Looking for something to take up the time while in Austin. Try the museum of the weird. Nice for families and friends. You will see various items real and up close. From shrunken heads to the ice man, you will enjoy the weird that captivates you. Due to Covid19, you need to make reservations ahead of time. Easy to find from street but limited parking available. ENJOY!

Typical Ripleys Believe it or Not type of museum, we dig these type of places, others may find it gimmicky. For 12 bucks it was a good way to kill an hour! Interesting as artifacts and nice Lon Chaney exhibit!

Out of towners here looking for something weird enough to agree that Austin is indeed a weird city as I have read. This place is the perfect weird! Right down to the owner. He was very friendly and informative. High levels of weirdness here!

Pretty fun museum to kill the better part of an hour. If you’re at least a little curious about the weird and unexplained this will be well worth the twelve bucks. The floor plan takes a minute to get used to. Be sure to catch the mysterious Iceman, probably my favorite part of the museum. Not for the faint of heart or extremely young children, but everyone else should have a good time

Loved visiting this museum! Super cool. If youre in Austin you should check it out. I will not share any photos because thats literally the point of going. Also, ask about a Johnny Depp Thank me later.

I love this place and I love spending time there. It has a bunch of unique things that you can buy. Their museum is although a little small but def worth the price of admission and really friendly staff from beginning to end. Really suggest people that are visiting Austin visit this place out. You won’t be disappointed especially if you’re Into this kinda of thing.

My inner child insisted that I go inside the door. (Dont pass it by or you may regret being an adult.) Feed your curiosity.Im still delighted by the experience.

Definitely weird and kinda creepy. The gift shop has tons of funny novelty gifts. Worth a trip.

Absolutely adorable shop with plenty of stuff to take home! Marks customer service was out of this world! Next time Im in Austin Im absolutely coming back to see what they have stocked to take home!

Just completed the tour. Just ok in my eyes. Old carnival and circus act references and lots of old movie wax people.

It has a great selection of weird and unique things! I wont go into detail, because you really should go and see it, but I will say that there is a ton to see and it makes the cost of admission totally worth it.

Very interesting items. It is worth it

LOVED this museum!! Mark was super cool, and made sure we had a great time!

I love this shop! I love the cute, unique things you can get here thats not part of the norm. We went through their museum, & although its on the smaller side, it was entertaining. Wherever we go to Austin, I like checking this shop out because I like what they sell. Also, SUPER friendly & chill staff everytime we go. :)

Odd things galore. Loved it.

This place was alright, it was cute. Small museum on 6th street for an affordable price to visit. I’ll say you have to go at least once.

I had a great time. They have all types of weird stuff

Pretty wierd and more of a stop and observe and read the details than a large museum, lives up to its name though

Fun but not gonna be a big museum if anyone wondering.

A absolute gem in downtown Austin! Tons of creepy, kooky displays, a fantastic sideshow, a chance to see the iceman! The staff are wonderful, so much fun! A must have experience. PLEASE TIP THE PERFORMERS! They live to entertain!

THIS PLACE WAS AWESOME!!! A co-worker and myself found ourselves in Austin for the night. We grabbed dinner and wanted to do something fun and different. We heard about this place and had our doubts. Those were quickly banished away.We had a freaking blast. The staff was super nice and our guide was very funny. His jokes were what really made the tour. Also the magic show at the end was super fun.They also have a very cool exhibit that I will not spoil so that will be the teaser to get you in there. Super fun and lots of trinkets to buy afterwards.

This was an awesome find in Austin! Jeffrey and the staff were very nice and helpfull!!

Lots of cool (weird) stuff all over this building. Tours take about 30 minutes and you get to see a lot oddities, there is a side show at the end that is pretty cool. Everyone is very polite and the pricing isn’t to crazy. $12 a ticket per adults, $8 for kids, plus a bunch of souvenirs.

Great little tourist attraction hidden among a lot of bars. Everything was fun and unusual.

Pretty cool and fun place to kill 45 mins or so. Believe what YOU want and leave the rest, mean that in a fun positive way. A lot to see. The store front has a lot of cool and funny stuff for sale. I recommend at least stopping in the store. The tour is only $12, worth it.

Not what I expected! But if you like old time monsters and circus freak shows this place is worth it. Also johnny depp was here at some point according to a sign in the museum lol

Decent. There isnt much to see in the actual museum. Just in the initial entrance there is quite a bit on display but its pretty cramped to try to read anything or take pictures. They give you a side show at the end and that made it all worth it!!!

