurs?!), it would still be humbling to see the passion that went into such an epic construction. It's not like I'd go to Disneyland and bitch cause Goofy's not a real dog.

[u/Zesla22]

Now the real test - can it fit two of every animal?

[u/robynflower]

In the tale of Noah's Ark the story glossed over the drowning of all the people and animals and how the premeditated decision to kill babies and young children was carried out by a supposedly caring being. - https://youtu.be/FEe5-geLopM