ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History

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| name = ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History

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| established = {{Start date|2019|09|02}}

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| location = Dallas, Texas, US

| type = Creationist museum

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| owner = Institute for Creation Research

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| website = {{URL|discoverycenter.icr.org}}

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The ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History is a creationist museum{{cite web | last1=Panicker | first1=Jobin | title=Inside the Dallas museum where faith meets science | url=https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/inside-the-dallas-museum-where-faith-meets-science/287-253a5519-bd1b-4506-8362-af9d0c69f138 | date=April 18, 2019 | work=WFAA | access-date=January 21, 2021}} in Dallas, Texas. Owned and operated by the Institute for Creation Research,{{cite web | last1=Wilonsky | first1=Robert | title=Creationists expanding institute to include the 'Dallas Museum of Science and Earth History' | url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2015/12/15/creationists-expanding-institute-to-include-the-dallas-museum-of-science-and-earth-history/ | date=December 15, 2015 | work=The Dallas Morning News | access-date=January 21, 2021}}{{cite web | title=Institute for Creation Research Discovery Center | url=https://dinodadreviews.com/2020/02/01/institute-for-creation-research-discovery-center/ | date=February 1, 2020 | work=Dino Dad Reviews | access-date=January 21, 2021}} the museum opened on September 2, 2019,{{cite web | title=The ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History Is Now Open! | url=https://www.icr.org/article/icr-discovery-center-now-open/ | date=September 30, 2019 | work=Institute for Creation Research | access-date=January 21, 2021}} with 1,600 people visiting on its first day.{{cite journal |last1=Moore |first1=Randy |date=2020 |title=ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History |url=https://ncse.ngo/sites/default/files/pdfs/REPORTS40.1links.pdf |journal=Reports of the National Center for Science Education |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=7 |access-date=December 23, 2021}}

The museum cost $37.8 million.{{cite book |last=Moore |first=Randy |editor-last1=Quartaroli |editor-first1=Richard D. |date=2021 |title=Celebrating 100 Years of Grand Canyon National Park: A Gathering of Grand Canyon Historians |chapter=The Grand Canyon as an icon of modern Christian fundamentalism |chapter-url=https://www.cbs.umn.edu/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/public/downloads/GrandCanyon.pdf |location=Grand Canyon, AZ |publisher=Grand Canyon Conservancy |page=24 |isbn=978-1-934656-08-2}} The museum promotes young Earth creationist beliefs, including pseudoscientific arguments linking the Grand Canyon and the Earth's geology to the Genesis flood narrative.

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