A super cool place!!! Definitely a must see attraction when you visit Austin. The exhibition is strange and unique, the staff are extremely nice and great tour guides. Dont miss the sideshow...

The museum experience is well with it. Try to look at everything, it is easy to miss some really amazing artifacts.

Not as good as i was hoping jt would be. Maybe with a tour guide jts a better experience but walking through on your own is great cause you have more time to read but some displays dont have any information.

Nothing super weird about it, but enjoyable nonetheless. I took my 9 year old daughter and she said the best part was the special show at the end. I agreed. It is a small museum in the back of a gift shop and I personally think the admission is too high for what you get. This is best for kids and those who dont generally know about weird and unusual things or oddities (like me).

Told me we couldnt come in unless my 1 year old was wearing a mask, even though its CDC guidelines to not put masks on children under 2. And when we told him we were leaving he followed us out to suggest we just throw a blanket over my childs head.

What a fun spooky small gem to visit! It was full of surprised corners and a special show! Our 3 years old had so much fun. He learned so much about ghosts and scary creatures.

This is a really fun stop. It is pretty small and short though. The best part is the stunt man. They tried to cram a lot of stuff in a small space so its a little difficult to get around. The wax museum part only has a few characters.

This place was super cool. Its small but has lots to keep your mind busy. Make sure you stay till the end and watch the side show. And take some cash as the performers are payed by tips and are so worth it. My kids age 10 and 14 loved it. I was not disappointed whatsoever. We will return again.

Fun and definitely weird place!

Super fun. An eclectic collection of oddities. Some taxidermy of mutant farm animals, neat wax statues from movies and such, and a fun side show. Guy with a three legged dog gave us a great show. We were lucky to have him as a guide too. We got some stuff from the store front. Worth checking out in smaller groups.

Absolutely worth the price of admission. Especially if you like this kind of thing. I loved it. Though its not particularly handicap accessible. Lots of stairs and uneven floors.

Some very cool artifacts but a bit pricey. The sideshow was pure cheese but the waxworks were cool. The gift shop was pricey too for what they had. We did enjoy browsing and reading about the artifacts on display.

Great to past the time, neat gift shop. Great props and real life artifacts. Employees are friendly and helpful

Small but fun museum. Friendly staff.

Confusing entrance, we went at 11 am when it says they were open but they werent...all the other shops and bars on this street were boarded up. We arent sure if its because of the rioting or because these businesses are shut down due to COVID

Spectacularly strange and mesmerising. The layout is like a Russian nesting doll with more to see around every corner. The staff were very friendly and knowledgeable. Museum of the Weird was a delightful stop on our Austin trip.

Boasting to be one of the last dime carnival attractions left, it housed a couple well know oddities, and a lot of wax figures of horror icons from the 1920s. Audrey 2 greets you at the door, and a tour guide with a lot of passion shows you around. Of oddities is your jam and you are in Austin go!

Very cool place. Lots of stuff to read on the walls

The staff was super friendly, the tour guides for the museum part were really nice and liked telling jokes and this place is kid friendly. So all in all had a great time and enjoyed it a lot.

The person who did our tour was awesome! He was super into his job you could tell! Btw he works voluntarily so make sure to tip him for his performance :) thank you

Weird enough to be interesting. Its a pretty funny place for sure

Place was small but very interesting. Very Austin vibe. My girlfriend and I enjoyed it very much. Stay for the show and get a poster.

All kindsa cool. You can find great souvenirs here. I still need to do the tour.

Very cool if youre into side show stuff and old horror movie vibes. Lots of taxidermy animals with multiple heads, old artifacts, and ghost stories from around Austin. You can knock it out in about an hour easily, and theres tons of cool restaurants and bars in the area for other stuff to do. Bring cash, the short performance at the end is paid by tips and the staff is very enthusiastic and fun to follow.

Keeping Austin Weird! This place was so interesting and WEIRD (In the best way possible) I visited on a quiet Tuesday and was 1 of 3 people on tour. I was able to really take time and admire the display pieces. Every time I turned around something grabbed my attention. Everything from Hollywood Movie Memorabilia to 3,000 Year Old Mummy. A curious collection of oddities and a secret famous artifact featured on Unsolved Mysteries...(Cant tell you...) Wax Museum you need a secret code to enter (Cant tell you Secret Code) . Sideshow Performance with 6 rotating acts throughout the week. Fun, Different, Interesting and Spooky. My kinda good time!

