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Monday, February 8, 2010 |
Museums
Quick links:
Click here for the El Paso Museum Guide.
 The TecH2O Water Resources Learning Center provides education and training to foster the understanding and appreciation of total water management in the Chihuahuan Desert.
The 30,450-square-foot center of angles, curves, circles and waves inclludes a 250-seat auditorium for hosting forums; and interactive displays, exhibits and demonstration projects that bring water management to llife.
Come and learn more about water in the desert with interactive exhibits that include:
The Wildlife & Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert-The Chihuahuan Desert is full of life!
Xeriscape in the Chihuahuan Desert-Colorful and water tight.
The Uniquness of the Chihuahuan Desert-It's big and it's different.
The Culture of Water-Water is an important part of our region's history.
The Challenges of Water Management-Where do we get water? How long will it last?
Meeting the Water Demands-Schools, parks, houses, businesses all need water.
Reclaimed Water-Water shouldn't only be used once.
The Water House-Conserving water in our homes.
Demonstration Garden-Living in harmony with the desert.
To schedule a tour, plan a field trip, community meetings, training, or regional conferences, please visit www.tech2o.org and click on the exhibits/facility link.
Hours of Operation
Mon-Fri, 8 AM-5 PM (all visits, tours and special events must be scheduled)
Sat, 9 AM-1 PM (exhibit hall will be open to the public)
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Click here for the El Paso Museum Guide.
 Created in 1936, the Centennial was the first museum in El Paso and one of the earliest buildings at the College of Mines, now UTEP. Permanent exhibits focus on the Chihuahuan Desert region, the largest desert in North America. Temporary exhibits are generally related to border life and culture, or more broadly to the Americas. The extensive Gardens display native plants in a variety of settings. Visit the Museum Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and the Gardens daily, dawn to dusk. Park behind the Museum for elevator access. |
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 A unit of the National Park Service, the Chamizal National Memorial commemorates the 1963 Chamizal treaty that ended a century-old boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico caused by a change in the course of the Rio Grande. The memorial includes a museum, theatre and art galleries, and hosts many festivals and special events throughout the year. Admission is free. Park grounds open daily from 5 a.m. - 10 p.m. Visitor Center hours: Sunday and Monday – closed; Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. -5 p.m.
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 El Paso’s fire department is one of the earliest ones west of the Mississippi. Visitors will find various types of firefighting equipment and memorabilia, including a 1930 American La France Fire Engine and a rare 1898 American Fire Company “Steamer” in original condition--one of only two on display in the world. Admission is free. Open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.– 5 p.m. |
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 The El Paso Holocaust Museum & Study Center was established to educate the public about the Nazi Holocaust, and to honor those who perished and those who survived. The museum houses exhibits that trace the rise of the Third Reich, the mass deportations of millions of German and European citizens to ghettos and concentration camps, their valiant resistance efforts, and the liberation of the camps by Allied Forces in the closing days of World War II. Admission is free. Open Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 p.m., closed on Monday. |
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 The Medical Heritage Collection, housed in the historic Turner House, contains antique medical equipment, artifacts, books and records. Period rooms, including a pharmacy, an operating room and a physician’s office, are portrayed just as they were at the turn of the 20th century. Admission is free. Please call for tours, which are by appointment only, November through April. The Collections are scheduled to move to a new location in late 2008. |
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 The museum is situated on 15.5 acres of Chihuahuan Desert east of the Franklin Mountains and north of Transmountain Road. A mile-long nature trail with signage offers examples of more than 200 native plants, a gazebo for picnics, and extramural exhibits. Along the trail are unparalleled views of the Franklin Mountains, the Hueco Bolson, and on clear days, Mt. Sierra Blanca, 100 miles distant in New Mexico. Trail exhibits include a tepee ring and lodge pole structure, an Apache brush hut, a stone-lined agave roasting pit, and a replica of the foundations of a three-room prehistoric pueblo found nearby. The museum plants an Indian garden of native corn, beans, squash and amaranth each spring and harvests the plants in October. In five-to-seven-year cycles the alluvial slope west of the museum is covered with an extensive bloom of Mexican Gold poppies in the spring. Snakes and other reptiles, rabbits, insects, and birds are often observed on the museum grounds.
