An aerial view of Ohio farmland set inside an Ohio-shaped window cut through layers of sandstone, shale and fossil-bearing rock.

Explore Northeast Ohio's Creation Education Museum

Copley, Ohio
What Formed the Grand Canyon?
The Ohio Burning Tree Mastodon
How Carbon-14 Dating Works
Hands-on fossil stations
How Are Fossils Really Formed?
Assumption Junction
Is There Only One Race?
The augmented reality sandbox
Rapid Erosion and Deposition

What Formed the Grand Canyon?

Dig into the story beneath your feet

Fossils you can hold, a canyon you can read, and a sandbox that floods on command. Ohio's creation science museum, made for curious kids and families of all ages.

A ministry of the Akron Fossils & Science Center

Hours

Summer Tue–Sat 10am–5pm
Winter Saturdays 10am–5pm

Summer runs Memorial Day to Labor Day. Winter runs the rest of the year.

Coming outside these hours? Call the Akron Fossils & Science Center ahead of time. Exceptions can often be arranged.

Admission

$10

Entry to the Creation Education Museum, inside the Akron Fossils & Science Center.

Included

  • QR Code Audio Tour
  • Outdoor Play Park
  • Ohio Fossil Find

Paid at the front desk when you arrive. There is no online ticketing.

Contact

Have questions or comments? We’d love to hear from you!

(330) 665-DINO3466

Email us

Calls and email reach the front desk at the Akron Fossils & Science Center. Someone is usually there on weekdays too, even when the museum is closed to visitors.

Why we exist

We don't tell you what to think. We'll show you the evidence, and let you decide.

The Creation Education Museum sets the competing models of origins and geological history next to each other, shows you the same evidence both are working from, and trusts you to weigh it.

Walk the museum floor and you'll find real fossils you can hold, a cross-section of canyon strata you can read layer by layer, and honest questions posted right on the wall: Can life come from nonliving material? Are dating methods reliable? Did dinosaurs and humans coexist?

You should know where we stand, so here it is. God created the universe. His word is a reliable record of what happened, and the evidence keeps agreeing with it. You won't get an argument from us, and nobody here is going to make you feel foolish for what you were taught. We'd rather let the evidence speak.

Inside the museum

What Formed the Grand Canyon?

What Formed the Grand Canyon?

See It for Yourself

The fossils and the rock layers are right here for you to examine. The evidence you'd need a laboratory to see for yourself, like the code written inside your own cells, is published where you can read it, and we'll walk you through it. You'll see why we think it fits the account of history God has given us. Whatever you were taught in a classroom or heard in a documentary, those aren't the only voices worth listening to.

Supporting the Community

Maybe you're a pastor, a church leader, or a teacher in a classroom, and you'd like to take your audience through the origins question fairly. We can bring the structure for that, the resources to answer it, and the expertise to help with the details and the questions. That is the gap we are here to stand in, and we'd love to have you visit us, or let us come to you.

Where the Evidence Points

Creation was God's first testimony about Himself, and it was never meant to stop at rocks and bones. It points to Jesus Christ, who made this world and then stepped into it to rescue the people in it, you included. Build your life on that footing and it will hold when the storms come, as they do for everybody.

Made on Purpose

If you are carrying grief, or fear, or the quiet suspicion that you don't much matter, chance has no comfort to offer you. Scripture says you were made “fearfully and wonderfully” (Psalm 139:14) by a God who sustains you, protects you, saves you, and guides you. There is real hope in that, and it is worth your honest look before you settle the question.

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What visitors say

Don't take our word for it

I had a guided tour today and it was excellent! The exhibits were thought provoking and well detailed. I can’t wait to go back with friends and my kids!
Dan
Great museum with lots of really nice fossils and displays. The outdoor play area is large and great for families.
Nate
A nice gem in the Akron, Oh area! The museum is informative and there is even an outdoor area for the young kids to explore!
Anthony