Big Valley Creation Science Museum

The Big Valley Creation Science Museum is a museum in Big Valley, Alberta, Canada, dedicated to promoting the young Earth creationist form of creationism. It is Canada's first permanent creation museum.

The museum measures 900 square feet, cost C$280,000 to build, and was opened on June 5, 2007 by owner Harry Nibourg, an oil field service worker. It hosts 40 to 80 visitors weekly. [http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=6810 "Taking in a more creative Southern Alberta dinosaur exhibit"] , Jay Smith, August 15, 2007, "Vue Weekly", Issue #617] Exhibits include an interactive display of the creationist claims about the bacterium flagellum, trace the ancestry of the British royal family to Adam and Eve, and present fossils as evidence for the flood of Noah. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070605/creation_museum_070605/20070605?hub=TopStories "New creation museum sparks debate in Alberta"] , Cynthia Roebuck and CTV.ca News Staff, CTV Television Network, updated June 5 2007. Online copy retrieved August 14, 2008.] It has been compared to the larger and more controversial Creation Museum in Petersburg, Boone County, Kentucky, which opened earlier the same year. [http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/23781 "Debunking evolution with blind faith at creationist museum"] , by Katherine Harding, "Toronto Globe and Mail", June 06, 2007. Online copy retrieved August 14, 2008.] [http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070606/creation-museum-opens-in-canada-with-less-controversy-than-u-s.htm "Creation Museum Opens in Canada with Less Controversy than U.S."] , by The Associated Press, June 06, 2007, published in "The Christian Post". Online copy retrieved August 14, 2008.] [http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN2547663920070529 "Canada's first museum of creation opens in Alberta"] , Reuters, May 29, 2007. Online copy retrieved August 14, 2008.]

The scientific community considers creationism to be pseudoscience. [http://nihrecord.od.nih.gov/newsletters/2006/07_28_2006/story03.htm "Finding the Evolution in Medicine"] , Cynthia Delgado, NIH Record, July 28, 2006.] As reported by Newsweek: "By one count there are some 700 scientists (out of a total of 480,000 U.S. earth and life scientists) who give credence to creation-science, the general theory that complex life forms did not evolve but appeared 'abruptly'," in "Keeping God out of the Classroom (Washington and bureau reports)",Larry Martz & Ann McDaniel, Newsweek CIX(26): 23-24, June 29, 1987, ISSN 0028-9604] "Creationism in any of its forms, such as 'intelligent design', is not based on facts, does not use any scientific reasoning and its contents are pathetically inadequate for science classes".cite web|url=http://assembly.coe.int/Main.asp?link=/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc07/EDOC11297.htm|title=The dangers of creationism in education|publisher=Council of Europe|accessdate=2007-08-03] As a result, science organizations, such as the National Center for Science Education, criticize the promotion of creationism as a form of non-science. [cite news | url=http://www.natcenscied.org/resources/articles/5945_the_faqs_2_16_2003.asp | title=Project Steve: FAQs |publisher=National Center for Science Education | date=2008 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2008-09-06] [cite news | url=http://www.natcenscied.org/resources/articles/8882_statements_from_scientific_org_1_30_2001.asp | title=Statements from Scientific Organizations |publisher=National Center for Science Education | date=2008 | first=Eugenie | last=Scott | accessdate = 2008-09-06] Big Valley is 35 miles north of Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, which reflects scientific consensus.

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* [http://www.bvcsm.com/ Big Valley Creation Science Museum] - official site