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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Weekend Road Trip: National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Today we visit the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which is home to 10,000 bobbleheads inspired by sports, pop culture, politics, and even some niche viral Internet moments. Some even date back hundreds of years. This episode is part of our Weekend Road Trip Series, where we bring you stories of the strange, incredible, and wondrous places right here in the United States, that you can see from the road. This series was produced in partnership with T-Mobile. Check out the museum online and note that they do accept suggestions for new bobbleheads!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today's special episode of Atlas Obscura was made possible by T-Mobile.

0:05.3

There's something different about being connected in the places you least expect.

0:09.9

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0:20.6

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0:22.7

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0:28.8

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0:35.7

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0:38.7

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0:44.1

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0:51.3

Today, we're visiting a museum.

0:53.4

It's at the top of a flight of stairs. And when you get there, you might have the feeling that you are being watched.

0:59.6

All around you are thousands and thousands of tiny pairs of eyes.

1:03.9

And some of them are even nodding up and down.

1:07.9

You're just surrounded by bobbleheads.

1:10.2

This is the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame

1:13.0

and Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It's home to more than 10,000 bobbleheads. We get a lot of

1:19.6

wows and, oh my gosh. It was started by two sports super fans. And as you can imagine, they have

1:26.3

bobbleheads from just about every team you can

1:29.3

think of. But the collection has more than that. And some of the items in their collection will actually

1:36.2

surprise you. Most people think of sports when they think of bobbleheads, but it really covers

1:41.0

everything from pop culture to politics. and they date back, you know,

1:46.5

even to the 1800s, 1700s.

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