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Bigfoot, cryptid and UFO museums

Track casts, witness sketches, Roswell timelines and at least one jar of Bigfoot scat. These are the museums worth a detour. 20 so far.

United States

Arkansas 1

Museum · Fouke, ARFouke Monster MartA convenience store with a mini museum of Boggy Creek clippings, track casts and Legend of Boggy Creek photos, plus a big monster statue out front.

California 1

Museum · Willow Creek, CAWillow Creek-China Flat Museum (Bigfoot Collection)A local history museum in the self-styled Bigfoot Capital of the World, with a whole Bigfoot wing of track casts, photos and newspaper clippings.By donation

Colorado 1

Museum · Bailey, COSasquatch OutpostA Bigfoot gift shop with a museum out back: track casts, a pinned map of trusted Colorado sightings and the infamous "Tremendous Turd".About $6 adults, $3 kids

Florida 1

Museum · Ochopee, FLSkunk Ape Research HeadquartersEverglades roadside stop dedicated to Florida's smelly swamp ape, with a gift shop, Skunk Ape lore and a back area of live reptiles and birds.Admission charged for the animal area and tours

Georgia 1

Museum · Cherry Log, GAExpedition: Bigfoot! The Sasquatch MuseumA roadside museum in the north Georgia mountains packed with Bigfoot figures, track casts and sighting reports. The self-guided walk takes about an hour.$8 to $9 adults, $6 kids 5 to 12, under 5 free

Maine 1

Museum · Bangor, MEInternational Cryptozoology MuseumLoren Coleman's famous collection of cryptid casts, replicas and pop-culture oddities. After years at Thompson's Point in Portland it has been moving into a larger home on Broadway in Bangor.$10 adults, $5 kids 12 and under (last posted rates)

Nebraska 1

Museum · Hastings, NEBigfoot Crossroads of AmericaHarriett McFeely, the "Bigfoot Lady", opened this three-building museum in 2018 with skulls, casts and a sightings map that includes Nebraska reports.

New Jersey 1

Museum · Asbury Park, NJParanormal MuseumKathy Kelly runs this Cookman Avenue museum of the strange and hosts the yearly Jersey Devil Festival on the street behind it.

New Mexico 1

Museum · Roswell, NMInternational UFO Museum and Research CenterRoswell's main attraction tells the 1947 crash story with documents, timelines, alien dioramas and a big research library.$7 adults, $4 kids 5 to 15

New York 1

Museum · Pine Bush, NYPine Bush UFO and Paranormal MuseumThe Hudson Valley's UFO town opened this museum in 2021 to tell the story of the area's many sightings, with exhibits on lights, crafts and the paranormal.Admission charged

North Carolina 1

Museum · Littleton, NCCryptozoology and Paranormal MuseumFormer mayor Stephen Barcelo fills this small-town museum with an 8-foot Bigfoot, track casts, UFO material, a haunted doll and a shelf of famous fakes.By donation

Oregon 1

Museum · Boring, ORNorth American Bigfoot CenterCliff Barackman of TV's Finding Bigfoot runs this museum near Mount Hood, packed with footprint casts, field gear and a walk-through history of Sasquatch research.$8 adults

South Carolina 1

Museum · Bishopville, SCSouth Carolina Cotton Museum (Lizard Man exhibit)The town museum in the old train depot keeps a Lizard Man exhibit with plaster casts from the 1988 Scape Ore Swamp sighting and a sign from the original site.

West Virginia 3

Museum · Sutton, WVFlatwoods Monster MuseumBraxton County's visitor centre doubles as a shrine to the 1952 Flatwoods Monster, with early sketches, an original 'Home of the Green Monster' sign and plenty of merch.FreeMuseum · Point Pleasant, WVMothman MuseumThe world's only museum devoted to the red-eyed Mothman, with witness accounts, news clippings from 1966 and 1967 and a pile of Mothman memorabilia. It sits a few steps from the steel Mothman statue and runs tours of the TNT area.Small admission feeMuseum · Sutton, WVWest Virginia Bigfoot MuseumA small family-run museum a few blocks from the Flatwoods Monster Museum, with local footprint casts, a full-size Bigfoot figure and a binder of West Virginia sightings.Free

Canada

British Columbia 1

Museum · Harrison Hot Springs, BCHarrison Visitor Centre and Sasquatch MuseumFree museum in the village where the word Sasquatch was born, from the Sts'ailes Sa:sq'ets. Casts, carvings, a longhouse room and an 8-foot statue for photos.Free

Nova Scotia 1

Museum · Shag Harbour, NSShag Harbour UFO CentreA small seasonal museum on the shore where, in October 1967, witnesses reported a lit object dropping into the sea and the RCMP and navy went looking.

Around the world

Sweden 1

Museum · Östersund, SwedenJamtli: Great Lake Monster exhibitSweden's Storsjön lake monster gets its own exhibit at the Jamtli museum: slide in through the creature's belly, hear witness tapes and see a 19th-century monster trap.

United Kingdom 1

Museum · Drumnadrochit, United KingdomThe Loch Ness CentreThemed rooms walk you through the story of Loch Ness, its famous sightings and its hoaxes, and you can add a sonar cruise on the loch itself.£15 adults online, £18 walk-in
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