If I could bottle the feeling of being a weird little kid who just wandered into something magical, Museum of the Weird would be it. This place might honestly be my favorite spot I've ever visited. I love oddities, and they are surprisingly hard to find all together like this. Walking through here felt like running away to the circus in the best way. Every room has something that makes you stop and stare. Shrunken heads, two-headed specimens, medical oddities, freak show history, UFO lore, Movie props and replicas! and so much more. I appreciated that it felt more like a cabinet of curiosities than a haunted house vibe. The exhibits are thoughtfully laid out, and there's a genuine feeling of love for weird history here. It doesn't feel cheesy. You can take your time, read signs, and really soak it all in if you want, or just wander around wide eyed and delighted like me. If you're into oddities, curiosities, circus history, strange science, or just being a little weird inside, this place is an absolute must while you're downtown. I left smiling and already wanting to go back. Honestly, if this is your thing at all, you'll get it immediately. One small but important thing to note, especially for the rest of my disabled community: there is no bathroom on site. While they do let you leave and come back if needed, that still means stepping out and trying to find a restroom on a very busy downtown Austin street. It was honestly really stressful and upsetting for me. However...that didn't ruin the experience for me because I love it so much, but it's definitely something to be aware of and the only reason this lands at 4 stars instead of 5. read more

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If you like fun, kitschy spots like Ripley's Believe It Or Not or Wax Museums, you'll enjoy the Museum of the Weird. Weird vibes on 10! Currently, adults are $13 and kids under 8 are $9. We were warmly greeted when we walked into this cute shop packed full of trinkets. So much to look at and I wanted to buy it all! The couple behind the desk was very friendly & conversational, seemed like a nice pair! The museum itself isn't too big but it's chocked full of exhibits and explanations. I love Fortean fascinating museums so if you too like the strange & unexplained, you'll enjoy this. They also have a small wax museum section with some classic movie monsters. Plus they encourage photos here, so ya know this yelp girlie loved that! I had fun here and it'll take you less than an hour to go through. Cute spot to pop into on 6th Street! Keep Austin Weird, y'all! read more

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3.5/5. This is funky little stop if you're over in that area already. It's mostly a recap of everything weird that you've probably encountered over the years if you love weird things (which you probably do if you're here). Net/net: worth a quick stop if you have the time! read more

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Museum of the Weird located on Dirty Six has an entrance fee of $12.99 and for that you get to see all sorts of magically whimsical things. What you may ask? Well, sit back and let me tell you. This place is all sorts of things wrapped into one. Wax figures, creepy exhibits, movie props, collectibles, antiques, all of the oddities variety. It's like a cheesy collection of horror monsters made of wax, carnival, animal, and then some. Three floors of exploration that can really make it worth the entrance fee. Of course there's a gift shop with equally whacky, cool, and maybe endearing items. Check it out & decide what you think. read more

I have been wanting to visit since a movie producer friend of mine had recommended years ago. Finally got a chance to come down and visit. And boy did it not disappoint. This is essentially a robust horror/dust bowl era carnival sideshow in three parts spread across three floors. You have freakshow oddities spread across two floors also with large themed dens, Cryptozoology mixed in. You also have an enchanting, thrilling wax museum with the most amazing recreations of the most iconic legends of classic horror. You even have Bub from Day of the Dead and a Xenomorph bidding you well at the end of your journey. There are also two gift shops choc full of shirts, hot sauces, cuts of 35 mm film prints, books, candies and other items you should buy. In the upstairs gift shop I met a very nice man named Mark who was reading a Alejandro Jodorowsky book. Being a lifelong Jodorowsky fan myself we had some quality conversations that I enjoyed. The two girls downstairs were really nice as well. Very welcoming. In short, if you're into old carnival sideshows, oddities, Cryptids and horror you cannot miss this place. My only complaint about it is that it's not an 100 acre theme park. If I ever get wealthy, I will build a theme park honoring an era long gone but not forgotten. With upmost sincerity, I thank and appreciate the curators of this amazing museum. Check the Museum of the Weird now and please support by purchasing some merchandise. read more

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​"This isn't a place for a casual Sunday stroll; it's a place for the curious, the macabre, and those who find beauty in the unconventional." ​If you have a strong stomach and a love for the unexplained, this is a must-visit. If you're looking for a place to take a toddler who likes to touch everything... maybe stick to the zoo. read more

3.5 stars pretty small place but for just $12 if you take your time and read everything it's a cool little stop read more