Had a good time except for one very rude tour guide. Who didnt do much guiding. Everyone else was awesome

I LOVED IT! The people were amazing and so nice. The things that were displayed for us to see were really cool and interesting. My favorite part of it was when we went to see the little side show. He was funny and really cool, what he did was really cool. I HIGHLY recommend this place.

Super fun place to visit and see out of the ordinary

Some pretty interesting things.

A really cool little museum with quite a few interesting displays. Youll see quite a few familiar creatures and things from all your favorite past time movies and lores. Youll also get to see a little sideshow at the end of the tour as well.

Its a very fun way to spend an hour. They are able to stagger appointment times so that you have a socially distanced tour and we had the museum to ourselves

We were torn between a 3 star and a 4 star. If youre a freaky monster movie geek, this is the place for ya. Weird is a good name.

The Museum was one of my favorite visits in Austin. If you have never been to a dime museum then this is definitely something you want to experience. The entrance is first a gift shop with products that are hilarious and some that can be considered a little creepy. The best part is definitely the tour which is $12. You learn a lot about the history and the weird things that they have. The show they have changes so its always worth a visit because they are great. Its definetly a must if you are a tourist.

Fun quirky spot to view the weird and wacky on 6th Street in downtown Austin. We had fun visiting the museum, and then going on a tour guide, experiencing a side show, and then viewing the caveman in ice. Historical and comical. I think that sums it up. Not too bad for the price. The staff were nice and very into the theme which was awesome. Parking is on the street. Plan for about 45 minutes to an hour. The gift shop also has some cool finds.

Such a fun and weird Museum.It is open late too which was great for us.The freak show preformed by Dan was worth it. He and Dapper were so much fun to watch.

I love this place. Very unique finds on the coolest street in Austin. Staff are friendly and helpful and eager to help bring out your inner-weirdness. Very fun and very cool !

Ok.... so it’s weird but what were you expecting? The guide was very friendly and although the place is quite small we were led around to different rooms and talked through what they had on display. One part I wasn’t expecting was the sideshow act (I probably just missed the sign) and while that isn’t really my cup of tea you couldn’t fault his enthusiasm or his performance. So if that’s up your street this would be an excellent place to visit.

Really fun experience!

Definitely worth a visit. We took our toddler daughter with us and she enjoyed it too. There are some areas that you have to be really careful with young ones though to make sure theyre not getting handsy with displays.

My boyfriend & I came here and wow what a great way to start our, “ keep Austin weird” journey! We decided to take the tour and it was only like $13 a piece. This included admission to the museum, a tour, and a little show at the end. The museum itself is not very long but it is packed with odd stuff I won’t spoil! Then we were taken by the tour guide and his adorable 3-legged dog. We walked the building and he told/showed us a lot of interesting things ( that I won’t spoil either) and we ended with a fun show with a lot of surprises that might make you squeal! He was an awesome tour guide, super funny and made our tour great. Also had a cute dog! He accepts tips at the end via cash, Venmo, etc in case you don’t have cash on hand.Side note: I was scrolling through some reviews, many of the bad ones seem to be bad because they didn’t know what to expect so here are some tips for people wanting to goIf you go take the tour, the first part is a little area not very big of “freak show” type stuff like 2 headed animals and whatnot, then the tour guide will come and take you around the building to the Minnesota ice man, then to a room with wax figures of characters such as Frankenstein and a good photo opp with King Kong, then you will see the tour guides show. It is very entertaining, some may find it “gross” or too eclectic, if you do not like it or find any part of this, “satanic” or that your children cried and you found it offending then I suggest you grow a backbone.

Fun place. Nice people. A great place for B horror movie fans!

The museum was interesting and has oddities worth checking out. Be sure to take your time in the first exhibit area. The workers are incredible and have loads of information and facts and are fantastic performers. Parts are a little dated but this is Austin and it fits the vibe well. Our daughters were a bit creeped out at first but Josh put them at ease and let them know nothing was going to scare them and they rocked it. Dan had a great little performance and was very personable.

What can I say about this place other then its weird. If you are hanging on 6th st, you should definitely check this place out. Its $12 to get in but I guess thats a small price to pay to keep this cool place going. Not a ton of stuff to see, but enough to creep you out a bit.

Absolutely worth doing!! Very friendly staff and performers. The whole museum is lined wall to wall with something unique. An impressive collection of the weird!