The museum and grounds are open Tuesday-Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 12 to 5 p.m.; closed Monday. There is no charge for admission or parking.
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Click here for the El Paso Museum Guide.
 The El Paso Museum of Art houses a permanent collection of more than 6,000 works of art, including the Samuel H. Kress Collection of European art from the 13th-18th centuries; American art from the 19th to the 21st century; and Mexican colonial art and retablos from the southwestern United States and Mexico. Admission is free. Open Tuesday-Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Thursdays to 9 p.m.); Sunday 12-5 p.m. Closed Monday. |
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 The El Paso Museum of History opened in June of 2007 with El Paso A to Z, a three-dimensional, immersive and encyclopedic look at El Paso’s most colorful and varied stories, and The Changing Pass, which carries visitors through an overlapping, 400-year chronology of regional history. The museum also features temporary exhibits related to the region’s complex multicultural history. Admission is free. Open Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 12-5 p.m. Closed Monday. |
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 A restored 1857 4-4-0 “Classic American” locomotive is on display, along with exhibits on the history of EP & SW No. 1, the construction of the second transcontinental railroad through El Paso, the lives of railroad workers and their jobs, and the role of railroads in wartime. Other exhibits cover the evolution of urban transportation technology from mule cars to the streamlined streetcars of the mid-20th century. Admission is free. Open Tuesday-Sunday 11 a.m.- 5 p.m., or by appointment. |
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 The museum specializes in the historical legacies of the El Paso/Juárez area, southern New Mexico, far West Texas and northern Chihuahua. Admission is Free. Open by appointment only. |
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 Exhibits include artifacts, vehicles, weapons, and information about the histories of the U.S. Army at El Paso and the Air Defense Artillery branch. Nearby is Old Fort Bliss, a reproduction of the first post of that name. Admission is free. Entrance to Fort Bliss requires a valid driver's license, current vehicle registration, and proof of insurance. Open Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed on Sundays and federal holidays. |
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 The Heritage House preserves the history of UTEP from its origin as the Texas College of Mines in 1914, and is located in a home built in 1921 by the first dean of the College. It features special exhibits for Homecoming, and from time to time during the year. Admission is free. Open Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.– 12 p.m., or by appointment. |
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 Visitors to Insights discover the wonders of science, from millions-of-years-old fossils to bubbles and magnets, through exhibits designed to make learning an active, hands-on, experience, complemented by changing temporary exhibits. Admission: $6, adults; $5, military and seniors 62+; $4, children 4-11 and groups (10 or more). Open Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m. -5 p.m. Closed Monday. |
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 The International Museum of Art, located in the historic Turney home, has permanent exhibits of western and regional art, including many local artists, the Mexican Revolution, and African art and artifacts. Temporary galleries house changing art exhibits. Admission is free. Open Thursday-Sunday 1-5 p.m. |
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 The International UFO Museum and Research Center at Roswell, New Mexico is dedicated to the collection and preservation of information and media related to the 1947 Roswell Incident and other unexplained phenomena related to UFO research. The Museum endeavors to be the leading information source in history, science and research about UFO events worldwide. During the first four years the museum was open, it welcomed 144,997 curious and inquisitive visitors. In December 1996, the Tourism Association of New Mexico awarded the museum its "Top Tourist Destination of New Mexico" award.
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 The museum is housed in an 1850s Territorial Style building in El Paso’s Mission Valley. Its exhibits focus on the rich and colorful historical legacies of San Elizario, including the “First Thanksgiving,” the Spanish presidio, the San Elizario Salt War of 1877, and the first county seat of El Paso county. Admission is free. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.– 2 p.m., Sunday, 12-4 p.m. |
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 Lynx Exhibits offers a changing calendar of exhibits, ranging from Africa to King Tut to Bodies Human – Anatomy in Motion. Admission fees vary by exhibit; group rates are available. Open Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday 12-6 p.m. Closed Monday. |
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 Built in 1875 for pioneer, politician, and civic leader Joseph Magoffin, the nineteen-room adobe home containing original family furnishings is El Paso’s only historic house museum.
Admission: adults $3; children under 12 free.
