What It Is

A history museum dedicated to telling the story of both the soft drink industry and Dr Pepper.  The nonprofit company that owns the museum claims to “house and maintain the broadest collection of soft drink memorabilia in the world, including the Keurig Dr Pepper corporate collection.”

Where It Is

Waco, Texas

When We Went

June 2022

What We Did

We walked through all three floors of the main museum building, pausing to look at interesting memorabilia and collections, and bought a couple of souvenirs in the gift shop.  We also visited the Soda Fountain—which serves Dr Pepper, handmade floats, and Blue Bell ice cream—for the free Dr Pepper drink that came with our admission before heading out.  

The building with the Soda Fountain also has a Keurig Dr Pepper Liquid Lab and additional exhibits.  Access to the lab and exhibits, however, requires an additional wristband, which we did not get.

How Much We Spent

$32.00 ($10 per adult and $6 per kid).  As of September 2026, it costs $12 per person for anyone age 5 or older.  Parking is an additional $10.

How Much Time We Spent There

The museum’s website says to allow 1-2 hours on slow days and 2-3 hours on busy days.  I don’t have many notes on our visit, but I’d be very surprised if we were there much more than an hour.

What We Liked

There was one particular display in the floor that we all thought was pretty cool, and it was interesting seeing some of the collections of old bottles and related products.  However, the highlight for me was the red, translucent, plastic cup that I bought in the souvenir shop.  It has “Dr Pepper” written across it in white, and it reminds me of the Pizza Hut of my youth, when dining-in was a thing and they used similar red, plastic cups.

What We Didn't Like

We weren’t all that impressed with the museum.  Despite occupying three floors, there wasn’t much that drew us in.

Also, that free Dr Pepper was very small (the website today says it’s 12 ounces, but we believe it was smaller in 2022), and if you wanted to try anything else, it was an additional cost.


Was it worth it? 

In my opinion, not for the price.  I looked up my notes on our visit to the museum and found one sentence, “We…drove two hours to Waco, where we checked out the Mammoth National Park (kids earned NP badges) and then the Dr Pepper Museum, which was a bit of a rip off.”  I also took only one picture (my husband took more), and that was of early soda syrup dispensers.  I typically take pictures of displays I like or descriptions that I find interesting and want to be able to re-read later.  The fact that I took one picture in the entire facility is a bad sign.

For more information, visit www.drpeppermuseum.com.

Did You Know?  Officially, there is no period after “Dr” in the name “Dr Pepper.”  The beverage, which was created by a Waco pharmacist using a mix of fruit syrups, was originally spelled with a period in the name, but the period was dropped in the 1950s when the logo was redesigned. 

Was It Worth It?
Dr Pepper Museum

​Posted November 12, 2026, by Janet Wolfe