Ark Encounter, Creationist theme park in Williamstown, Kentucky, United States

Ark Encounter is a Christian theme park in Williamstown, Grant County, Kentucky, whose centrepiece is a timber replica of Noah's ark built to the Genesis flood narrative. The structure is 510 feet long, 85 feet wide and 51 feet high, divided into 132 bays of about 18 feet each on three decks, with ramps through the centre linking the levels. Its light-grey plank walls stand on concrete towers 15 feet above the ground, and three 80-foot masonry towers on the starboard side hold stairwells, lifts and restrooms.

Construction began in December 2010 under the leadership of the Christian organization Answers in Genesis and opened after more than five years of work. The site opened its doors on July 7, 2016, and has since become a major destination for religious educational tourism in the region.

The name Emzara's Kitchen comes from AiG's identification of Noah's wife as Emzara; the two-storey buffet seats 1,500. On the middle deck, dioramas show Noah's family in their living quarters and workshops, and a holographic light display and a greeting robot shaped like Noah appear among the exhibits.

Visitors approach the ark from the port (left) side and enter on the lowest deck, moving between the three decks by ramps built through the centre of the hull. The starboard side merges into three 24-metre masonry towers holding stairwells, elevators and restrooms. The ark stands 4.6 metres above the ground on concrete towers.

The ark rests on concrete towers that hold it 15 feet (4.6 m) above the ground, and its starboard side merges into three 80-foot (24 m) masonry towers containing stairwells, elevators and restrooms. More than 1,000 craftsmen worked on the timber frame, many of them Amish carpenters, and 7,800 m³ of wood went into it, mostly spruce and pine.