The Cooler Crowd

Come join the Cooler Crowd as they party in our new exhibit gallery! As they talk to each other and you, you'll learn what it is like to be a vending machine from a hundred years ago and what is like to work on the front line today! Come visit with them!

A Dr Pepper Christmas!

On Friday, December 5th the Dr Pepper Museum hosted its second annual holiday event! There was food, music, delicious HOT Dr Pepper, and good conversation all around! Check out these pictures of some of the festivities:

November Video Blog!!

October 2008 Video Blog!!!

Dr Pepper Spirit

Hello DP fans!


Just a quick update, the Museum is opening up a new exhibit on the partnership between Baylor University and Dr Pepper. As part of the exhibit we are showcasing photos of fans at Baylor Events. Please send us any photos you might have of you and your friends enjoying a refreshing Dr Pepper while supporting the Baylor Bears. All photos should be sent to intern@drpeppermuseum.com. We'll be posting those pictures on our blog and in the museum. If you aren't a Baylor Bear fan (cause we know there are couple of you out there that aren't), go ahead and send us your photo and you might just make our hall of fame, too.

To all the Baylor Bears out there, welcome back and have a great semester. Go Bears!

The last Diet Soda Taste Challenge (#7)

Today we held our last Diet Soda Taste Challenge of the summer. We repeated last week's test using 4 different Diet colas made by the Coca-Cola company. A total of 29 people took the test. These were the results.

In the #1 position

Coke Zero
12 people chose this drink
41.4% of individuals liked this drink the most
Diet Coke with Splenda
7 people chose this drink
24.1% of indivduals liked this drink the most
Diet Coke
6 people chose this drink
20.7% of individuals liked this drink the most
Tab
4 people chose this drink
13.8% of individuals liked this drink the most

In the #2 position

Diet Coke
9 people chose this drink
31.0% of individuals liked this drink second
Tab
8 people chose this drink
27.6% of individuals liked this drink second
Diet Coke with Splenda
7 people chose this drink
24.1% of individuals liked this drink second
Coke Zero
5 people chose this drink
17.2% of individuals liked this drink second

In the #3 position

Tab
10 people chose this drink
34.5% of individuals liked this drink third
Diet Coke
9 people chose this drink
31.0% of individuals liked this drink third
Coke Zero
5 people chose this drink
17.2% of individuals liked this drink third
Diet Coke with Splenda
Also 5 people chose this drink
17.2% of individuals liked this drink third

In the #4 position

Diet Coke with Splenda
10 people chose this drink
34.5% of individuals liked this drink the least
Coke Zero
7 people chose this drink
24.1% of individuals liked this drink the least
Tab
Also 7 people chose this drink
24.1% of individuals liked this drink the least
Diet Coke
5 people chose this drink
17.2% of individuals liked this drink the least

These diet soda taste challenges were held in conjunction with our diet soda exhibit. The exhibit can be found on the 2nd floor in the classroom and can be seen until April of next year. The exhibit can also be seen online. Come and learn about diet sodas and see the rest of the museum.

Diet Taste Challenge #6

We had our sixth Diet Taste Challenge today. This time we pitted the diet colas that Coca-cola company makes against each other: Tab, Diet Coke, Coke Zero and Diet Coke with Splenda. We had 21 people who took the blind taste test and these were the results:

In the #1 position

Diet Coke With Splenda
10 people chose this drink
47.6% of individuals liked this drink the most
Tab
6 people chose this drink
30.2% of indivduals liked this drink the most
Diet Coke
5 people chose this drink
23.8% of individuals liked this drink the most
Coke Zero
0 people chose this drink
0% of individuals liked this drink the most

In the #2 position

Coke Zero
11 people chose this drink
52.4% of individuals liked this drink second
Tab
4 people chose this drink
19.0% of individuals liked this drink second
Diet Coke with Splenda
3 people chose this drink
14.3% of individuals liked this drink second
Diet Coke
Also 3 people chose this drink
14.3% of individuals liked this drink second

In the #3 position

Diet Coke with Splenda
6 people chose this drink
28.6% of individuals liked this drink third
Diet Coke
Also 6 people chose this drink
28.6% of individuals liked this drink third
Coke Zero
5 people chose this drink
23.8% of individuals liked this drink third
Tab
4 people chose this drink
19.0% of individuals liked this drink third

In the #4 position

Tab
7 people chose this drink
33.3% of individuals liked this drink the least
Diet Coke
Also 7 people chose this drink
33.3% of individuals liked this drink the least
Coke Zero
5 people chose this drink
23.8% of individuals liked this drink the least
Diet Coke with Splenda
2 people chose this drink
9.5% of individuals liked this drink the least

The next taste challenge will be next friday at the Dr Pepper Museum on the 2nd floor at 2 PM. Come and give your tastes a test!

