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The Best Episodes of Mysteries at the Museum

Every episode of Mysteries at the Museum ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Mysteries at the Museum!

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Don Wildman unearths relics from the world's greatest institutions to reveal secrets from the past. He examines each artifact to illuminate history's most incredible triumphs, sensational crimes and bizarre encounters.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Mysteries at the Museum Season 13 Episode 13 - North Pole Expedition, Iceberg Fleet and the Minnesota Iceman
    8.8/10(11 votes)

    #1 - North Pole Expedition, Iceberg Fleet and the Minnesota Iceman

    S13:E13

    Icy stories behind an eccentric expedition to the North Pole, a frozen feat of nautical engineering and the cosmic conundrum surrounding an incredible icicle.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Mysteries at the Museum Season 17 Episode 6 - Fleeing Fidel, Murder by Shark and Inflated Feud
    8.7/10(9 votes)

    #2 - Fleeing Fidel, Murder by Shark and Inflated Feud

    S17:E6

    Don Wildman investigates a legendary scam artist, an African lake with a hidden danger and a young girl who celebrated her birthday at the White House.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Mysteries at the Museum Season 13 Episode 10 - Michelangelo the Forger, Finders Keepers and Brownie Wise and the Wonderbowl
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    #3 - Michelangelo the Forger, Finders Keepers and Brownie Wise and the Wonderbowl

    S13:E10

    Don Wildman examines a statue created by the world's best-known art forger, a mysterious cache of buried gold coins and a woman whose sales technique made Tupperware a household name.

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  4. Mysteries at the Museum Season 13 Episode 2 - Limbo for Love, Vampire's Grave and the Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican
    8.4/10(20 votes)

    #4 - Limbo for Love, Vampire's Grave and the Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican

    S13:E2

    Don Wildman investigates a risky ride fueled by love, explores a town plagued by the undead and uncovers one of the biggest rescue operations of WWII.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Mysteries at the Museum Season 13 Episode 5 - Buried Alive; Who Really Invented the Telephone; Hoover Saves Belgium
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    #5 - Buried Alive; Who Really Invented the Telephone; Hoover Saves Belgium

    S13:E5

    Don Wildman examines one of the greatest mysteries of ancient history in Pompeii, Italy, unravels the truth behind the invention of the telephone and exposes a former president's mission to save millions from starvation.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Mysteries at the Museum Season 14 Episode 1 - Swamp People, Walkie-Talkie Heist and Grant's Writing Water
    8.4/10(9 votes)

    #6 - Swamp People, Walkie-Talkie Heist and Grant's Writing Water

    S14:E1

    Don Wildman examines an enigmatic canoe that unlocked the origins of a lost civilization, a miracle drug used by a Civil War hero in his last battle, and a bust involved in a supernatural game of chess.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Mysteries at the Museum Season 17 Episode 13 - Battle on Ice, Lost Andree Expedition and Alaskan Sea Monster
    8.4/10(12 votes)

    #7 - Battle on Ice, Lost Andree Expedition and Alaskan Sea Monster

    S17:E13

    Don Wildman explores the slippery strategy of a medieval general; searches for the fate of a lost expedition; and investigates a bizarre creature from the deep.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Mysteries at the Museum Season 17 Episode 2 - Antis the Radar Dog, Bringing Up the Baby and the Art of Murder
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    #8 - Antis the Radar Dog, Bringing Up the Baby and the Art of Murder

    S17:E2

    Don Wildman investigates a dog with a sixth sense for danger, the harrowing tale of a drill rescue and a magazine detailing the murder of a famous model.

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  9. Mysteries at the Museum Season 21 Episode 11 - Ancient Alien, Killer's Curse and Ground Zero Ship
    8.2/10(7 votes)

    #9 - Ancient Alien, Killer's Curse and Ground Zero Ship

    S21:E11

    Don Wildman examines an ancient carving that could tell of aliens visiting Earth, a scalpel used by America's first serial killer and a piece of wood from a ship mysteriously buried beneath the World Trade Center.

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  10. Mysteries at the Museum Season 13 Episode 9 - Chain of Fools, Rocket Boys and the Cowboys That Saved Britain
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #10 - Chain of Fools, Rocket Boys and the Cowboys That Saved Britain

    S13:E9

    Don Wildman investigates an iron link from the American Revolution that was also at the center of a formidable fraud, examines a small plane that helped launch some of the most incredible journeys into space and inspects a green oil pump that played a unique.

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  11. Mysteries at the Museum Season 14 Episode 6 - Jap Herron, Hidden Rockwell and Ticket to Fly
    8.1/10(11 votes)

    #11 - Jap Herron, Hidden Rockwell and Ticket to Fly

    S14:E6

    Don Wildman examines a novel supposedly written by the ghost of a legendary author, a painting that isn't quite what it seems and a replica of the plane that flew in the first commercial airline flight.

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  12. Mysteries at the Museum Season 17 Episode 3 - Hitler Diaries, Hobby Horse and Parting the Red Sea
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #12 - Hitler Diaries, Hobby Horse and Parting the Red Sea

    S17:E3

    Don Wildman examines purported diaries of Adolf Hitler; a weather disaster that led to the invention of the bicycle; and a possible scientific explanation for the story of Exodus.

