Museum of the Weird

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.

We visited this while in Austin. Everything was gimmicky and old, the place was pretty dirty, and things were clearly taken care of at a sporadic level.

The most annoying part? Paying for admission tickets while they have NO public bathroom. They claimed it was broken, so we had to walk a few blocks away to use a hotel restroom. You mean to tell me that the employees work a full day in this armpit without ever needing to pee OR running blocks away to pee? No way.

They have a bathroom and they don't want people to use it because they don't want to deal with it.

This is a junk shop that charges you to look at the junk you can't buy.

Also downtown Austin smells like pee and vomit.

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.

I came here with a group of friends and kids from out of town. It is a small cramped space with a gift area when you first walk in. There were a few interesting things to see along the way, but I felt like the whole situation was poorly constructed. It was a tight squeeze to get through the aisles. There were a lot of stairs, so this is not a wheelchair friendly experience. It seemed like they tried to cram as many things as they could into each tiny space. The kids seemed to enjoy seeing some of the weird creatures and some of the movie characters. Overall, I would not come back and I would not recommend for large groups of people.

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.

One of the best Fortean museums I've visited! It's a mix of sideshow carnival, wax museum, and odditorium. It's a small place, but it's packed with interesting displays. Must see if you're in downtown Austin!

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.

Massively overhyped. Sort of intended to be a sideshow but featured plenty that wasn't really related. Sort of a museum but not that great at providing history. Lots of reading page-long descriptions or news articles when alternative was of communicating would make it more pleasant and informative. Fun little gift shop.

1. Small display yet nevertheless the same exhibits/"weirdness" repeated multiple times. For example, the devilfish.

2. No idea what the wax museum has to do with being "weird." Just seemed a tribute to classic horror films, which is cool but far removed from the rest of the theme.

3. Few original items and mostly images or exemplary items. Lots of discussion of things that weren't really "weird." Some wasted opportunities to highlight things like weird animals or weird fruit etc.

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.

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.