El Paso Museum of Archaeology

I like here a lot since I have an interest in archaeology. Plus, my canine babies were able to enjoy walking in their gardens. The signs withdrawing the attention to snakes and wild animals are scary, but we didn't see any snakes. A great place to stop by

This is a free museum right next to the Border Patrol museum, which is also free. We spent maybe 30-45 minutes in the museum. Outside, there are trails, which were unfortunately closed when we visited. They also have a garden area with examples of local plant species. There are quite a few exhibits that show life for the indigenous populations that existed in and around the area that's now El Paso. They had some replicas and some authentic pieces from the area. It was a good surface level introduction to the area, especially if you aren't from here or familiar with the history, which I am not. I'm hoping to find more places like this and to keep learning more about this beautiful part of the country!

We were looking for someplace to go and randomly pick this spot. Although the trails were closed due to the weather the inside was very impressive. No charge to get in and the history of the Native American Indians were great

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!

I stopped in after my visit to the Border Patrol museum next door. An interesting history of the archaeology and people of the area. Really cool exhibits showing exactly how the people of the area lived hundreds of years ago. Overall, between thiS and the BP museum, an enjoyable morning visit. You can do both comfortably in about three hours.

This museum was fun to visit. My Mom and I enjoyed the exhibits. Some of the older ones could use some help. Letters have fallen off the paragraphs and some info needs to be updated with current research. But overall, we really enjoyed ourselves and it had free admission! The gift shop was nice. We purchased a couple small things like postcards. The outside is beautiful. If I visited again i'd like to do the trail on the property.

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.

Had some interesting artifacts. Was expecting a little more from the nature trail. But overall it was a nice little museum. Picked up a bar of soaps from the store.

Nice change of pace, good local exhibits and laid back atmosphere so you can spend as much time as you want at each section

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.