Welcome to the official website for the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture

Board of Directors:
Tim Hamblin - Gloria Hill - Nels "Jagmo" Jacobson - Michael Kleinman - Bill Narum - Danny Young
Advisory Board:
Edwin O. Wilson - Kinky Friedman - John McCall - Clifford Antone
Executive Director:
Leea Mechling

1516 South Lamar Austin, Texas 78704
Phone 512.440.8318 - Fax 512.440.8318

email: info@samopc.org

The South Austin Museum of Popular Culture has acquired Ken Featherston's 1974 mural "Peyote
Dreams". Click the picture above to see the removal and installation of the 24' x 8' mural.

the collection is on display Tuesday-Sunday 1:PM-6:PM

The South Austin Museum of Popular Culture will be featuring Austin pop culture art dating from the
1960s through to today. Austin artists have garnered international acclaim for their influence upon
rock art beginning in the 1970's and continue to influence the contemporary global popular culture.
Additionally they continue producing art in a variety of mediums, including the quintessential Austin
art form, the music concert poster. Old and new works by these celebrities will be displayed on a
permanent basis along with periodic exhibitions including the notable contemporary Austin artists.


                    

                    

                        

                     

Click the images to visit a gallery of artists who have had one-man exhibits at the museum.

Click the image for a virtual tour of the museum's April 2 thru May 8, 2005 exhibition.

"You call that ART?" a 40 year retrospective of Bill Narum's influence on pop culture.

 

1516 South Lamar Austin, Texas 78704
Phone 512.440.8318 - Fax 512.440.8318

email: info@samopc.org