This review is on both Pullman Yards as well as the Serial Killer exhibit housed there. Here's…read moreeverything you need to know...
The Venue. Pullman Yards is a collection of large warehouses that hold exhibits. When I was there (June 2026) there were two exhibits - the Serial Killer tour and a space exhibit. There's also a Brick and Mortar restaurant and a few little kiosks that sell stuff. There also appears to be a tent where other pop up events could take place. There's not much additional seating other than a few wooden benches.
The Parking. $7 per hour in the Pullman Yards lot. You have to pay using a QR code. The lot is conveniently located (gravel) and they really pack the cars in. Apparently, they will ticket if you let your time run out so be sure to set an alarm on your phone to extend time if necessary.
The Serial Killer Exhibit. The exhibit is comprised of 40 small rooms that you flow through and are divided up into different categories (female killers, American serial killers, investigative techniques, serial killers that killed in pairs, etc.). Each little room has between 1 - 8 different exhibits that give you basic information on the serial killer (some are famous like Ted Bundy and Son of Sam, while others are more obscure killers in other countries). The infromation if quite basic and you could get as much info from a google search (if you knew what to search for). Some of the exhibits have actual artifacts from the crime scene (although there are very few of those-- most have juror certifications from the killers' trials, drawings or letters written by the killers, etc. instead. There are a lot of exhibits that are not actual artifacts but items similar to something -- for example, "Here's a saw similar to the one Jeffrey Dahmer used to dismember his victims" or just mannequins dressed to like the killer.
As someone who is pretty well versed in the topic of serial killers with a MCJ in Criminology, I was disappointed to see that most of the information of investigative techiniques and the studies on the differences between male and female serial killers and typologies was grossly oversimplified. If you don't know much about typologies and psychological aspects of serial killing, you might enjoy it as it is an okay entree into the subject.
I was definitely disappointed in how dark it was inside. I get that it makes it spooky, but because the posters are glossy and there's downlighting on them, the glare made them difficult to read. Some of the exhibits have QR codes that allow you to listen to the information, but you do need to bring headphones (which was not mentioned on the ticket at all) or you can hold your phone to your ear and try to listen to it.
Also, many of the letters and such written by the killers that are under glass are too far away to be able to actually read which was disappointing.
There is one room that is pretty disturbing which covers sexual sadism and could be too graphic for some viewers.
Overall, however, there were not a lot of crime scene photos or other photos that haven't already been published if you did a deeper dive.
There are bathrooms inside the exhibit, in room 6, but if you go past that, you have to wind back around for awhile to get back to them. Photography is allowed but no flash photography and you can't use the light on your phone to help you read any of the posters.
If you want to read and take at least five minutes at every exhibit, it would take you about 2.5 - 3 hours to get through the entire thing. I read about half to 3/4 the exhibits (and did not play the game in the interactive room) and it took me about 2 hours to go through the entire thing. It can also get somewhat crowded so you might have to wait to get close enough to an exhibit to see it.
Do not get there early. They do not let you in before the start time on your ticket.
There are a few places to stop and sit in various rooms but not many. I do think if you're someone who is mobility impaired, they would probably be fine but you do have to do considerable walking given there are 40 distinct rooms and over 150 exhibits.
At the end, there's a merch shop with shot glasses, coffee mugs, towels, books, etc. but it's pretty basic, overpriced stuff and it's mostly just the logo of the exhibit.
Honestly, it's dark. Not just in the sense that all the exhibits are so poorly lit you can barely read them, but the content is as well. It's just a lot of information about torture and murder that in the span of two hours, it kind of becomes overload. At least it did for me and I'm someone who falls asleep to ID Discovery murder shows most nights.
Some of it felt exploitational and salacious even though there's a wall at the end that shows pictures of some of the victims-- it kind of felt like an afterthought.
I thought I'd like it more than I did, but I left feeling a little yucky and I didn't learn anything that I didn't already know (except for killers in other countries).
