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Museum of the Weird
Museum of the Weird is a museum in Austin, TX, part of the Austin guide. Cost: under $25.
412 E 6th St · Austin, TX
Why you should go…
Museum of the Weird is a dime museum on Austin's Sixth Street that has displayed oddities and curiosities for over 20 years, located inside Lucky Lizard Curios and Gifts. Exhibits include mummies, shrunken heads, and paranormal themed displays about UFOs and Bigfoot, along with the museum's well known Creature in Ice. It continues the sideshow museum tradition popularized by P.T. Barnum.
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