Austinians fighting to “Keep Austin Weird” have legions of outposts throughout the city. The Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata is one of the quirkiest! Located in the house occupied by a husband-wife team, the Museum of Ephemerata is dedicated to the oddness of the human desire to collect things, as demonstrated in their “impermanent collection.” The collection has five categories: urban phantasmagoria, the celebrity collection, the snowglobe collection, and what the owners have dubbed “an entire wig collection dedicated to sleep.” The museum also hosts events. But in the spirit of the venue, they’re quite atypical: less along the lines of barbecues and blues bands than of seances, komboucha workshops, and special exhibits of narwhal teeth. All planned events are posted onto the museum’s website, so check there to see what's happening.
Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata
1808 Singleton Avenue
Austin, TX 78702
(512) 320-0566
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