Sideshow at the American Visionary Art Museum

Original art gallery, unusual bookstore, collectible shop, fashion and jewelry boutique, toy store, novelty shop, and museum store.

Most museum shops support the attraction next door. Sideshow is a separately visitable destination whose merchandise and presentation extend the museum’s eccentric worldview into an independent retail experience.

Sideshow is independently owned and can be visited without purchasing museum admission. The shop translates AVAM’s outsider-art spirit into retail form through original artwork, unusual art books, toys, jewelry, fashion, vintage-style collectibles, museum merchandise, and surprise mystery packs. Its dense, colorful presentation makes it feel closer to a small visionary-art gallery crossed with a novelty shop than a conventional museum store.