Diet Taste Challenge #5

Hi Everyone! These are the results of last Friday's Diet Tast Challenge. We changed the diet sodas and did a blind taste test on lemon-lime sodas. A total of 55 people rated 4 different lemon-lime drinks and said what they preferred. The results are the following:

In the #1 position

7UP
19 people chose this drink
36.5% of individuals liked this drink the most
Sprite Zero
16 people chose this drink
30.2% of indivduals liked this drink the most
Diet Twist Up
13 people chose this drink
25% of individuals liked this drink the most
Diet Sierra Mist
7 people chose this drink
13.7% of individuals liked this drink the most

In the #2 position

Diet Twist Up
17 people chose this drink
33.3% of individuals liked this drink second
Diet Sierra Mist
14 people chose this drink
27.5% of individuals liked this drink second
Sprite Zero
10 people chose this drink
19.6% of individuals liked this drink second
Diet 7UP
9 people chose this drink
17.7% of individuals liked this drink second

In the #3 position

Diet Twist Up
15 people chose this drink
29.4% of individuals liked this drink third
Sprite Zero
Also 15 people chose this drink
29.4% of individuals liked this drink third
Diet Sierra Mist
11 people chose this drink
21.6% of individuals liked this drink third
Diet 7UP
10 people chose this drink
19.6% of individuals liked this drink third

In the #4 position

Diet Sierra Mist
19 people chose this drink
37.3% of individuals liked this drink the least
Diet 7UP
14 people chose this drink
27.5% of individuals liked this drink the least
Sprite Zero
12 people chose this drink
23.5.4% of individuals liked this drink the least
Diet Twist Up
6 people chose this drink
11.7% of individuals liked this drink the least

Come back again this Friday for another exciting Diet Taste Challenge! These challenges are held on the 2nd floor in the classroom of the Dr Pepper Museum at 2 PM for anyone who wants to give their tastes a test.

A Big Task: Moving the Dr Pepper Museum's Bottle Collection

Written by Robin Kelly, Collections Intern, Summer 2008

The Dr Pepper Museum has a collection of over 25,000 objects and a large chunk of those are soda bottles. The Museum’s mission is to “educate and entertain the general public through the collection, preservation, interpretation, and exhibition of objects relevant to the history of the soft drink industry, and through that example, the free enterprise economic system.” Because the Museum is not owned or operated by any particular soft drink distributor, its collection contains bottles from any (and by any I mean every) soda company. From A&W root beer to Yoo-Hoo chocolate drink and almost everything in between, the Museum has collected somewhere between five and six thousand bottles. Though about half of them are Dr Pepper bottles, there are still hundreds of different brand names in the collection.

The bottle collection was kept in the basement under the Museum even though the whole collections department moved to the Kellum-Rotan building last summer so that there would be more storage and exhibit space. Eventually, other departments of the museum will be moved over as renovation on the building progresses. The collections staff had constructed some creative bottle racks in the newer building and it was my summer job to go through all of the bottles, inventory them, find out which bottles we have too many of, move two of each type of bottle over to the Kellum-Rotan building and organize them on the bottle racks.

There were more than four thousand bottles in the basement sorted in various ways. Some of the bottles were in boxes; many were sitting alone on shelves. There were some in drawers; many were in crates, stacked on shelves or on top of each other. It was a rather daunting task. It took me three weeks to go through and inventory all of the bottles (recording the name, material, size, and anything else important) and get my inventory into the computer and then three more weeks to go through the bottles again and sort out what would be moved to the bottle racks and what would stay in the basement for the time being.

Precautions were taken to keep the bottles in relatively good condition while they were in the basement. They were stored away from any sunlight that could damage them and they were also kept off of the floor in all instances to avoid damage from any water (or other things) that might happen to leak from the ceiling. The major brands were mostly together and the old old bottles were kept separately in boxes. The main problem was that no one knew where to find anything. It is the Museum’s collection policy to collect two of each item. But when new bottles were donated, no one would know if we already had any of this particular type. This would lead to bottles being collected that shouldn’t have been and general confusion in the basement.

