Brush Square is home to the Joseph and Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum, and the O. Henry Museum, located on the corner of 5th and Neches.

Joseph and Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum 

The mission of the Joseph and Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum is to preserve the home and legacy of Battle of the Alamo survivor Susanna Dickinson and to celebrate Texas’ historical heritage by providing programs and educational resources to the citizens of Austin and its visitors.

O. Henry Museum

The O. Henry Museum offers a look into the life of William Sidney Porter in the Austin years leading up to his controversial prison term, after which he assumed the pen name O. Henry and set about transforming himself into the famed short story writer who authored such universal classics as “Gifts of the Magi,” “The Ransom of Red Chief” and “The Cop and the Anthem.”