You wouldn't know it from the unprepossessing exterior, but this little museum tells the area's anthropological story in a clear and interesting way, through large dioramas, and carefully-selected examples of pottery, stone tools, weapons, and jewelry. The scale is off somehow in the dioramas, and I think that serves to grab the visitors' attention a little more. I think another... More

the museum is small but filled to the rafters with information. half of the building is diarama that is very well done. The other half are display cases and much information. The museum is free which is even better! Donations are of course accepted and there is a small gift shop. The are a couple of walking paths outside meandering... More

If you have 30 minutes to spare, this is an excellent rest stop. The museum is rather small but the exhibit explains the history of the region. The highlight is the monthly talk organized by the staff. Go if you are a local. I particularly like the spring poppy blooms outside the museum parking area.

This is a great little museum. I spent about an hour visiting one afternoon. It’s small but it is free and the exhibits are very informative. They have interactive exhibits, a [almost] life size panorama, and a classic museum space with a variety of artifacts and cultural information. It’s worth an hour or two but I don’t think it hold... More

The museum has permanent exhibits of the various populations that inhabited the area historically, plus some changing, temporary exhibits. They also have regular lectures which are very interesting. The last one we went to was a presentation by a group called CEIBA, which presented Mayan music on the native instruments. In the spring the museum hosts a poppy festival, which... More

The museum is as described by the other reviews. It is worth the visit. For those who are interested in pottery, there is a very large collection of Indian pottery. You can leave your car in the parking lot. It is a very short walk over to the National Border Patrol Museum via a trail in the nature area. You... More

It was a great museum. for being small it surprised us. The dioramas are really neat to see and in the kids area they even have a pueblo you can go in side of. It was an 5 min walk from the National Border Patrol Station as well. Made for a nice day visit for us to drive over and... More

AMAZING! A place worth re-visiting! New displays every so often. VERY historical and informative! Awesome place to visit!

My wife & I enjoyed a short time out of the house, and the annual poppy festival at Castner Ranger, El Paso TX. We arrived after the superb museum had closed but before the Sun had completely. Unfortunately, the poppies needed more than the disappearing traces of light to be fully open, but it was still pretty nice--excellent view of... More