Mysteries at the Museum: Season 8
Season 8 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 7.
- 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 8 Progress Shield
Cellophane Start, Eruption Hoax, Parking Lot King
Apr 3, 2015 · 60 min
Don examines a transparent roll of film that revolutionized the retail industry; a jacket that belonged to a prankster with an explosive sense of humor; and an unconventional excav
Mile-High Club, Attempted Assassinatio, Zip to Zap
Apr 10, 2015 · 60 min
Don explores an aeronautical device with a notorious claim to fame; a cane that thwarted a would-be presidential assassin; and a souvenir T-shirt from an outlandish event that beca
Opera Riot, Golfer Behind Enemy Lines, Great Mail Train Robbery
Apr 17, 2015 · 60 min
Don Wildman examines a copy of a play that sparked riots, a monocular used by a soldier who made a daring and unusual escape from behind enemy lines, and the wrapper from a product
Stolen Strad, Fall From Space, Czech Dream
Apr 24, 2015 · 60 min
Don Wildman examines a concert program that marks one of the most infamous nights in the history of a prestigious music venue; a space capsule used by a heroic astronaut during a h
Birth of the Road Map; Attack of Killer Bees; Invention of Gas Mask
May 1, 2015 · 60 min
Don Wildman examines an iconic road sign that was part of a revolutionary plan to bring order to America's roads; a tiny bee specimen that unleashed madness; and a gas mask that wa
Erno Rubik's Cube; World's First Factor; The Amphicar
May 8, 2015 · 60 min
Don examines a classic toy that became a pop-culture phenomenon; a delicate silk sample that symbolizes a stunning tale of international espionage; and a quirky car designed to tra
Invention of Pop Rocks; Pinball Wizard; London Smog
May 15, 2015 · 60 min
Don examines one of America's most explosive candies; a pinball machine that represents a gutsy player who saved the game from obscurity; and a flare stick that guided Londoners th
Peanut Pusher, Hollywood Holdout, Lost Treasure
May 22, 2015 · 60 min
Don examines a peanut that played a role in an unusual fad that took 1 man on a daring adventure; a standoff that pitted a man against some of Hollywood's most powerful people; and
Peeping Butler, Beaver Bomb, Mother's Day Mother
May 29, 2015 · 60 min
Don examines a trinket that symbolizes the stormy evolution of a beloved holiday; a novel contraption deployed to save a bevy of wild beavers in Idaho; and a scandalous machine tha
Cherry Sisters, President's Cow, Birth of a Riot
Jun 5, 2015 · 60 min
Don Wildman examines a painted wooden sign that once advertised a vaudeville act so bad it was good; a famous cow's-milk can from the White House; and a program from one of the mos
Great Kipton Train Wreck, First Inoculation, Spanish Space Suit
Jun 12, 2015 · 60 min
The story behind a science fiction novel that seemed so realistic it caused some to believe that the top-secret plans behind the Manhattan Project had been stolen. Also: a little g
Sci Fi A Bomb, Ford v. Ferrari, Colorado Stain
Jun 19, 2015
Don examines a sleek American race car that took on a top Italian automaker; a pulp-fiction science magazine that threatened to expose an explosive World War II secret; and a set o
Crossword Code, Ampelmann, Brushy Bill
Jun 26, 2015
Host Don Wildman examines a puzzling crossword, a set of traffic signals that became a beloved symbol of East German culture, and a set of leg irons shackles that once restrained a