Love is in the air!
Some of you may be aware that we have a variety of spaces that are available for renting here at the Museum. Over the years, we have hosted a variety of Christmas parties for local [...]
Creating the first Dr Pepper logo
The Dr Pepper logo has been evolving since its first creation in the 1890s. The first logo emphasized the health qualities that the soft drink was supposed to have. The logo's creator Nellie Eastland Kellner, [...]
Homes of Dr Pepper – 2nd Avenue
As I mentioned before, we are going to be posting a few tidbits of fun information that we discovered while doing research for our most recent exhibit - Homes of Dr Pepper. The following quotes [...]
Homes of Dr Pepper – The AMBC
Last week at the museum, we opened a new exhibit, The Homes of Dr Pepper. This exhibition takes you on a historic journey to each one of these Homes of Dr Pepper. During its history, [...]
Free Enterprise is Alive and Well
Back in May the Museum got a new employee - Bill Flynt. He's heading up the W. W. "Foots" Clements Free Enterprise Institute here at the Museum. In this blog post, he will update you [...]
The 1953 Waco Tornado – An Oral History by Bill Little
As we move into our final weeks of StomWatch 2013, we'd like to share another story of that day. During the exhibit's opening weeks, Bill Little happened to be in a tour group coming through [...]
Winds of Change
Nearly 60 years ago our fine museum building had a rather unexpected remodeling occur while the building was still being used to bottle Dr Pepper. Now normally when fixing up a building, it is a [...]
The 1953 Waco Tornado – An Oral History by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Part 2
On May 11, 1953, I went to school as usual, and Chip stayed at home with our housekeeper. (I’m sorry I can’t recall the lady’s name.) Dad was an inside salesman for Universal Atlas Cement [...]
The 1953 Waco Tornado – An Oral History by Karen Gerhardt Fort, Part 1
Over the next weeks, we will be featuring different aspects of the 1953 Waco Tornado on our blog as part of StormWatch 2013, our commemoration of the 60th anniversary of that devestating event. We will [...]
Big Red’s 75th
So the Big Red exhibit is up and open! The staff had a great time installing and think that it looks fabulous! We've got several fun interactive elements that Gabe and Sammy put a lot [...]
Go Big Red!
This summer we will feature the other Wacoan – Big Red – as our summer exhibit. It’s been 75 years since it was created at 209 Franklin Avenue here in Waco. As we get ready [...]
Happy Birthday, Dr Pepper!
This day 125 years ago is the day the United States Patent Office recognizes as the first day Dr Pepper was served here in Waco, Texas at the Old Corner Drugstore. Growing from a small [...]