Touring Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Museum in San Antonio

While "tooling around" on the internet for a museum, I found Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Museum.  This type of attraction is irresistible, so I called and made an appointment with the owner.

Eric, outside Barney Smith's

Museum.

Barney, age 96, leaves his house, walks slowly to the Museum (his garage) and opens the left hand door.  

I put out M & M figures
that signal the Museum
is open for tours.

An Oscar Statue that states,

"Barney Smith, King of the

Commode," sits atop

The Toilet Seat Artist's

Museum sign.

Barney tells us that this
is the oldest Toilet Seat
in his collection, dating
to the1800s.





Slivers, anyone?

Barney points to specific Toilet

Seats with his Bamboo Cane

as he shows Eric around

his Museum.

A retired Master Plumber, Barney started creating themed Toilet Seats in 1964.  He opened his Museum in 1992.

Eric inspects the Volcanic Ash

from Mount Saint Helens

Toilet Seat.

I remember the May 18, 1980 

eruption & its devastation.

Do you remember where you

were when The Challenger

exploded, shortly after takeoff

on January 28, 1986?

I was home with Adam, age three and a half and Diane, who just turned one earlier in the month.

The door of the Museum
is exhibit space.

Barney keeps a catalog

of his creations, starting

with...

... Dog Tags.

A Toilet Seat devoted

to Sprint Cell Phones

San Antonio is well

represented.

The Washington State

Toilet Seat

Barney proudly displays 

his press clippings &

correspondence with 

news outlets.

Barney made the rounds on

TV Talk Shows...

.... including The Early Show, The View, The Montel Williams Show, The Kevin and Bean Show and The Tonight Show.

The Progression of Figuring
includes stones, an Abacus,
Slide Rule, Calculators
& a TV Remote Control.

Barney commemorates

his & Velma Louise's

wedding anniversaries.

 Louise and Barney were married 74 years when she died.





Barney's Taxidermy Collection
includes a Ram & numerous
Deer.

Texas is a favorite

Barney Smith

theme.

A fellow visitor takes our
photo with Barney.

It's all about time...

... was a great documentary.

 Barney continues to create themed Toilet Seat Art.  Each piece takes ten or more hours.

Toilet Seat Covers &
Knick-Knacks

How many Toilet Seats

are on display?

1330

At 96, Barney is making plans.  He wants to sell the Toilet Seat Museum.  

Eric added our name to
the Escapees Toilet
Seat Cover.

This piece of porcelain is

from Saddam Hussein's

Toilet.

This letter, on the reverse

side of the Toilet Seat

Cover verifies the 

porcelain's authenticity.

Barney graduated from

Lee University in

Cleveland, Tennessee.

Kids Korner featuresTeenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles, one of my son's
favorite Super Hero groups.

Marilyn Monroe is

memorialized.

Kill Devil Hills, just down the
road from Kitty Hawk, is
where the Wright Brothers
flew gas powered planes.

Deer & Turkey Tags surround

two sets of Spike Horns.

The Star Wars Tribute

I remember Route 66

fondly.

Rock & Seashell Art

There's a lot more to see...  Barney is happy to show you around.  

Please call first to set up a date and time.     210-824-7791.

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Barney Smith's Museum found a new home at The Truck Yard in The Colony, Texas.  Barney cut the ribbon at the Museum's new location.  He died on July 23, 2019, knowing that this important part of his life is being curated and is available to the public.