Brush Square Museums Foundation

Brush Square Museums Foundation Public museums with exhibits related to short story writer O. Henry and Susanna Dickinson, survivor of the Battle of the Alamo. Home of the Annual O. FREE

Literature and Legends on Brush Square, Austin, Texas. Henry Museum Pun-Off World Championships. We are the primary nonprofit citizens advocacy group for the preservation and restoration of museums on historic Brush Square, specifically the O. Henry Museum and Susanna Dickinson Museum. We collaborate with the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department who staff and operate the museums. See the

official City of Austin web sites for visitation hours: http://www.ohenrymuseum.org and http://www.susannadickinsonmuseum.org

Pictures taken by staff at AARC
05/12/2026

Pictures taken by staff at AARC

The 2026 Pun-Off is moving to a rain location for all events! Both Friday and Saturday have high rain probabilities, so ...
05/07/2026

The 2026 Pun-Off is moving to a rain location for all events! Both Friday and Saturday have high rain probabilities, so we are moving indoors to the Asian American Resource Center, 8401 Cameron Road, 78754. More at https://www.punoff.com , , ,

The Grand Daddy of all pun competitions is in Texas, in Austin, naturally. Is it the best? Yes. Is it the oldest? Definitely. Is it the funniest? Easily. The O. Henry Museum Pun-Off World Championships have been around for 45 jears! it’s hard to imagine one more refined. For Texans, anyway.

PUNNING FOR GOLD!Come to the O.Henry Museum Pun-Off World Championships. Saturday, May 9th, 10 am - 5:30 pm, in Brush Sq...
05/03/2026

PUNNING FOR GOLD!
Come to the O.Henry Museum Pun-Off World Championships. Saturday, May 9th, 10 am - 5:30 pm, in Brush Square, 409 E. 5th Street! FREE! Share your gold with the 49ers! Thank our generous auction and event sponsors.

It’s a pun-raising event too. We kneed your dough for muse-um wordy causes!
04/11/2026

It’s a pun-raising event too. We kneed your dough for muse-um wordy causes!

It's official!! We are 1 month away from the 49th Annual O. Henry Museum Pun-Off World Championships!
Get ready to have a fun day of wit and laughter with us on May 9th!

When: Saturday, May 9th
Time: 10AM - 6PM
Where: Brush Square Park, behind the O. Henry Museum, 409 E 5th St., Austin, TX 78701

See you there!

Great comic book for O.Henry stories
03/24/2026

Great comic book for O.Henry stories

"Ha! cursed paleface, do you dare to enter the camp of Red Chief, the terror of the plains?"
- O. Henry, The Ransom of Red Chief

The Ransom of Red Chief
Sunday March 29, 2026 2 PM CDT
1304 E. Applegate Drive
Austin, Tx 78753

Annual meeting was a success!
02/24/2026

Annual meeting was a success!

Today at 2 pm Ben Yagoda is our guest at our Annual Meeting event. Yesterday he also spoke at the Elkins O. Henry Litera...
02/22/2026

Today at 2 pm Ben Yagoda is our guest at our Annual Meeting event. Yesterday he also spoke at the Elkins O. Henry Literary Discussion Group.

Our "Imagining O. Henry on the Streets of New York" with Ben Yagoda at 2 pm this Sunday will be in the beautifully resto...
02/18/2026

Our "Imagining O. Henry on the Streets of New York" with Ben Yagoda at 2 pm this Sunday will be in the beautifully restored 1914 Oakwood Cemetery Chapel. After the event, guests may join a walking tour to visit the grave site of Athol Estes Porter, Will Porter's first wife. Admission is Free. Seating is limited; RSVP requested here https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/annual-meeting-ben-yagoda-rsvp

This is wonderful news! Visit the museums and park one block away for free.
02/15/2026

This is wonderful news! Visit the museums and park one block away for free.

Hi friends!

We are excited to share the news that we now offer FREE parking validations for the Convention Center Parking Garage located on E 5th Street and Red River Street.

Please ask a staff member for your validation before leaving our museums.

We are honored to have guest reader Ben Yagoda, author of Alias O. Henry A Novel, for this story. Everyone is welcome t...
02/12/2026

We are honored to have guest reader Ben Yagoda, author of Alias O. Henry A Novel, for this story. Everyone is welcome to this free event.

Address

409 E 5th Street
Austin, TX
78701

Opening Hours

Wednesday 12pm - 5pm
Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm
Saturday 12pm - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

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+15129743832

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