Paid public parking is available in the lot across 5th Street from the main Museum building, which is the yellow brick building. Parking is $10 plus fees for five hours – come and go parking is not available.

Handicap parking is available for people with valid disabled parking placards and plates and is located in our paid parking lot across from the museum. Additional paid parking is available at the First Baptist Church lot at the corner of Webster and 5th and is $10 per day. Free parking and street parking is available in various locations downtown on a first come, first serve basis.

The entrance to the paid lot is on 5th Street and the exit is on Mary Street. Towing is enforced for vehicles that park overnight, enter the lot through a curb or unapproved entrance, or refuse to pay the parking fee. The alley between the paid lots must be cleared for emergency vehicle access at all times – vehicles that park there will be towed.

RV and bus parking is not available in our paid lot.
Street parking is available on a first come, first serve basis. First Baptist Church offers paid parking for busses and RVs for $20 per day in their lot at the corner of Webster and 5th Street.

Due to space and safety considerations, only standard-sized strollers are permitted inside the Museum buildings. Large strollers and wagons are not permitted inside and must be parked in the designated stroller parking area.

Yes! A museum pass from the Waco-McLennan County Public Library is valid for general admission to the Museum. Please note that museum admission passes do not include the complimentary drink voucher.

Re-entry is not permitted once you have exited the Museum campus.

General admission is required to access the Museum campus, including the Gift Shop, Soda Fountain and the World’s Largest Dr Pepper Bottle. Our admission booth is now conveniently located near the Museum’s main gate entrance, where our team will be happy to welcome you, assist with ticket purchases, and answer any questions before you begin your visit.

The Museum has two buildings for you to explore. Explore the Dr Pepper Museum’s campus. The main Museum building is the historic 1906 Artesian Manufacturing & Bottling Company building, which is the prominent yellow brick building that houses three floors of exhibits you can explore.

The second building is the historic Kellum-Rotan building, which is easily identifiable by the red neon Dr Pepper sign on the side. This building houses our Soda Fountain, where you can redeem your complimentary Dr Pepper, as well as the Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) Liquid Lab. In the KDP Liquid Lab, guests can participate in the add-on Make-A-Soda experience, enjoy Keurig Dr Pepper Liquid Lab shows, and explore additional exhibits.

Looking to make your visit even more memorable? In addition to Make-A-Soda, the Museum offers a variety of add-on experiences designed to enhance your visit.

Please note: Guests will need to purchase admission to access the Museum’s campus, including the Gift Shop, Soda Fountain, and the World’s Largest Dr Pepper Bottle. 

Effective Friday, November 14, the Dr Pepper Museum will no longer accept cash for general admission. All admission transactions must be completed using credit/debit cards.

The Gift Shop and Soda Fountain will continue to accept cash for purchases within their respective areas.

Yes, all special events, including proposals and family/graduation photos, require prior approval from the Dr Pepper Museum. If you’d like to take family or graduation photos, please reach out to our Marketing Team at pr@drpeppermuseum.com.

You can book an Extreme Pepper Experience to have help planning you special moment.  Events without approval may result in a rental fee. Please review our full Special Event Policy.

If you have any additional questions or would like to proceed, please contact experiences@drpeppermuseum.com to speak to a Dr Pepper Museum representative.

The Dr Pepper Museum welcomes all service animals, as defined by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), into both museum buildings. Animals whose sole function is to provide assistance or emotional support are not defined as service animals by the ADA.

We recommend setting aside 1-2 hours to experience everything the Museum has to offer, including going through the Museum exhibits, visiting the Gift Shop and Soda Fountain, and doing the Make-A-Soda experience.

During our busier times, expect to spend 2-3 hours at the Museum due to long lines and wait times.

Bottling operations at the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company Building ended in the 1960s. Today the closest bottling plant is located just south of Waco in Temple, Texas. We have several examples of the bottling equipment that would have been used in the original building on display on the first floor, including the original artesian well that supplied the water for the earliest Dr Peppers bottled in the building. These machines are part of our permanent collection, therefore we only display and interpret them and never use them for bottling.

The Holt Beverage Company Bottling Line is a mock bottling line located in the newly renovated East Wing Building. It was previously on display as a Coke bottling line at the World of Coke in Las Vegas, Nevada, but was given a makeover and today simulates the process of bottling 7UP between 1975 and 1985.

Like the World of Coke, the Dr Pepper Museum is a destination for people who love soft drinks. Both places represent a pilgrimage for many who grew up with icons of popular culture as part of their everyday lives.

The World of Coke has the most extensive collection of Coca-Cola and Coke brand memorabilia in the world and serves as a corporate archive, museum, and visitor center.

The Dr Pepper Museum is a history museum dedicated to telling the story of the entire soft drink industry using Dr Pepper as an example. The DPM is housed in the original 1906 Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company Building, which was built specifically to bottle Dr Pepper and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Since the DPM is an independent nonprofit and is not owned by Keurig Dr Pepper, the mission that guides our collecting and public interpretation is not limited to Dr Pepper and its affiliated brands. We house and maintain the broadest collection of soft drink memorabilia in the world, including the Keurig Dr Pepper corporate collection.

Together, the World of Coke and the Dr Pepper Museum hold and interpret a vast majority of the history of the soft drink industry.