Patrick Marsh, the designer behind the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum, died Thursday afternoon, November 2, 2021 at the age of 77.
Marsh had been the vice president of attractions design for Answers in Genesis (AiG) since 2001. Marsh was the creative genius behind designs relating to the Noah’s Ark Christian theme parks Ark Encounter and the Creation Museum, both of which are located in Kentucky and operated by AiG.
The Ark Encounter was voted the #1 Best Religious Museum in USA Today’s 2020 Readers’ Choice poll, and the Creation Museum was voted #2.
The widely popular theme park, which welcomes an average of 1 million visitors every year, opened in 2016 and features one of the most precise replicas of Noah’s ark in the world. Guests experience what it might of looked liked inside the the Old Testament animal preserve as they walk through its hundreds of bays that span over three decks.