Outpost: Museum Of The Weird

412 East 6th Street, Austin, Texas

I recently took a weekend trip to Austin, TX to visit family and check out a few sites that I missed on my last few journeys to that wonderful central Texas land. One of the “must-see” places on my list was the Museum Of The Weird, located on 6th Street in downtown Austin. Little did I know that this would be one of the coolest, trippiest places for a guy like me to visit.

I don’t want to share too many photos of this museum, as the point of this post is to encourage you to check out the place for yourself. The entrance to the museum is a gift shop that features all sorts of creepy and cool trinkets, clothing, and souvenirs. After paying at the counter, you get to go on a self-guided tour through three stories of artifacts, relics, informational displays, and a wax museum. Be sure to check every door, latch, handle, and drawer while exploring the museum, you never know what you’ll find!

The first floor of the museum includes a Texas Bigfoot display, mummies, mermaids, and more interesting oddities. Some of the things on display are real artifacts while others are recreations. When entering the second floor, you’ll actually go outside into an interior grotto-like area. Check all of the doors! One will lead you into a display of the Minnesota Ice Man! Another door will lead you into a circus freak/oddities area that once served as Johnny Depp’s kitchen!

The third floor (also accessed from outside) features a wax museum loaded with iconic horror movie monsters from Universal, Hammer Horror, and other studios. Look everywhere! There are tons of monsters on display and some will be above you! Some of my favorites include the Creature From The Black Lagoon, the Wolf Man, and Lon Chaney, Sr. as the Hunchback Of Notre Dame.

I picked up a t-shirt before leaving the museum and left with a ton of memories of one of the coolest places in Austin. You can park curbside in front of the museum or at any of the lots downtown, most of which are walking distance to the museum. I visited on Saturday morning at 10 AM. Parking curbside was free for three hours, so take advantage of that if you get the chance.

Thanks for checking out my post! More Austin posts are coming soon!