El Paso Museum of Archaeology

Interesting information and exhibits in this museum. I especially liked looking at the Native American pottery and jewelry and looking at the native plants labeled outside. The dioramas exhibiting how Native Americans lived was a little boring in my opinion, but I think that those exhibits may be geared more for children. Staff was friendly and it was nice to see that the museum had quite a few visitors while we were there. We also spent some time walking some of the trails outside afterwards and taking a look at the plant life.

The inside of museum is educational. Outside of the museum is a wealth more of findings. Structures such as the Indian Garden, plants used even now medicinally, cactus and shrubs native to our El Paso, all labeled in both English and Spanish. Walking outside the museum was both fun and educational. There are areas blocked off under construction.

Versatile collections of archeology that specifies in different time periods, which is something I liked a lot.

This was a nice little museum. History of local indigenous people and their culture. Many historic items and relics to look through. They have a little are at the entrance where kids can walk through an old home and put hands on early tools and crafts.

A promising museum and a great place to take the little ones to learn a thing of two about the city they live in. I think my favorite part of this museum was the exhibits on the right and the trail outside the museum.
The El Paso Museum of Archaeology is very tiny, but the Border Patrol Museum is right next door so you can totally pair up the two and have a longer experience. You could even throw in a trip to the Franklin Mountains through the Tom Mays Unit and go hiking or rock climbing.
This museum is a whole lot of seeing and imagining and reading with a few interactive items. I think they could work on expanding this museum (’cause let’s be honest, they have the room) and adding more exhibits with more interactive features, but for what it is I like it.
The gift shop at the front has some nice inexpensive things like shirts, toys, walking sticks, magnets, and shot glasses. I do wish they had a bigger selection of items that actually have the words «El Paso Museum of Archaeology» on it because I firmly believe if you don’t have a souvenirs that say you went somewhere, you didn’t.
I hope this museum doesn’t ever go anywhere and only becomes bigger and better. High hopes EPMA!

Neat lil place. It is small but it is very informative. There’s models and displays how El Paso looked from the time mammoths roamed the area to now. And its free. cant beat that!

Interesting exhibits. But there small amounts of content. We only spent 30 minutes looking at everything. Still a great place to check out el page’s archeological history.

There are two really fantastic parts of the El Paso Museum of Archaeology: the outdoor trails and the photo exhibits. Go early to enjoy the trails (and I mean really early or you will fry in the El Paso sun) and then head into the exhibits. I recommend the photo exhibits over the outdated dioramas. That said, this is a great place to show children some of the early history of the region. after visiting here, head to the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo’s museum for a different look at local history.