The bottle racks were built against the wall out of two wire grids, one on top of the other. The outside grid is larger so that a bottle can be placed, resting with the neck in the smaller grid and the body in the larger grid. The bottle is angled downward with the head resting on the wall so that it can’t slip out. In the bottle racks there was room for more than three thousand bottles but before we could place them, another intern and I needed to wrap each rack with a strip of felt to protect the bottles from scraping on the rack and also to cushion them. That also took a while.

After we finished wrapping all of the bottle racks, we alphabetized the bottles by name. We had pulled two of each type of bottle from the collection (or one if there weren’t two available) and we placed them all on the bottle racks by letter. A few of the bottles were either too large or too small and wouldn’t fit on the racks but we ended up with around 1400 on the racks. Now the bottles are easy to find and identify. We marked where each letter begins so if new bottles are donated, the collections staff can make sure that we don’t have two of that bottle before accepting. We also left many of the bottle racks empty while we worked so there will be room for new bottles in the collection. The bottles that were not put on the bottle racks will stay in the basement until later this year when they will be moved and become a part of the prop collection or the education collection.

Organization and records are extremely important for museum collections and I’m glad that I was able to spend my summer helping the Dr Pepper Museum complete a big project that will make a big difference to the collections staff in the future.



A few tips for taking care of antique glass:

• Gloves are usually used when handling old and delicate objects to protect them from the oils on your hands but gloves are often too slippery when you’re handling glass. So skip the gloves but wash your hands often.

• Always use both hands when moving your glass.

• Try to keep the glass out of direct sunlight because this can cause discoloration.

• If you are washing your glass, avoid the dishwasher and wash them yourself. One at a time in warm water with very little detergent and a soft bottle brush should do it.

• If you collect soda bottles, empty them out and make sure they are clean before you store them. 50 year old soda is pretty gross.

• Leave the lids off of bottles when you store them because any moisture caught inside will be trapped and cloud up the glass.

• Extreme changes in temperature can make your glass explode. Try to avoid that.

Robin Kelley interned at the Dr Pepper Museum during the Summer of 2008 and will continue in the fall as a part-time Collections Assistant.

The End Approaches

It is getting closer and closer to the end of summer and we've got one more week of camp to go. It is next week August 11-14 from 1 to 4:30 pm. We've still got a few spaces open, so sign your kids up soon!

We also have a couple of Diet Soda Taste Challenges to go. In the coming weeks we will be featuring exclusively lemon-lime and cola flavors. Remember Fridays at 2pm. Last chance to participate is Friday, August 29.

Diet Taste Test Challenge Week 4

This week we repeated the Diet vs. Regular Challenge. However, we had some new interesting results. We had 35 participants and this is how they voted:

Dr Pepper
11 chose A as the diet drink.
24 chose B as the diet drink.

B was the right answer. 68.8% chose B.


RC Cola
26 chose C as the diet drink.
9 chose D as the diet drink.

C was the right answer. 74.2% chose C.


7 Up
24 chose E as the diet drink.
11 chose F as the diet drink.

E was the right answer. 68.6% chose E.


A&W Root Beer
19 chose G as the diet drink.
16 chose H as the diet drink.

H was the right answer. 45.7% chose H.

That was the results for this week. Join us next week for a new exciting taste challenge unlike any of them before!

Diet Taste Challenge #3

In the third exciting week of our Diet Taste Challenge, we decided to repeat week #1 taste challenge and 43 people answered the question, "Which diet do you prefer?" Though we expected similar results as the first week, we were proven wrong. The results this week were the following:

In the #1 position

Tab
16 people chose this drink
37.2% of individuals liked this drink the most
Diet Pepsi
10 people chose this drink
23.8% of indivduals liked this drink the most
Diet RC
8 people chose this drink
18.6% of individuals liked this drink the most
Diet HEB Original
7 people chose this drink
16.3% of individuals liked this drink the most


In the #2 position

Diet HEB Original
13 people chose this drink
31.0% of individuals liked this drink second
Diet Pepsi
12 people chose this drink
28.6% of individuals liked this drink second
Tab
8 people chose this drink
19.0% of individuals liked this drink second
Diet RC
7 people chose this drink
16.7% of individuals liked this drink second