Open Tuesday-Sunday 9 am-5 p.m. With the last tour beginning at 4 pm. |
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 The McCall Neighborhood Center is the epicenter meeting and gathering place for El Paso’s small but prominent African American Community. Located in the historic home of Marshall and Olalee McCall, the newly expanded complex houses a museum, gift shop, archives, and photographic collection on local and national Black History. The Center’s many sponsored programs are designed to serve neighborhood, community, and city-wide interests and needs. Admission is Free. |
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 A place where history happens...More than one century of the struggle of working class people in our community has remaind untold. Museo Mayachen proposes an equitable retelling of the past through the lens of the worker. By presenting both sides of the border as a living, breathing phenomenon, the entire museum dynamic changes.
Museo Mayachen's mission is to preserve and disseminate a historically equitable record of the impressive and unique experience fo Mexican people on both sides of the border. Mayachen will collaborate with its community to recuperate and chronicle a genuine "people's history," beginning with its indigenous roots, and continuing on with today's experiences. Mayachen will strive to achieve these goals guided by the stuggle, ingenuity and triumphs of the Mexican people.
Through the use of interactive exhibits, exhibit space, oral histories, audio-video presentations, workshops, cultural events, and other tools, Museo Mayachen is creating a space for the learning of history and culture that engages the community it serves. |
Click here for the El Paso Museum Guide.
| Download a complete list of museums in the El Paso and Juarez area. |
Click here for the El Paso Museum Guide.
 The Museum’s exhibits cover the history of the United States Border Patrol, from the Old West to current operations, through paintings, photographs, vehicles, equipment, documents, and artifacts. Admission is free. Open Tuesday-Saturday 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday and federal holidays. |
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 This museum, in association with the Texas Museum of Histoyr features more than 300 exhibits spanning the wonders of the universe, the progression of life on earth, and the dawn of civilization.
In addition, the museum exhibits the largest and most comprehensive international fossil collection in the region, from the earliest marine life through the Age of Dinosaurs, to mammals and early humankind as well as reproductions of the treasures from the tomb of King Tut.
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Click here for the El Paso Museum Guide.
 Here's one place where the Non-Commissioned Officer gets due credit. Equipment and uniforms used by sergeants and other NCOs through the years are displayed. Admission is free. |
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 New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum tells the 3,000-year-old story of agriculture and rural life in New Mexico. Animals such as cattle, burros and mules, along with milking and blacksmithing demonstrations help make this dynamic 47-acre museum unique. The facility also includes interactive permanent and changing exhibits, a theater, gardens, orchards, a snack bar and gift shop. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and $2 for children 5 to 17. The Museum is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday |
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 This is the famous home of Richard F. Burges. The Burges House also serves as a historical research center. The Classical Revival style house features four large columns in the front supporting the roof. Burges was city attorney in 1908 and wrote the city charter. He became a member of the Texas House of Representative in 1913. He was instrumental in the development of Carlsbad Caverns and the building of the Elephant Butte Dam. The home is now the headquarters for the El Paso County Historical Society.
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Click here for the El Paso Museum Guide.
 Located at 305 Yaya Lane at Socorro Rd. just east of the Ysleta Mission. The center features s Tigua tribe museum, including its relationship to the Tiwas of Northern New Mexico, and their arts and crafts. Several family-operated gift shops, with artists working at the shops.
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Click here for the El Paso Museum Guide.
 The War Eagles Air Museum, located at the Doña Ana County Airport, features a collection of more than 30 military and civilian aircraft of the World War II - Korean War period, most of them flight-worthy, and over 40 classic or historic automobiles. Among the significant aircraft on display are two North American P-51D “Mustangs” (one of them a very rare two-seat trainer), a Lockheed P-38L “Lightning,” a Vought F4U-4 “Corsair” (considered by many to be one of the finest examples in existence), a Curtiss P-40E “Warhawk,” the world’s oldest flyable Piper J-3 “Cub” and several foreign aircraft, including an exceptionally rare Soviet Tupolev Tu-2, two MiG-15s, a MiG-21 and a German Fieseler “Storch.” Admission: $5 adults; $4 seniors over 62 and military (with ID); FREE for children under 12 and students of any age (with ID). Open Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m., last admission at 3:30 p.m. Closed Monday and most holidays—call to check. |
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 A small aviation museum with aircraft and aviation artifacts, located on an operating airfield. Admission is free. Open daily during daylight hours. |
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