Each Branson off-season, we seek to upgrade our guests’ museum experience by continually evaluating our facilities and exhibits. This year was no exception!
Refinished Triceratops Head
For multiple years our mounted triceratops has greeted guests as they enter the parking lot. After withstanding many a storm, Ozark winter, and scorching sun rays, one of our talented volunteers gave him an incredible make-over. (You can watch a timelapse of the repainting process at the bottom of this article)
Delk Print Cast
This set of Cretaceous footprints was discovered by Alvis Delk and has been featured as a poster in our fossil section. We have now obtained a cast instead, making us one of only four locations to have a cast of this incredible fossil.
More Staff Space & Made-over History Hall
In pursuit of using every inch of space in our current location, we added on an extra room for our growing staff to spread out. We also redid our hall of CMOTO’s history. Thank you to all our volunteers and staff who worked tirelessly on these updates!
At the Creation Experience Museum, we love working with children. We enjoy pouring into school groups. We get excited when we see families uncover fossils, touch hissing cockroaches, and get questions answered. And yet, as much as we thrive on these interactions in the moment, we realize there’s something even more important going on: We’re helping people build a launchpad.
Each summer, Southwestern Adventist University sends its excavation team to the Hanson Research Station in Eastern Wyoming to conduct a dinosaur excavation research project. This year, some of our team members had the opportunity to participate.
Among those with an evolutionary worldview, the belief that theropod dinosaurs evolved into birds has become very popular. So, are there dinosaurs at your bird feeder, and is this a problem for those who believe the Bible?
The fossil record is full of mystery. Bones tell us what once lived, but rarely do they tell us how those creatures lived, fought, or gave birth. On rare occasions, however, the fossil record reveals a scene frozen in time. These fossils, preserved “in motion,” reveal not only fascinating glimpses of animal behavior but also evidence of sudden, catastrophic burial.
