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==Workforce== In 2007 about 160 people including a chaplain worked at the Creation Museum (a division of AiG, so these were AiG employees) and another 140 people worked at the attached AiG headquarters.<ref name="Slevin">{{cite news|last1=Slevin|first1=Peter|title=A Monument To Creation|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/26/AR2007052600908.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 27, 2007}}</ref><ref name="Vindy">{{cite news|last1=Associated Press|title=Museum merges God, science|url=http://www.vindy.com/content/national_world/358296894445314.php/|work=Vindy.com|date=May 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926224204/http://www.vindy.com/content/national_world/358296894445314.php/|archive-date=September 26, 2007}}</ref><ref name="Coexist">{{cite news |url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=176926 |title=Dinosaurs, humans coexist in creationist museum |website=NineMSN |date=January 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070118215637/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=176926 |archive-date=January 18, 2007 }}</ref> Each permanent employee of AiG including people who work at the museum must sign a statement of faith "in order to preserve the function and integrity of the ministry", indicating that they believe in young Earth creationism and the other teachings of Answers in Genesis. These include "Scripture teaches a recent origin for man and the whole creation", "the only legitimate marriage is the joining of one man and one woman", "the [[Noah's Ark|great Flood of Genesis]] was an actual historic event" and "no apparent, perceived or claimed evidence in any field, including history and chronology, can be valid if it contradicts the Scriptural record".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.answersingenesis.org/about/faith |title=Statement of Faith |website=Answers in Genesis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006112942/https://answersingenesis.org/about/faith/ |archive-date=October 6, 2021 |access-date=May 28, 2007}}</ref> When applying for work a written statement of one's beliefs is required along with résumé and references.<ref name="Clark">{{cite news |first=Ryan |last=Clark |url=http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070415/NEWS0103/704150358 |title=Creation Museum touches lives |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207033538/http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070415%2FNEWS0103%2F704150358 |archive-date=February 7, 2009 |publisher=The Enquirer |location=Cincinnati, Ohio |date=April 15, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/employment.asp |title=Jobs at Answers in Genesis |website=Answers in Genesis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421033113/http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/employment.asp |archive-date=April 21, 2014 |access-date=May 28, 2007}}</ref> In 2007, ''[[The Kentucky Post]]'' reported that the Creation Museum employed between 10 and 20 security guards armed with [[.40 S&W|.40 caliber]] [[Glock]] handguns and three certified [[police dog|law enforcement canines]].<ref name=security>{{cite news|last = Eigelbach|first = Kevin|title = God, Guns, Guards & Dogs|newspaper = The Kentucky Post|date = May 28, 2007|page = A1}}</ref> Creationist geologist [[Andrew A. Snelling]] started working with AiG in 2007<ref>{{cite news|last1=Knight|first1=Cameron|title=Creation Museum researcher sues feds over Grand Canyon permit|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/13/creation-museum-researcher-sues-feds-over-grand-canyon-permit/320900001/|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |via=''USA Today''|date=May 12, 2017|language=en}}</ref> as its director of research.<ref>{{cite news | last1=Zhou | first1=Naaman | title=Creationist Uses Trump Order to Get Permission to Take Rocks from Grand Canyon | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/07/australian-creationist-uses-trump-order-to-get-permission-to-take-rocks-from-grand-canyon | date=July 7, 2017 | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | access-date=July 13, 2017}}</ref>
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