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Visitor tip
Look for hidden doorways and optical illusions throughout the exhibits — what appears to be a picture or wall may actually be a passageway to another area, making exploration part of the interactive experience.
Visitor tip
Avoid the ball pit secret tunnel if visiting with young children due to safety concerns — visitors can get stuck or smothered by the large number of balls, and the tunnel leads to isolated areas behind hidden doors.
Visitor tip
This attraction appeals to adults as much as children — two 30-something year old visitors report having genuine fun with the unique art collection and interactive elements, making it worth visiting even without kids.
About Ripley's Believe It Or Not
Museum for unusual & bizarre artifacts. Museum with kitschy oddities on display, including shrunken human heads & rare animal skeletons.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Odditorium (Ripley's Believe It or Not!)
- Location
- Wisconsin Dells, WI
- Collection Size
- Over 35,000 rarities and oddities
- Hours
- Daily 10:00am – 6:00pm, open year round
What visitors say
I was very pleasantly surprised by how much fun I had here, and how many different exhibits and artifacts that they had. The museum is much larger and extensive than it looks from the outside. I was also pleasantly surprised with how…
Its a fun experience, get to look at a lot of odd things as well as a scavenger hunt. Think we looked and wandered for a hour. - its kinda like a kids escape room where things aren't what they seem. What looks like a picture could be…
I can finally mark Ripley's off my bucket list! It's alittle pricey but you can spend HOURS in here looking at the displays and finding all the secrets. It was a very cool experience that my whole family enjoyed. The small complaint I…
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Did You Know?
- The museum houses over 35,000 rarities and oddities from Ripley's entire exhibit collection, making it an extensive repository of unusual artifacts
- The museum features immersive and interactive experiences designed to be deceptive to visitors, including hidden doorways disguised as pictures and optical illusions where things are not what they seem
- The attraction is open year-round with flexible hours, making it a consistently accessible destination in Wisconsin Dells
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