Mysteries at the Museum: Season 16
Season 16 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Mysteries at the Museum Season 15.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 16 Progress Shield
Alone in the Arctic, Space Shuttle MacGyver and Angelic Organ
Aug 3, 2017 · 60 min
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
Transatlantic Zeppelin, Potato Pool and the Lost Inca City
Aug 10, 2017 · 60 min
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 lo
Miss Unsinkable, Crop Circles and Detective Goodwi
Aug 17, 2017 · 60 min
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.
Project Vortex, Diamond Heist and Tinseltown, NJ
Aug 24, 2017 · 60 min
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 agains
Mystery of Silence, Fearless Flyer and Fifty Stars
Aug 31, 2017 · 60 min
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 Ameri
Eisenhower's Crazy Convoy, Criminal Measures and Canyon Adventure
Sep 7, 2017 · 60 min
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 t
Dewey Defeats Truman, the Real Jekyll and Hyde and Sunken Steamship Treasure
Sep 14, 2017 · 60 min
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.
Winnie the Bear, Frozen Miracle and Whiskey Galore
Sep 21, 2017 · 60 min
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 o
Rikers Island Rescue, She Sells Sea Shells and Weathering the War
Sep 28, 2017 · 60 min
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 twi
Beethoven's Mysterious Malady, the Great Raid and Planet X
Oct 5, 2017 · 60 min
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 wha
Channel Champion, the Forger and Harper Method
Oct 12, 2017 · 60 min
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.
Stagecoach Mary, Alaska Firestarter and Mummy Mystery
Oct 19, 2017 · 60 min
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.
Undercover Informant, the Black Beetle and Unexpected Artist
Oct 26, 2017 · 60 min
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 o