Founded in 1959, The El Paso Museum of Art is located in downtown El Paso, Texas. First accredited in 1972, it is the only accredited art museum within a 250-mile radius and serves approximately 100,000 visitors per year. A new building was completed in 1998.
EPMA is home to an inspiring collection of art from our region and beyond our border. Always changing, explore a special exhibition or the permanent collections. Guided tours are available by appointment.
Admission is always free. Closed all major holidays.
Parking garages are available for a fee around the downtown area.
The museum is fully accessible and welcomes all service animals.
Located in the heart of the revitalized downtown district, the El Paso Museum of Art is just across the street from the Judson F. Williams Convention Center. There’s level access through automatic doors to this 7,000 square-foot building, and elevator access to the second floor. The first floor houses a variety or rotating exhibits, the Museum Store and classrooms, while the permanent collection is displayed upstairs. There are accessible restrooms on both levels, and there’s excellent access through all the galleries.
The second-floor permanent collection includes contemporary works in a wide range of media, largely by artists from the Southwest; as well as an impressive Latin American collection of Spanish colonial paintings. The American Gallery features figure paintings still lifes, landscapes and portraits, and includes Gilbert Stuart’s iconic portrait of George Washington – the one that’s found on the one dollar bill. Over in the European Gallery you’ll be treated to an outstanding collection of oil paintings which date back to the thirteenth century. Finally don’t miss the little nook that houses a collection of Mexican retablos – domestic devotional paintings on tin or copper, generally created by anonymous artists.
Best of all there’s no charge to get your art fix at the El Paso Museum of Art.
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