Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum

(5 Reviews)
239 Abiso Ave, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA

(210) 824-7791


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Address: 239 Abiso Ave, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA
Postal code: 78209
Phone: (210) 824-7791
Website: https://truckyardthecolony.com/museum

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  • (January 18, 2020, 11:37 pm)

    The yard this is located in invites everyone with food trucks, live music, a bar with great service, and the entertainment of the toilet seat museum. You can take your time looking at Barney Smith's hundreds of toilet seats that he masterfully created with too many themes to even mention. Go see it! Brong your dog. All dogs on a leash are welcome.


  • (February 8, 2019, 11:08 am)

    REALLY, REALLY, REALLY awesome place to visit. Yes, it sounds cheesy, but this guys loves his art and is very passionate about it. He did all the art himself and is still making new ones at 90 something years old!

    He has a lot of great stories and he has been on several national television shows throughout the years. He has a video tape looping on a TV that shows his television appearances. There are also a lot of newspaper clippings in the museum talking about him.

    I won't lie to you and say it is something fancy - it's actually in his detached garage on the back of the property, but it is still FUN and he is a great guy to talk to.

    He loves visiting with out of town visitors as well as SA natives.

    Call him before you go so he can make arrangements to open up. He's not open all the time but will open up if you give him a couple of hours notice.


  • (November 30, 2018, 3:20 pm)

    Wow! Very creative! Barney is 97 years old and sharp as a tack! His exhibit is moving to Dallas February 2019.


  • (June 10, 2018, 2:17 pm)

    This place is the best! Do yourself a favor a put it on your list of places to visit. Every single toilet is amazing and you can see how much time and effort went into each and every one of them. Truly a one of a kind place!


  • (June 9, 2018, 2:33 pm)

    A real one of a kind experience! There's something in there for everyone. not sure what to expect when you come into a residential neighborhood to see a toilet seat Museum. Bernie's world famous there's newspaper clippings magazines and TV appearances throughout the museum. If it wasn't for the Texas heat you could spend hours in there and not see it all. Bernie himself has that Southern Charm and a great personality it's amazing that he is 97 years old and he is still creating this art for the world to see. These photos definitely don't do this place justice there are what seems like thousands of art pieces.

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Barney Smiths Toilet Seat Art Museum | 239 Abiso Ave, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA | Phone: (210) 824-7791
Barney Smiths Toilet Seat Art Museum | 239 Abiso Ave, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA | Phone: (210) 824-7791
Barney Smiths Toilet Seat Art Museum | 239 Abiso Ave, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA | Phone: (210) 824-7791
Barney Smiths Toilet Seat Art Museum | 239 Abiso Ave, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA | Phone: (210) 824-7791
Barney Smiths Toilet Seat Art Museum | 239 Abiso Ave, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA | Phone: (210) 824-7791
Barney Smiths Toilet Seat Art Museum | 239 Abiso Ave, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA | Phone: (210) 824-7791
Barney Smiths Toilet Seat Art Museum | 239 Abiso Ave, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA | Phone: (210) 824-7791
Barney Smiths Toilet Seat Art Museum | 239 Abiso Ave, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA | Phone: (210) 824-7791
Barney Smiths Toilet Seat Art Museum | 239 Abiso Ave, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA | Phone: (210) 824-7791

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This review was written when Barney Smith's toilet seat collection was still displayed in his San Antonio garage. His toilet seats now occupy a place of honor elsewhere in Texas at the Truck Yard beer garden. Barney cut the ribbon opening the new location -- and celebrating his 98th birthday...


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Started by a retired master plumber, Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum is an ever-growing collection of artfully decorated bathroom castoffs that Smith was inspired by his father (also a master plumber) who had a penchant for mounting plaques and trophies. Smith noticed a similarity between...


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Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum | Heartland RVs

Toilet seat artist, Barney Smith, turned 96 years old on May 25, 2017 (our 32nd wedding anniversary!) and has been creating his unique version of art for over 50 years. For many years Barney was a master plumber, which is how he came to find inspiration. One day, while on the job...


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Barney Smith, the retired plumber who made turning toilet seats into works of art his life's passion, passed away in July 2019 at the age of 98. For nearly three decades prior to that, he had hosted his own Toilet Seat Museum in his garage in his home of San Antonio, Texas. As Barney got older, he...


Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum | EpidemicFun.com

Barney Smith started decorating toilet seats somewhere around the late 1960's or early 1970's. At first, he was merely searching for a place to mount a set of deer antlers. He found that the toilet seat lid was the perfect shape for the mounting project. Little did he know then that he would continue to form...


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RELATED: Clorox is helping Barney Smith sell his Toilet Seat Art Museum. Both Smith and Boso declined to share the sale price of the Those hoping to get the original experience — a tour by the King of the Commode himself — should arrange appointments after 1 p.m. by calling 210-824-7791.


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How Can I Go Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum? An absolute privilege to meet this gentleman- his museum is well worth a visit if you are in San Antonio. If you can donate anything he will put it on a toilet seat- I gave him some old odd earrings and hope he will use them in one of his...