Austin has a variety of great museums of all shapes and sizes. And they all seem to have their own oddball hours. 🤷🏻♂️
It can be hard to plan a museum trip with so many irregular hours floating around, so I’m compiling a quick cheat sheet of some of Austin’s top museums and their hours, with links of course.
👉 I’ll expand and update this over time, but this is a start, focusing on art museums.
| Museum | Hours | Notes |
| The Blanton Museum of Art | Mon: Closed Tues-Fri & Sun: 10am-5pm Sat: 10am-8pm | On the UT campus. Home to Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin. |
| The Contemporary Austin: Jones Center on Congress | Wed, 12—9P Thurs – Sat, 12—6P Advanced tickets encouraged. | Downtown, Congress & 7th. Walking distance to lots of stuff. Free admission all day on Thursdays! |
| The Contemporary Austin: Laguna Gloria | Wed, 9A—3P Thurs, 9A—9P Fri – Sun, 9A—3P | Beautiful campus in West Austin. Free admission all day on Thursdays! |
| Harry Ransom Center | Closed Monday. Tues – Fri: 10am–5pm Sat – Sun: 12pm–5pm | On the UT campus near the drag. Check out the The Gutenberg Bible or the earliest surviving photograph. |
| Elisabet Ney Museum | Wednesday – Sunday 12pm – 5pm Closed: Monday and Tuesday | Hyde Park. Free. Home of the namesake German sculptor. |
| Mexic-Arte Museum | Mon – Thurs 10 AM – 6 PM Fri – Sat 10 AM – 5 PM Sun: noon – 5 PM | Downtown, Congress & 5th. walking distance to lots of stuff. |
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