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  13. Mysteries at the Museum Season 17 Episode 12 - Winter War, Terror in Antarctica and First Snow Globe
    8.1/10(11 votes)

    #13 - Winter War, Terror in Antarctica and First Snow Globe

    S17:E12

    Don investigates an ingenious trick that won a war, a terrifying trek through Antarctica and an invention that the world fell in love with.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Mysteries at the Museum Season 13 Episode 12 - One Small Keystroke, Daring Dr. Dan and the Real Batman
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #14 - One Small Keystroke, Daring Dr. Dan and the Real Batman

    S13:E12

    Don Wildman investigates a near disaster in outer space, a man who soared through the sky and a doctor who changed the world.

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  15. Mysteries at the Museum Season 14 Episode 7 - Terra Cotta Warriors, The Queen of Parachuting and Polish Soldier Bear
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Terra Cotta Warriors, The Queen of Parachuting and Polish Soldier Bear

    S14:E7

    Don Wildman investigates the origins of China's famous terra cotta warriors, examines the incredible heights one mother is willing to go to for her child and uncovers the little-known story of a bear who helped defeat the Nazis.

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  16. Mysteries at the Museum Season 14 Episode 12 - Operation Mincemeat, Texas Prison Rodeo and Tully Monster
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #16 - Operation Mincemeat, Texas Prison Rodeo and Tully Monster

    S14:E12

    Don Wildman examines an enigmatic oar used in an unreal World War II deception, a gold nugget that helped set off the gold rush and a fossil belonging to one of history's strangest creatures.

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  17. Mysteries at the Museum Season 14 Episode 13 - Goliath Bone, Money to Burn and Self-Serve Superstore
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #17 - Goliath Bone, Money to Burn and Self-Serve Superstore

    S14:E13

    Don Wildman inspects a mysterious prehistoric bone, investigates an incendiary war plot to help defend America and unearths the origins of a strategy that revolutionized the shopping industry.

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  18. Mysteries at the Museum Season 17 Episode 4 - Dorothy of Dakota, Crop Circles of the Deep and Tunnel of Love
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #18 - Dorothy of Dakota, Crop Circles of the Deep and Tunnel of Love

    S17:E4

    Don Wildman investigates a girl who went over the rainbow, a deep-sea design with mysterious origins and a man who dug his way into a woman's heart.

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  19. Mysteries at the Museum Season 17 Episode 7 - Jackie O. Saves Grand Central, Bouncing Bombs and Row Row Row Your Boat
    8.0/10(14 votes)

    #19 - Jackie O. Saves Grand Central, Bouncing Bombs and Row Row Row Your Boat

    S17:E7

    Don Wildman presents a campaign to save a New York landmark, a bouncing bomb during World War II, and a journal of two men as they rowed across the Atlantic Ocean.

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  20. Mysteries at the Museum Season 21 Episode 5 - Killer Space Germs, The Yeti's Hand and The Bug That Changed History
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    #20 - Killer Space Germs, The Yeti's Hand and The Bug That Changed History

    S21:E5

    Don Wildman investigates the mysterious bacteria that imperiled the NASA space program, the decrepit remains of a mythical beast and a hidden insect that painted the world in a whole new color.

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  21. Mysteries at the Museum Season 21 Episode 6 - Murder at Greystone, Paulding Light and Tumbleweed Tycoon
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #21 - Murder at Greystone, Paulding Light and Tumbleweed Tycoon

    S21:E6

    Don Wildman investigates the hidden truth behind the murder of a wealthy oil heir, an ominous orb in the north Michigan night sky and a pesky plant that turned into a Kansas woman's cash crop.

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  22. Mysteries at the Museum Season 17 Episode 8 - Madame X, the Ultimate Chess Game and a Monster in the Valley
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #22 - Madame X, the Ultimate Chess Game and a Monster in the Valley

    S17:E8

    A scandal that rocked 19th-century Paris, a life-or-death chess game during the height of the Russian Revolution, and a Sasquatch sighting that goes viral are investigated by Don Wildman.

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  23. Mysteries at the Museum Season 21 Episode 12 - Buffalo Bill Burial Riddle, First Dino Egg and Arctic Murder Mystery
    7.9/10(9 votes)

    #23 - Buffalo Bill Burial Riddle, First Dino Egg and Arctic Murder Mystery

    S21:E12

    Don Wildman examines the mysterious burial of one of the Wild West's most famous showmen, a strange oblong fossil that completely altered the way scientists thought about dinosaurs and a...

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  24. Mysteries at the Museum Season 14 Episode 4 - King Neptune, Friday Night Bank Robber and Karluk's Last Voyage
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #24 - King Neptune, Friday Night Bank Robber and Karluk's Last Voyage

    S14:E4

    Don Wildman examines a patriotic pig that helped fund World War II, a man's trek to rescue his crew during an brutal Arctic expedition and two activists who risked their lives to take down a superpower and save the whales.

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  25. Mysteries at the Museum Season 17 Episode 10 - Operation Toothpaste, Case of the Kates and White River Monster
    7.8/10(13 votes)

    #25 - Operation Toothpaste, Case of the Kates and White River Monster

    S17:E10

    A Nazi stockpile of radioactive materials; a scandalous case of a stolen identity; the truth behind a monster that terrorized the residents of a tiny Arkansas town.

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Best Episodes Summary

"North Pole Expedition, Iceberg Fleet and the Minnesota Iceman" is the best rated episode of "Mysteries at the Museum". It scored 8.8/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/30/2016. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Fleeing Fidel, Murder by Shark and Inflated Feud".