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Mysteries at the Museum

2010TV-PG23 seasons8.9 / 10

Don Wildman unearths relics from the world's greatest institutions to reveal secrets from the past. He examines each artifact to illuminate history's most incredible triumphs, sensational crimes and bizarre encounters.

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Synopsis

Don Wildman unearths relics from the world's greatest institutions to reveal secrets from the past. He examines each artifact to illuminate history's most incredible triumphs, sensational crimes and bizarre encounters.

Season 16 episodes

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Episode 1

Alone in the Arctic, Space Shuttle MacGyver and Angelic Organ

1h

Don Wildman examines a pocket calendar that belonged to a woman stranded in the Arctic, a space shuttle that was at the center of a harrowing ordeal more than 200 miles above Earth and a musical instrument which produced heavenly sounds.

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Episode 2

Transatlantic Zeppelin, Potato Pool and the Lost Inca City

1h

Don Wildman examines an engineer's daring mission to save a high-flying zeppelin, a pint-sized prodigy's plan to play pool and an explorers life-long quest to uncover an ancient lost Inca City.

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Episode 3

Miss Unsinkable, Crop Circles and Detective Goodwi

1h

Don Wildman investigates a Titanic survivor plagued by disaster, the cause of mysterious crop circles in England and the case that created the first NYPD female detective.

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Episode 4

Project Vortex, Diamond Heist and Tinseltown, NJ

1h

Don Wildman investigates a scientist's attempt to document the life cycle of a tornado, a record-breaking $100 million heist and a pioneering filmmaker who went head-to-head against Thomas Edison.

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Episode 5

Mystery of Silence, Fearless Flyer and Fifty Stars

1h

Don Wildman examines a printing press connected to a founding father's secret identity, a model plane with the propeller in the back flown by a record-setting aviatrix and an American flag designed by a high school kid.

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Episode 6

Eisenhower's Crazy Convoy, Criminal Measures and Canyon Adventure

1h

Don Wildman investigates a president's cross-country road trip, a detective's plan to cut down on crime and an explorers dangerous quest to be the first to uncover the secrets of the Grand Canyon.

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Episode 7

Dewey Defeats Truman, the Real Jekyll and Hyde and Sunken Steamship Treasure

1h

Don Wildman examines how an iconic headline came to be, the real-life inspiration for a literary villain and the search for millions of dollars of sunken treasure.

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Episode 8

Winnie the Bear, Frozen Miracle and Whiskey Galore

1h

Don Wildman examines a stuffed bear that inspired one of the greatest children's books of all time, a fireman's pike used in a icy rescue mission and a bottle of whiskey that was once at the center of an illegal escapade.

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Episode 9

Rikers Island Rescue, She Sells Sea Shells and Weathering the War

1h

Don Wildman examines a well-worn fire hose connected to an astonishing tale of unlikely heroes, fossilized remains found by a young paleontologist who inspired an iconic tongue twister and an unusual vehicle used in the D-Day invasion.

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Episode 10

Beethoven's Mysterious Malady, the Great Raid and Planet X

1h

Don examines the mysterious illness behind a composer's untimely death, investigates a daring wartime rescue of 500 POWs and recalls an out-of-this-world discovery that changed what scientists knew about the universe.

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Episode 11

Channel Champion, the Forger and Harper Method

1h

Don Wildman investigates a record-breaking long-distance swimmer, a teenage war hero on Nazi-occupied France and the transformative tonic that lead to a franchise of salons.

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Episode 12

Stagecoach Mary, Alaska Firestarter and Mummy Mystery

1h

Don investigates a harrowing escape by stagecoach in the Wild West, an Alaskan town plagued by a mysterious arsonist and the tale of a missing mummy.

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Episode 13

Undercover Informant, the Black Beetle and Unexpected Artist

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Don Wildman examines the insider who took down Al Capone, a jet engine that was used in a daring railroad experiment and a portrait painted by a woman who overcame insurmountable odds to ...

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Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026

More about Mysteries at the Museum

Cast

Don WildmanSelf - Host
Tony SperaSelf - Director
Frankie PetrosinoManfred Deterling
Alan B. CarrSelf - Historian
Anna Cain BiancoSelf - Historian
Michelle LulicKlondike Kate
Mark WilliamMaurice
Martin Van BurenSelf (archive footage)

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Documentary
Episodes
310
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • Travel ChannelUnited States
  • Optomen ProductionsUnited States

Themes

museum