In the #3 position

Diet RC
17 people chose this drink
40.5% of individuals liked this drink third
Diet HEB Original
11 people chose this drink
26.2% of individuals liked this drink third
Diet Pepsi
10 people chose this drink
23.8% of individuals liked this drink third
Tab
2 people chose this drink
4.8% of individuals liked this drink third


In the #4 position

Tab
15 people chose this drink
35.7% of individuals liked this drink the least
Diet HEB Original
10 people chose this drink
23.8% of individuals liked this drink the least
Diet RC
9 people chose this drink
21.4% of individuals liked this drink the least
Diet Pepsi
8 people chose this drink
19.0% of individuals liked this drink the least

Join us next week for the next exciting diet taste challenge!! The Diet Soda Taste Challenge is held at 2 PM on the 2nd floor of the Dr Pepper museum.

The Skinny on Diet Drinks

As part of our newest exhibit, The Skinny on Diet Drinks, Amber spent some time talking with our visitors about their favorite soft drinks. Check out what they had to say in our video blog. Then post a video blog about your favorite soft drink to our You Tube site.

Diet Taste Test Challenge #2

We had our 2nd taste challenge today. This time we put diet sodas against their regular brand to see if people could choose the diet drink. The 4 brands chosen were Dr Pepper, RC, 7 Up and A&W Root Beer. We asked 45 people "Which is the Diet?" Their selections were as follows:

Dr Pepper
37 chose A as the diet drink.
8 chose B as the diet drink.

A was the right answer. 82% chose A.


RC Cola
10 chose C as the diet drink.
35 chose D as the diet drink.

D was the right answer. 77% chose D.


7 Up
21 chose E as the diet drink.
24 chose F as the diet drink.

F was the right answer. 53% chose F.


A&W Root Beer
26 chose G as the diet drink.
18 chose H as the diet drink.

G was the right answer. 57% chose G.

Next week we will pit four kinds of diet colas against each other. Come and test the difference for yourself. See you next Friday at 2 pm on the 2nd floor.

Diet Taste Test Challenge #1

To go along with our new Diet exhibit, the Dr Pepper Museum issued a challenge to its visitors. This week's challenge was "Which diet cola do you Prefer?" We tested Diet Pepsi, Diet RC, Tab, and Diet HEB Original. We asked 41 people their opinion in a blind taste test and here are the results.



In the #1 position

Diet HEB Original
20 people chose this drink
48.7% of individuals liked this drink the most
Tab
8 people chose this drink
19.5% of indivduals liked this drink the most
Diet Pepsi
7 people chose this drink
17.1% of individuals liked this drink the most
Diet RC
5 people chose this drink
12.2% of individuals liked this drink the most


In the #2 position

Tab
13 people chose this drink
31.7% of individuals liked this drink second
Diet Pepsi
10 people chose this drink
24.3% of individuals liked this drink second
Diet RC
10 people chose this drink
24.3% of individuals liked this drink second
Diet HEB Original
7 people chose this drink
17.1% of individuals liked this drink second


In the #3 position

Diet RC
18 people chose this drink
43.9% of individuals liked this drink third
Diet Pepsi
8 people chose this drink
19.5% of individuals liked this drink third
Tab
8 people chose this drink
19.5 % of individuals liked this drink third
Diet HEB Original
6 people chose this drink
14.6% of individuals liked this drink third


In the #4 position

Diet Pepsi
15 people chose this drink
36.5% of individuals liked this drink the least
Tab
11 people chose this drink
26.8% of individuals liked this drink the least
Diet HEB Original
7 people chose this drink
17.1% of individuals liked this drink the least
Diet RC
7 people chose this drink
17.1% of individuals liked this drink the least



These are the results for this week. Next week will be a new and different challenge so come on down and give your tastebuds a test! Come and see us next Friday at 2 pm at the Dr Pepper Museum.

Summer Camp: Week 2

The Second Week of Summer Camp has come and gone. It was much busier than the first week of camp. There were twenty-nine kids that attended camp this week. We had many interesting characters attend this week of camp. . We had brothers and sisters, cousins, friends, and neighbors that came to camp. We had several people from San Antonio and everywhere around Texas attending this week’s camp.. The same 4 programs again this week, but it was definitely a bit livelier than the previous week. On the Create a Soft Drink day we had a group create Funky Monkey and created a commercial making monkey noises. On Soda Pop Science Day, there was more homemade ice cream along with homemade silly putty for creeping out camp counselors. On the Pop Art Day, straw painting got a bit wilder this time with all the kids, but thankfully the walls didn’t get a new coat of paint. With Summer Camp, there is a day for every kid to love and there are still a few spots open for our last week in August.

