Austin, Texas - Museum of the Weird
- Address:
- 412 E. 6th St., Austin, TX [Show Map]
- Directions:
- Lucky Lizard Curios & Gifts.
- Admission:
- $3 Adults, $1 under 12
- Hours:
- M-Sa 12-10 pm, Su 1-5 pm. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 512-476-5493
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Austin, Texas - Museum of the Weird During the month of May, Lucky Lizard Curios & Gifts in downtown Austin is celebrating the grand opening of 6th Street's newest attraction, the Museum of the Weird.
"It is an homage to the dime museums of American culture," curator and Lucky Lizard owner Steve Busti says. Originally introduced to the mass public by P.T. Barnum, dime museums were popular forms of entertainment (and pseudo-education) around the late 19th to early 20th century, and were also the birthplace of the sideshow.
Busti's museum includes such curiosities as a two-headed chicken, shrunken heads, and a fiji mermaid. Admission to see the freakiness is $3 ($1 for children under 12), free admission if you buy a poster. [Steve Busti, 05/15/2007]
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