Museum of the Weird - Museums Near Me - Austin, Texas

If you have a couple hours to kill, this is a fun place to spend some time. Just like all these types of museums (ex: Ripley's) the exhibits are a bit cheesy and the stories are at minimum, grossly exaggerated. But still, it's fun. Everyone in the front was very nice and helpful. After that you go through the floors on your own little adventure. Sometimes it gets a bit crowded. At the end, they have wax figures that make for fun selfies. The tickets were also cheap so that's nice too. read more

Had fun visiting the various displays, life size figures that are located upstairs and downstairs. read more

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We love places like this so of course we had to go. Had fun walking around with our 6 year old. Nothing scary just cool looking. Was a nice way to kill some time before we went to dinner. read more

Fun museum of weird stuff, just like the name of the place! What I did not know was that Johnny Depp lived in this building while filming What's Eating Gilbert Grape, which was the coolest part for me! We went on a Monday without reservations and it was fine, but they do also take reservations. I enjoyed it. read more

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Basically a cross between every Barnum & Bailey Freak exhibit and Wax Dummies of all the Universal Monsters. Nice little place to visit, though it is small. Don't expect anything too grand, but it's a nice little distraction for 30-60 minutes, and lots of opportunities for good pictures. Kids will burn through it in about 30 minutes, most likely. If you're interested in this kind of stuff, take your time and read all the exhibit information. A couple blocks away is the Texas Toy Museum & Arcade, also worth a visit. read more

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It was amazingly weird and had a great Austin original feel vibe. If you are expecting some holy moly out of this world experience don't expect it. That being said, if you want a unique experience that is totally different and fun with one or two besties, this was a fantastic time. read more

Museum of the Weird - Museums Near Me - Austin, Texas

It is a must see while in Austin, Texas! So much to see and learn about. The employees were very nice and knowledgeable about the displays. Bring a camera because there is so much to see, remember and photo keepsakes! Highly recommended!! read more

Definitely weird! We bought our tickets in advance on their website but it's just as easy to pay in person. The two ladies working were so welcoming and nice. There are 3 floors of unique exhibits that were creepy and interesting. The location is perfect because it adds to the unsettling atmosphere. I won't lie I was scared when I walked in but don't fret nothing will come alive and touch you (hopefully). Saw a lot of things I had never seen before and the gift shop has a good assortment of things. I would come again! A hidden gem that I would definitely recommend to those visiting Austin. read more

Museum of the Weird - Museums Near Me - Austin, Texas

Austin, TX-I loved museum of the weird! although it may be in a place where there is... uh, how do I say this... people who need help around it, the attraction was amazing itself! its not too scary or overrated for children, but also great for the adults. Don't have a regret about going there. in the end when you're done with walking around the silly things, there is a gift shop-with silly things! they are miniature-like. much appreciated. read more

A really interesting museum with some unique and fascinating historic items, like Pancho Villa's trigger finger and many old Hollywood horror movie props. Definitely worth checking in and seeing what's in store. The building itself is about 150 years old and is interesting in of itself. read more

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20 Oct 2023 Let's just put it out there - it's really cheesy. $12.99 per adult. The bright spot was that a bottle of water was only $2.00. They have reproductions of various 'scary' and 'weird' stuff. A fairly decent 'thing' frozen in the snow like in the original 1950s movie, 'The Thing from another World'. The better part of the museum is the small wax museum. You are told not to touch anything here, except for King Kong. You can take pictures with him. You can take pics of anything you want, just don't touch. There is a gift shop that offers the usual jewelry trinkets and books. The psychic was unavailable while we were there. It might be worth a stop to you. read more

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Definitely creepy. Tickets are $12 and available online. Located on 6th street, this is a three story museum of the strangest things around. I definitely was creeped out. First floor is the weirdest. read more

Honestly for the price of entry they should provide customers a place to sit. Took 30 mins to tour it and the price plus parking was about $50. Id say pass on this unless you have nothing better to do. Cool alien statue at the end though. read more

Museum of the Weird - Alien - Museums Near Me - Austin, Texas

This is a fun, quirky place and good to do with kids. It's not too expensive and will keep you interested for about 30-60 minutes. I don't think I made any life-long memories here, but overall we enjoyed our visit. read more

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Museum of the weird.. what do I say about this place that costs about $25 for two adults on the weirdest self-guided tour where all things Hollywood, mystical, beyond siamese bizarre recreations.. it's definitely a walk through the Yeti village without giants walking amongst us, but hovering in ever so plastic and wax. I stupidly didn't take my phone into this place, to get the full effect from the drive over, passing by the harsh part of Austin with rags betwixt the cracks of sticky sidewalks. Something tells me this tour is better virtual than up close and personal. It's a place that a smell is the souvenir you take with you. Nothing you can ever buy could recreate that type of admiration crossed with suppressed claustrophobia manifestation walking into a nightmarish school maze musk. Say that with a handful of peanuts. I expect Halloween to be more proper for a visit such as this. After having seen the wax museum, I don't know what I expected. read more

