Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum

Activity Overview

Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art Museum is a one-of-a-kind attraction in San Antonio, Texas that you're sure to love if you enjoy odd attractions. This unique museum is actually the garage of Barney Smith, a retired plumber in his 90s who started making art on toilet seat lids over 20 years ago. Today, the museum features over 1,000 toilet seats which memorialize anything and everything, from the Corn Palace to Mount St. Helens and the Space Shuttle Challenger. If you have some time to spare while visiting San Antonio, you'll definitely want to stop by and take a tour.

Things to Do

• Take a tour of the museum and view Barney's life passion, creating folk art on toilet seat lids. You're sure to be amazed by the amount of time and artistry involved in this project.
• Watch the highlight video of media appearances that Barney likes to show visitors at the beginning of the tour.
• Bring along a camera so that you can take photographs of your favorite pieces of artwork.

Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art Museum Insider Tips

• Make sure to call ahead so that Barney knows to expect you and can show you around. You can find his contact information and directions to his house here.
• If you're interested in contributing to his project, feel free to bring along a toilet seat lid that he can decorate in the future. If he ends up using it, he'll engrave your name on the back when it's added to the collection.
• Take some time to talk with Barney - he's a friendly, fascinating guy who has plenty of interesting stories that he can share with you.