Ark Encounter

Official Twitter account for the Ark Encounter, located in Williamstown, Kentucky.

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According to Ark Encounter’s Ark-animal estimates, the vessel may have housed around 6,800 individuals representing about 1,400 kinds

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The Ark’s library features plenty of scrolls and clay tablets to counter the popular notion that people in ancient times were incapable of reading and writing.

To give guests some insight into Noah’s personality, as imagined by the Ark Encounter, the exhibit includes several personal items Noah and his wife collected over the years.

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Noah did not receive modern species into the Ark, but members of various land and flying kinds that then existed.

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Noah’s Ark had lower, second, and third decks.

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There is no indication in Genesis that the Ark contained marine creatures. Their survival during the Flood is a separate question involving the conditions of the waters outside the vessel.

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Noah and his wife can be found in the study. Emzara is seen reading a letter while the lifelike animatronic Noah is ready to answer more than a dozen questions. You can learn about his favorite and least favorite animals and his thoughts about the world before the Flood. You might even hear him flirt a little with his wife!

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Genesis 6:20 says pairs of various land animal kinds would come to Noah to keep them alive.

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Noah found grace in the eyes of God.

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The Ark Encounter’s design illustrates how a vessel with the Ark’s proportions might use wind to turn toward the waves rather than sitting sidelong to them.

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Genesis gives us the dimensions of Noah’s Ark.

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Noah’s Ark was built according to the instructions given by God.

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Noah’s Ark and the basket that Moses’ mother laid him in as a baby share the same Hebrew word. Both floated on water and were meant to preserve life.

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Now that it’s November it is time to start planning your trip to Christmas at the Ark Encounter!

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Every rainbow can remind us of God’s covenant promise to never again “destroy all flesh” with a Flood.

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The Bible describes a Flood that covered the mountains and its waters as overwhelming.

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Most flying creatures can escape regional flooding, yet Genesis says they were preserved on the Ark during the Flood. This indicates the global extent of the catastrophe.

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If you were there, what would you say to Noah when he started building the Ark?

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God commanded Noah to build the Ark to preserve his family and the animals through the Flood.

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See how many animals could fit in the Ark and how Noah may have housed them when you visit the Ark Encounter.

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Noah and his family spent about a year aboard the Ark during and immediately after the Flood.