Summer Camp: Week 1

Long hot summer days and the smell of Dr Pepper and ice cream in the air can only mean one thing; it is time for summer camp! The first week of camp was fun. This week had only about eight kids but they made it a blast! We had children as far away as Austin attended this week’s camp. On the first day the campers did a Create a Soft Drink Program where they combined 3 different flavors to make their own soda drink. Popular flavors were grape, pineapple, and green apple. (Thanks to Jell-Craft in San Antonio for getting us some great new flavors!) After they created their soft drink they performed commercials advertising their new product. On the second day, Soda Jerk Academy, the campers made many different sweets using both soda and ice cream. They also jerked their own soda drinks in our soda fountain. We had children turning down ice cream! They left that day with a full stomach. The third day was Soda Pop Science. The children learned about water filters and about the science behind soda drinks. One experiment had kids blowing up balloons using baking soda and vinegar. At the end of that day it was time for more ice cream—the old-fashioned way. And they didn’t turn it down this time, when you put that much work into it, you have to eat it. The last day of camp was Pop Art Day. During this day students learned about different types of art and created their own art. They created their own modern art paintings using soda straws and paint. They also created their own picture frame with Dr Pepper bottle caps to place a picture of them to remember their time here.

July Video Blog!

Hi, my name is Josh. I am a Media Communications and Information major at Texas State Technical College. I work at the Dr Pepper Museum as a carbonic engineer (soda jerk). I recently started an internship at the museum as well. I have been working here for some time; I know the museum like the front and back of my hand, so it is hard to say what I like best about this place. If I had to pick it would be all the people I have meet over the years—many I have become close friends with.

As a part of my internship, I was ask to pick my favorite collection piece from the museum, photograph it and write about the piece I choose in a blog. I choose a collection of diet 7-Up bottles. Seven-Up is an interesting brand. I remember as a child when I was ill, my mother would give me some Seven-Up to make me feel better. Seven-Up is not exactly a prescribed drug for illness, but it sure tastes more enjoyable then other remedies. The bottles I choose are on the second floor of the museum in the new exhibit, “The Skinny on Diet Drinks.”

Here are some other pictures I’ve taken of the museum’s collection.

Diet vs Regular: More Soda Drinkers Weigh In

Jack McKinney, Executive Director:
"Well, I know my doctor prefers that people drink diet sodas! Personally, I like Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper because it still taste sweet, and Diet A&W Root Beer and Diet Cream Soda because I think they taste similar to their originals."

Jennie Sheppard, Director of Communications:
"I like Diet 7Up and Diet Caffine-Free Dr Pepper, since I don't drink caffine. Also, I think that diet soft drinks have a lighter, crisper taste.

Amber Schneider, Exhibits Intern:
"I rarely drink diet sodas because I don't like the aftertaste, but I sometimes drink Coke Zero. I like cane sugar Dr Pepper a lot because it's really sweet, but my favorite soft drinks are the old fashion flavors like Ginger Ale, Cream Soda and Black Cherry Soda."

July FAN OF THE MONTH!!!

Wow it has been forever since we have done a FAN OF THE MONTH!!! Our July FAN OF THE MONTH is named Reagan Hailey and she is awesome! Read on to find out what Reagan likes about Dr Pepper:

My name is Reagan Hailey and I’m from Idaho Falls, Idaho. My favorite drink of all time is Dr Pepper and since last summer after discovering the Dr Pepper Museum by watching soda ads on YouTube I have been wanting to go there so badly.

Luckily we go to Texas once a year to visit family, but this January I was so sick I needed a lung transplant. We planned on driving from Houston to Waco one day to visit the Museum. And now right before going back home to Idaho I get to do what I have always wanted to do.

I guess the reason why I like Dr Pepper is because of its taste. It’s different from any other soft drink and tastes sweeter. I don’t like colas and root beer. I just plain don’t like them, but I love Dr Pepper. I try to collect Dr Pepper merchandise and I drink it at least once every day. For my whole thirteen years of my life Dr Pepper is the only soda I have really loved. I am kind of addicted to it.


To nominate yourself or someone you know for the Dr Pepper Museum FAN OF THE MONTH, email us at collections@drpeppermuseum.com!