Such a cool place. Like a hidden must see experience

Great place to visit id your in Austin Texas, lots of cool and weird things on display

Interesting place, we thought it was a bit costly at first, but it included a tour and a show at the end which made it an explicitly better deal. I would say they need more order and would have gotten 5 stars from me if there was.We got there and were told that our ticket came with a tour if we wanted and with no more explanation than that other than to motion towards the entrance of the museum. She was very nice, but it would have helped to explain that we would need to walk down to the end of the walkway where it is chained off and wait in line until they were ready to start the tour.It would have also been informative if they let us know that the tours happen every 20 + minutes and that they cut off at 18-20 people max per tour. It would also behoove them to inform us that there was an extremely worthwhile performance at the end and perhaps let us know we could tip that performer if we chose to. Just the mention of the tip may have helped the performer out some.NOTE TO ESTABLISHMENT: I would recommend a script that can be pasted at the cashier desk that could be read to quickly inform those interested in purchasing tickets. It would also, help if they had something to read explaining all this where people entering could see. If the show at the end is a staple of the tour, it should be advertised infront and in the entrance. The show is a quality act that could draw more people in. Just my thoughts anyway!

Fun in a campy way. Most fun is the tour guide, who really puts the Weird in Museum of the Weird. Good if you have an hour to kill and $12 burning a hole in your pocket.

The price was a little high for the amount of items/attractions. The gift shop area has some great stuff. My kids loved the freak show, I felt the quarters where it’s held to be a bit small, which made it uncomfortably awkward.

Is weird but cool!

Really small museum, it was like a store with wax statues displayed. Those wax figures was realistic, nice, and you also can read some thrilling stories about it. But other than that, the show was circuit-like, so dont expect too much about this. There was no haunted doll though

So funny and cheesy at the same time!! Would highly recommend. Lol.

Pretty cool place. My mother and I went. We both enjoyed it. We especially liked the gift shop.

Interesting place to check out. Visited a similar place in Portland, OR. But this place offers a performer who does a little side show act. I thought it was worth a visit. My family did not care so much for it, but they so are more squeamish than I am.

Somewhat interesting place,not what I was expecting.

Totally awesome place great souvenirs museum is so cool very interesting. Got some great pics

Fun place for unique curiosities. My kids saw it on TV Mysteries at the Museum and HAD to see it in person. We have it on good authority that they will be growing over the next four to eight weeks and we look forward to a return visit in the future!

Awesome place they truly care bout there items

Great place to go for strange oddities.

Its a tiny place more like a hole in the wall not worth the 12 dollar admission fee

Great attraction for tourists and quite reasonable entry fee.Quite small but at the same time, there is lots to see and read which I think would be interesting to anybody.If you go in the evening the street (sixth) lights up and there us lots of bars and live music to enjoy after.

Nice staff and cool and weird stuff. I went the other day with my boyfriend and we both enjoyed it. It is a little creepy but still very neat. It’s a pretty small museum but I think it’s well priced for the stuff they have there. If you’re into weird and creepy things, definitely take a trip to this place, you won’t regret it.

Cool local museum. Interesting and fun for family.

Pretty cool. Buy a tee shirt.

Very wholesome experience. Cute and fun! Austin was a great tour guide, gotta have respect for someone who can commit to their jokes #daddygoals

Rather small for the price they charge. Nothing too interesting unless you like movie props. But the staff is really friendly.

Absolutely wonderful! Everything we couldve hoped for!

Absolutely amazing! Staff was nice, and make the experience fun and interactive. For parents whom have kids under the age of 5, I do not recommend. This is not for the faint of heart, as I yelped twice during the mini tour. For parents traveling to experience the weirdest things in Austin, THIS is the place to be. Make sure to bring money as the gift shop is as cool as the museum itself. But overall, I would definitely consider this a family friendly place, considering they could handle my party of 6. With an excellent experience, I would definitely recommend this tourist destination.

Highlight of our trip. Loved the sideshow and the three legged dog. More at this place than I expected.

Reminded me of Thrillvania. Just a fun sideshow.

Its definitely weird. Didnt expect the sideshow that happened but I guess I didnt know what to expect in the first place! Worth the $12 fee for mid-day entertainment. The Program Director there was talking about how theyre starting walking tours...Id be interested in going on one of those too!

The is a throwback to the old days of sideshow. And, it was wonderful. My wife and I had an amazing time and it was a highlight of our Austin experience. It is quirky, weird and absolutely wonderful. Our guide was stellar, although his name escapes me. Dan and Dapper put on one heck of a show. Take the stick out of your keister, sit back, relax and enjoy.

Odd little tourist attraction. Staff was super friendly, and pointed out a number of items easily overlooked in the packed space. Sideshow was brief but entertaining. Gift shop had interesting items as well. Highly recommended for those into curiosities.