Numerous interpretations of Noah's Ark have been built and proposed. Some were intended to be replicas, as close as possible to the Biblical Ark, the builders assuming that such a boat did exist and that it is not a mythological vessel. Others are looser derivatives which were inspired by the idea. The Biblical description of the Ark is brief, beyond the basic measures of length, height and width, and the exact design of any "replica" must largely be a matter of conjecture. Some interpret the Ark as simply a chest-like structure with rectangular sides; other reconstructions (like Ark Encounter) give it a rounded bow and stern.
Full-scale
The Bible gives the length of the ark as 300 cubits. Various cubits were in use in antiquity, but to be considered "full-scale", an Ark replica would have to be somewhere in the range from about 135 to upward of 150 meters long (ca. 440 to 500+ feet). Johan's Ark in Dordrecht, Netherlands.Dutchman Johan Huibers completes 20-year quest to build full-scale, functioning model of Noah's Ark, New York Daily News, December 11, 2012. long and carried on a platform made up of 25 LASH barges, this is the only full-scale Ark interpretation that is actually floating and mobile.Noah's Ark Replica Made By Johan Huibers Opens Doors In Dordrecht, Netherlands, David Moye, Huffington Post, July 30, 2012; accessed on line October 7, 2015. Noah's Ark theme park at Ma Wan Island, Hong Kong. This interpretation is also long. Ark Encounter theme park located on a hill in Grant County, Kentucky, United States. It is long.
Reduced-scale Half-scale ark built by Johan Huibers in 2004. 2/3-scale model in Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada.Hong Kong Christens an Ark of Biblical Proportions, Jonathan Cheng, April 14, 2009, Wall Street Journal (accessed on line October 7, 2015.)Latter-Day Noahs Build Arks, April 14, 2009, Wall Street Journal (accessed on line October 7, 2015.) Greenpeace built a 10x4x4 meter replica ark on Mount Ararat in 2007 to warn about "impending climate disaster".Replica of Noah's Ark built as symbol of hope, Greenpeace, May 31, 2007. It was later relocated to the town of Iğdır. Cement-and-iron replica, , in park operated by Freud de Melo in Hidrolândia, Goiás, Brazil.Buried Alive, October 31, 2008, Wall Street Journal (accessed on line October 7, 2015.)A Man Called Freud Can't Keep His Phobia Buried, Matt Moffett, Wall Street Journal (accessed on line October 7, 2015.) Reduced-scale model in the Creation Evidence Museum, near Glen Rose, Texas.Fossils and faith: The Creation Evidence Museum of Texas, Allyn West, Feb. 18, 2015, Houston Chronicle. Reduced-scale building at Redwood Christian Park in the Santa Cruz mountains. Finkel's replica of Babylonian ark One-third scale boat based on specification in Epic of Gilgamesh 1/50 scale model of Noah's Ark, commissioned by the Korea Association for Creation Research and produced in 1993 by the Maritime Research Institute of South Korea
Partial
Replicas of portions of the ark at the Creation Museum (Petersburg, Kentucky) and in a warehouse nearby.A full-size Noah's Ark will be built in Kentucky biblical park . The Tennessean – November 20, 2012 Partial replica built for filming the 2014 movie Noah (Oyster Bay, Long Island)Noah's Ark is a wash out after Hurricane Sandy may have pummeled the replica built for upcoming Darren Aronofsky flick, Ethan Sacks, New York Daily News, November 1, 2012; accessed on line October 7, 2015. God's Ark of Safety, partially built. On a hilltop along Interstate 68 in Frostburg, Maryland.
Defunct A reduced-scale replica was built as a set for the 2007 film Evan Almighty in Virginia and then disassembled.Evan Almighty production information, accessed on line October 7, 2015."Evan Almighty" most expensive film ever shot in Virginia , Mal Vincent, The Virginian-Pilot, June 22, 2007. Accessed on line October 7, 2015. Noah's Ark Restaurant, St. Charles, Missouri, United States — Ark-shaped restaurant, torn down in 2007.
See also Lists of replicas
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