3 story museum full of weird oddities and movie memorabilia. It being 3 stories means they have stairs so, be warned. There's 2 gift shops within the museum full of goofy, odd things. I loved all the information featured on every display so get all the facts. Worth a visit! read more

Museum of the Weird - Movie prop from Gremlins. - Museums Near Me - Austin, Texas

Okay so this place isn't for everyone (Not even for me) - but I know people who went and loved it! Here's what I can say so your expectations aren't so high! 1- the place is pretty small. If you aren't invested in truly taking your time and looking at and reading all the little things... you will fly through this. 2- it's truly weird stuff, some stuff is just too weird to even think it is interesting. 3- it is self guided (great) and includes stairs throughout the levels in case anyone in your party isn't a fan of stairs or small spaces. 4- the wax museum part of the exhibit isn't very excompassing nor as exciting as you want it to be 5- coolest part for me was the ice creature video (never heard of this before but I loved it) I went once... I won't go back. read more

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The museum of weird was weird! It was cool to see so many different things and how they managed to utilize all the space in this attraction. My favorite part was the guy at the top of the stairs doing his acting before going into the wax museum! I believe his name is Jeffrey! Put that man on a TV show! He was having a blast with his job. There's some unique finds for sure so take your time! We spent about 45 minutes here and paid about $12 a person. read more

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Had some family in town and was looking for something different to do. This was perfect! Not too scary for little kids, but still interesting for adults. Definitely worth checking out! read more

Museum of the Weird - Kiddos and family friends before the tour....lol - Museums Near Me - Austin, Texas

The place was a hodge podge of conspiracy theories and weird off the beaten path things that happened in America. It is a great concept but they just need to Keep updating their information. Also things were dusty and dirty. They just need to clean the place up and update their ideas. read more

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Worth $12.99 for a ticket. Some of the stuff is cheesy, but a lot of it was cool and interesting to look at. My favorite area was the third level, the wax museum of old horror movie monsters. I saw there was a fortune teller sign, but it was closed. Having that option, even at an additional price, would've been awesome and fit the ambiance well. There are two gift shops, but they pretty much sell the same things. Some cool gifts there, my particular favorite being film from classic movies. A neat place to check out before or after dinner, or when just hanging out in Austin. The employees were friendly. Depending on how much you read everything, the museum can be completed in 45 - 90 minutes. read more

Museum of the Weird - King Kong - Museums Near Me - Austin, Texas

I loved the Museum of the Weird. Museums are kinda my thing, especially when visiting new cities. My husband actually found this place, so we walked over from our hotel with some friends to check it out. Plenty of unique oddities to see at MOTW. My favorite weird thing was Audrey 2 from Little Shop of Horrors. She's right in the front window and we actually missed her when we walked in. Also, one of the upstairs rooms was formerly the kitchen that Johnny Depp used while he was in Austin filming What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Neat! I enjoyed the animatronic Gremlin from the movie 'Gremlins' and the wax museum (King Kong, Dracula, etc.) and 'Ice Man' who gets his own room. Two gift shops are available, no elevator, stairs, and uneven floors. Not a museum for someone with mobility issues. Tickets are $12/per person. Absolutely check this place out if you're in Austin. If you like Ripley's Believe-it-or-Not, this is a great alternative. We did visit on a Saturday afternoon, so the museum was really, really packed. Overcrowded in my opinion. So overcrowded that you had to shuffle through everything without really getting to read about what's what in an effort to get people past you. I feel like the museum has enough business that they could implement some sort of ticketing policy. Like 25 people every hour. At least on peak days. Yes, their website encourages visiting during the week if you have a flexible schedule, but I think an advance ticketing option would work well here. Also, there is only one way in/out. Not sure what we all would have done had there been a fire. 4/5 stars because of the overcrowding. The museum could really benefit from an updated website and Facebook page. It looks like both were last updated at the end of 2020. I feel like they could find an Austin college kid to do this who may want some marketing experience. While they're updating the website and social media, add the online ticketing option. Very friendly staff who clearly love their jobs. read more