Diet vs. Regular: Soda Drinkers Weigh In

Jessica, Programs Assistant at the Dr Pepper Museum:
“Diet because of the calories. I like both Diet Dr Pepper and Coke Zero.”

Joy, Director of Interpretation at the Dr Pepper Museum:
“I drink diet sodas because I like the flavor, and I prefer Diet Caffeine-Free Dr Pepper.”

Sammy, Facilities Manager at the Dr Pepper Museum:
“I only drink regular because I don’t like the aftertaste of diet sodas. I usually drink Dr Pepper.”

Check back later to see what other soda drinkers prefer!



http://coolspotters.com/characters/stewie-griffin
Stewie Griffin is a fan of Tab

DR PEPPER MUSEUM OPENS "THE SKINNY ON DIET DRINKS"

Lighten up this summer at the Dr Pepper Museum! Do you know the original name of Diet 7Up? Or, what country consumes the most diet soda products per capita? (hint: it’s not the U.S.!). Come find the answers to these questions and learn more about your favorite soda’s low-cal version at the Dr Pepper Museum’s new exhibit, The Skinny on Diet Drinks.

Opening June 28, 2008, The Skinny on Diet Drinks explores the history behind some of the most beloved diet soft drinks, such as early favorite Diet Rite and cult classic Tab, with its iconic pink can. Also, visitors will learn about the different forms of artificial sweeteners and why they are hotly debated.

Each Friday afternoon in July you can try the drinks yourself! At 2pm there will be a blind taste test to find out which diet soda really is most like their original with the Dr Pepper Museum’s Diet Soda Taste Challenge. Who knows, you might even become a diet soda convert…

www.nataliedee.com Cans from the exhibit

New Faces

We've got a lot of new faces around here at the museum as you can see. Some of these faces you might see as you wander through the museum. Others rarely see the light of day.


Some of these new faces are our interns that are spending the summer trying to figure out what museum work is all about. Here's a bit about them:

Kailyn
Howdy bloggers! My name is Kailyn and I am the Programs Intern for summer 2008. I am a five foot, red head who looks more like I am sixteen years old than in my twenties. I have lived in Waco for most of my life. I graduated from Waco High School in 2005. I am now a senior studying history from Harding University in Arkansas. One interesting fact about me is that I like to collect old newspapers. One of my oldest newspapers is the news of Roosevelt’s death in 1945. If you really want to find anything else about me, then you should come down and visit the museum today!

Amber
Hi, my name is Amber and I am the Exhibits Intern at the Dr Pepper Museum. I graduated in May 2007 from Baylor University with a BA in History and Archaeology, and I am currently a graduate student at Baylor working towards a Master’s in Museum Studies. I have always been interested in history, so being able to work in a museum is great ( and fun!). This summer I will be helping plan and implement an upcoming exhibit about diet soft drinks, and assisting the Director of Interpretation at the museum with other projects. I am excited to be a part of the Dr Pepper team and look forward to good summer!

Robin
Robin grew up in Georgia and is now attending Baylor where she will soon graduate with a BA in museum studies and anthropology. We found her one cold day in January outside the museum and decided to let her hang around for a while. Now she's a real intern and spends her time rummaging around in the basement inventorying the museum's large bottle collection and making friends with most of the spiders that live there. In the fall she will be attending Texas Tech to study to become a blind rehabilitation specialist.

Each one has a great project to work on this summer and you'll hear from them later on about what they've been doing. Until then look for their shining happy faces around the museum.

Calling all Campers!

We are gearing up for camp in a couple of weeks around here and have some great programs planned. And guess what?! It involves a lot of food! Campers will get to create their very own soft drink, make ice cream, and even make a float or two! It is a great place to learn how to be a real certifiable jerk! Camp is Monday-Thursday from 1:00-4:30 pm the weeks of June 23, June 30, and August 11. So if you have a kid between 8 and 13, sign them up today. Check www.drpeppermuseum.com/News-Events/Special-Events.aspx for more information or just email Jessica at tours@drpeppermuseum.com.

AAM 2008

This is a little late coming, I know, but here are some pics of our fabulous trip to Denver for the 2008 American Association of Museums conference! We learned so much and had a great time all around. The Dr Pepper Museum's video blogs were even featured in a session! To find out more about that make sure you watch the latest video blog! So it snowed the first day we were there, was sunny the entire time we were there, then woke up to nothing but white on our last day. Crazy weather!