Nearly 7,000 visitors braved the heat and humidity to see the replica of Noah's Ark Tuesday in Williamstown, Kentucky.
Donors from all across the globe who helped make the $100 million ark possible got a firsthand look at the new museum before its Thursday grand opening.
"It is beautiful and it's overwhelmingly real. To see it from the outside, it's a massive structure. But to come inside and see the exhibits and the attention to detail and the specificity with which the exhibits were made, it's overwhelming," Corey Abney said.
The structure is nearly as long as two football fields and close to seven stories high.
It includes a restaurant and gift shop, along with handmade items and lifelike mannequins. Each of them was created by artists and writers to tell the biblical story.
Officials expect more than 15,000 visitors for its grand opening on Thursday.
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