Dr Pepper Museum - Special Events

CAVEMAN BBQ on Saturday, October 18th at the Dr Pepper Museum!

Make your Saturday night complete by coming to a Caveman Barbeque before the show Defending the Caveman on OCTOBER 18th at 6pm. The Dr Pepper Museum will be hosting this event in the courtyard on 300 S. 5th Street. $12 gets you entry to an entertaining contest-fest-a-thon, hearty barbecue from Michna's, soft drinks and a place in the "Drag your man to a show he'll actually enjoy!" parade to the Hippodrome Theatre.

See the show, too! Defending the Caveman is the longest running one man show in Broadway history! Make sure you bring a friend or a date. Together the audience will follow a modern man's reflections on the ancient war between the sexes. We guarantee your sides will be sore from either laughs or the elbow jabs you'll be exchanging all night long! Fri. & Sat. October 17-18, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. Buy show tickets $26.75-$43.25

You can also call the Hippodrome at 254-752-9797 or the Dr Pepper Museum at 254-757-1024. (tickets will also be available at the door)

MUSEUM HONORED FIVE PRESIDENTS OF DR PEPPER

The Dr Pepper Museum recognized the achievements of five former presidents of the Dr Pepper Company on Friday, May 30, 2008 with a gala dinner and concert at the Waco Hilton. Over 185 people attended, and country music superstar Lee Greenwood, best known for his platinum hit, God Bless the USA, provided entertainment.

“Mr. W. W. ‘Foots’ Clements, Mr. John Albers, Mr. True Knowles, Mr. Jack Kilduff and Mr. Mike McGrath each played important roles in the growth of the Dr Pepper brand along with the creation and development of the Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute,“ stated Jack N. McKinney, Executive Director of the museum. Larry Young, President and CEO of Dr Pepper Snapple Group, said "We're proud to recognize these great men who have meant so much to Dr Pepper through the years. We have tremendous respect for Foots and what he accomplished during his career. His success with Dr Pepper inspires us to this day."

The dinner and concert began a weekend of events and activities that included the opening of a new permanent exhibit at the Dr Pepper Museum. The exhibit, designed and constructed by the Richardson, Texas based design firm, Museumscapes, contains a biography of Mr. Clements highlighting his career with the Dr Pepper Company through video interviews, free enterprise computer games, and a recreation of Mr. Clements’ office at the Dr Pepper Company. The Saturday festivities began at 8:30 AM with breakfast and a ribbon cutting at the Dr Pepper Museum. The exhibit opened to the public at 11:00 AM.

The Free Enterprise Institute’s new exhibit W. W. “Foots” Clements: Dr Pepper Salesman exhibit is a wonderful addition to the third floor of the Museum,” commented Jack N. McKinney, Executive Director. “Our daily visitors will enjoy the story of this great man and our school groups will be educated and entertained by his free enterprise example. We were excited to honor Mr. Clements especially since he was such a driving force behind the move to open the Dr Pepper Museum over seventeen years ago.”