Museum of Shadows

I REALLY wanted to love this place, as I LOVE all things paranormal, but sadly I was quite disappointed with this place, purely because of the lack of care and attention to detail. But because of how badly really wanted to love this place, I'm going to leave a super long review with points I really think could benefit you guys if you're open to it, and really help make this place flourish!So Each room we went into was just a big empty room, with a million cluttered artifacts lining the perimeter of each room, complete with the same laminated piece of paper typed up on word, accompanying literally every single item. So if someone wanted to read every single piece of paper in here, I have no doubts it would take AT LEAST 34 hours... And it's unfortunate bc they really did have a ton of awesome items with super interesting stories attached, but everytime you walk a couple more feet around the perimeter, you're again overwhelmed with the sheer amount of clutter/things to read. So I'd really recommend to the staff to try and change the layout of this place. Ideally the rooms would be smaller, so that you aren't overwhelmed by a big empty room. Even just some kind of cheap room dividers that simulate a divided up room would work. And the 2nd biggest recommendation I have would be changing up how you present information. At the very least that means just changing the sizes of the captions you have next to items, like making some of the captions in much bigger frames, and maybe keeping some small ones, there just needs to be more of a variety to keep the scene in front of your more interesting. And maybe don't have soo many captions that were excessively long, like you could sum up the item in just a couple sentences, and then save the entire detailed story about the item just for guided tours or something. Lastly- WHY IN THE WORLD DO YOU NOT LET PEOPLE USE THEIR PHONES? Don't you understand every time someone would take a pic of something in your museum and then post it on social media, that's LITERALLY FREE ADVERTISING for you! Trust me, you're only hurting yourself by not letting ppl share pics of their visit here.

I can see why this place has a middle of the road rating. I however felt it was a 4 star, based off my experience. First, it is a bit pricey for what they have going on, but I was curious. General admission is $20 and the UV light upgrade was $30. I opted to go with the basic, but saw someone that got the UV light while I was in the museum and they said that it was not worth it. They do not allow photos to be taken while in the museum and you must show your ID to enter.The museum does a good job setting the mood and is dimly lit. you need a flashlight, that they provide with the general admission, to read the information pages around the museum. The museum is full of doll, clowns, ouija boards that are supposedly possessed of have abnormal activity surrounding it. They are all self report, and I will admit that it was kind of creepy reading the stories of the items.The museum is two levels, the main floor and the basement. I ventured into the basement and it was extra creepy. It was a little darker, I was alone, and you heard the foot seps of the people walking on the main floor. If there was a time to make me a true believer, this was it. I am glad that I did not experience any activity or made a believer anyway. I would have wet my pants. There is an underworld section in the basement, that has a caution and they request you wash your hands with holy water before you enter and after you leave the area. Like I said, I am not sure I believe in that stuff, but they did a great job setting the table. The staff there was very nice and helpful, but this is not a thing that I would do again. It is a unique attraction and I am glad that I was able to do it once. If you do go, I would say to go in with an open mind and except the musesum for what it is. And if you are like me, do you really want to experience some activity there. I would have lost my mind if one of the dolls moved or I heard a child's laughter during my visit.

$20 a ticket for regular admission & $30 for admission with a UV light is a bit steep for the experience.... I think $10-$12 per person would be more reasonable. With that being said, it was a fun, convenient way to burn 45 min while we waited on our dinner reservations the next street over. The staff was very friendly.

It's kind of fun but I have to be honest, it is grotesquely overpriced. Their schtick is that their items are sent to them by different people with the stories already attached to them as to what their haunting, demon, metaphysical nature, energies, backstory, etc. happen to be. They will take these items off of your hands "for free" and then put them on display with the story of said item typed up on a card alongside the item. They do have some items from the Dollar Tree that they claim are hundreds of years old. They do also have some haunted house props that are claimed to be, well, "haunted" including a clown statue and a fake severed arm. This is definitely a tourist trap but they do also have some pretty cool items as well. There are no pictures allowed because people online would pick it apart mercilessly. They give you little flashlights to look at everything with. They keep the whole place dark so you can psych yourself up into believing the stories that they put on the little index cards with the items. I do like the dark setup that they use. I think it's quite clever. They also offer a UV light upgrade for another $10 per person. Don't do it, as it's a waste. They also have another $10 per person you can add to your bill if you would like to take the challenge that they have where you sit in their dark basement for 20 minutes. As I said, it is kind of fun, but it's the kind of fun that tops out at maybe $10 per person. Certainly not $20. And certainly, not $40 for the add-ons. Really, I wouldn't pay probably more than $7 per person to go. We went once and I don't regret it but once was good.

The staff was super sweet! And all the artifacts were intriguing to learn about. The basement feels really uneasy and definitely read the warning before going into Claire's room in the basement. It's was a great experience and I definitely recommend it

This place is the equivalent of an oddities store in your local state without the benefit of being able to purchase anything. Seems the majority of anything and everything has been donated and all the descriptions have the same verbiage. If you want patrons to think it's a descriptions given to you by the person who donated it - don't have the words 'lower realm' on all the descriptions, since no one talks like that. They have a wide array of dolls, oddities, clowns, and various things on the floor below. There's items that have been donated that a child was scared of(Children are scared of a lot of things), a 'homemade head' with plastic vampire teeth and even an orange cone that didn't even have a story other than it was on site during a fatal traffic accident. Interesting to note, that the 'homemade head' with plastic vampire teeth stated it had 'low readings' on the description but is behind a barrier stating all items have a huge connection to the 'lower realm.' How can something have low readings but have a huge connection?$15.00 is probably on the high side for this little museum, especially given the fact you can't take pictures. But that's understandably so, because if the pictures ever made it online - people probably wouldn't go visit - since the only reason you would enter is due to curiosity not because something paranormal is going to happen or come home with you.

The museum design and layout was very underwhelming, artifacts were nailed directly into the wall ( through the artifact!) and all information was posted on plain sheets of laminated printer paper taped to the walls with no thought to presentation. No history or extra context is provided for any of the items- artifacts that are purported to be murder weapons do not list dates, locations, newspaper clippings of the crimes, really any bit of information that would be immersive and expected in an actual museum. Really every item description reads the same vague way throughout the museum. I came in with an open mind looking forward to read about spooky items and strange history, or even fanciful if not particularly true scary stories but the lack of effort in the entire museum destroyed my suspension of disbelief and really did not impress.

If you need to waste time this place is appropriate to visit. They have some creepy stuff. I don't think it's really haunted though. Reason being is if it actually was they would want you to take pics to try and capture orbs. That's what every other haunted place I've ever been to encourages you to do. But if you haven't seen enough creepy dolls and clowns in your life this is a good place to go. I will admit that the preserved human bones and body parts were interesting.

Doll fell over in front of us while we were looking . The glass bumped against wall, scared the hell out of me.

Go see twisty in the clown room he will twist as you talk to him! Basement is super creepy energy especially Clair's room. It's a good time and I definitely recommend!