I have seen a lot of mixed reviews about this museum but the reviews that were food, bad, and indifferent led me to visiting. First it's located on historic 6th street so once you're there you can eat, drink, listen to live music anytime of the day, buy souvenirs, etc. Now back to the museum. I enjoyed it. It's a good place to visit alone, with friends, and defiantly with your kids. It's not super big and you can go through it in an hour or less if you want. I highly recommend visiting during the week, less crowds will give you more time to squeeze through tights spaces in the museum. The exhibits rather real or not were fun to read about or just to see id you do not have the patience for reading a lot of tiny writing. And the customer service here was good and helpful. When I'm back in Austin I would take my family and friends. read more

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Small little shop with weird and interesting thingd. There's about 3 different sections to walk around. Definitely bigger than I thought. They have weird cool stuff from shrunken heads, mummified stuff to cool old movie props and statues. They have 2 gift shops that sell some cool things as well. The tour is pretty fast if you're just looking otherwise, there are a lot of reading materials. If you're ever in the area and want to checkout something different, please stop by and check these guys out. The staff are friendly and I don't know where you would park since it's located in the downtown area. My family and I walked around the city so we stumbled upon this place. read more

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Just as odd, kitschy, unbelievable, and fun as you'd imagine. Make sure you watch the Unsolved Mysteries clip in the frozen creature exhibit - how DID Stack keep a straight face when delivering his lines! Plenty of photo ops, and the gift store (Lizards) is fun. read more

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Excellent. Big foot. Freak shows. King Kong. Vincent price. They're all here. We had a great time.

My daughter wanted to visit the museum as part of her birthday week. It's full of unique items and will probably take about 2 hours to get through. Overall we thought it was ok, not sure if we would go again though but if you are interested in weird stuff then you will like it. read more

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Looked like a lot of replicas of weird stuff seen in books. Overpriced. Took no time at all to go through the museum. Not recommended.

This museum says it all.. and keeps the motto of Austin. Keep Austin Weird! You see wax figures and collections of all the earths weirdest movie and real creatures! Cool experience I shall say. The admission is $12 to support the local business. For parking you want to avoid parking on 6th street but you can park by the near by parking garages. read more

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If you have absolutely nothing else to do in the middle of the day in Austin or if you needed something to do in-between vacation day drinking, maybe go and check out the Museum of the Weird, maybe. For whatever reason, I thought this place would be more legit and less kitschy. Located on 6th street, surrounded by trash laden streets and day-shuttered dive bars, Museum of the Weird calls to those who wish to see her wears. The museum covers three, very small floors and offers many oddities and attractions. When looking at the oddities, there is always this hope that they are real, that they are a piece of history, of a time where mystery and lore still existed but deep down you know they are fakes and were most likely used to get money out of unsuspecting tourists back in the day, not unlike the purpose of the museum today. After spending about 45 minutes perusing the oddities, my buzz had worn off and it was about time for me to get out of there. Decided to take a slightly different route than I took when getting there and the run down neighborhood which I had originally walked through seemed to turn to a type of skid row and definitely not a place you would want to walk through let alone take your kids through while on your way to a cheap museum. read more

Okay this was very weird, and I enjoyed walking through but it was very cramped and closed in. I might have gone at a bad time because there were so many people inside it was hard to get through. Tickets are $12.99 each for adults, which isn't bad, and for the price you'll get to see some interesting things. Once you have gone one time you probably won't go again, but it's still a decent place to try. Also they did sell a lot of "Keep Austin Weird" shirts, which was pretty cool! read more

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Museum of the Weird is not for everyone. Think carnival attractions, monsters, urban legends (Bigfoot, Fiji Mermaid and more), and all things spooky and weird. If you're a lover of stories and seeing wacky specimens on display with questionable origins, you'll have fun. There are good photo ops with a massive King Kong structure with great lighting and other wax figurines. What I loved most about this museum was the expansive collection of stories and urban legends. There are historical newspaper clippings, old promotional materials for circuses, advertisements for "Siamese twins" or "fattest person" or "elephant man" etc. I loved reading the thoughtful write-ups next to the curios. Whoever put this museum together definitely put their heart into it. It was like wandering through an old school carnival, but with modern commentary in the item descriptions. They also have a very cool gift shop with neat items! I ended up bringing home an apron with mushroom people on it. The museum employees were very friendly, and clearly happy to be there. Highly recommend as a fun detour especially if you're traveling in the summer and need a break from that scorching Texas sun. read more

This place is more of a cheap way to kill some time downtown and it will make you laugh and get your brain firing. The exhibits are fun, silly, and supernatural! You could spend hours reading all the information or you could breeze through in 15-30min. The building itself is neat, narrow passages filled with amazing items that will surprise and delight you. There is a courtyard that opens into the wax museum and other exhibits. You can take as many photos as you like! read more

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