Review Update: "It…read moreis foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." General George S. Patton -- Speech at the Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston Massachusetts on June 7, 1945 The Prometheus and the Desert: The Manhattan Project and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age exhibit was accurate, concise, & surprisingly respectable. It opened March 31, 2025 and runs through October 18, 2025. The other day I saw Kermit, TX, school buses visiting - thanks! Members have free admission at the Western Heritage Museum at the New Mexico Junior College. Please, someone, encourage the NMJC to put out a remembrance bulletin board of our beloved Dr. Steve McCleery ASAP. I am disheartened that nothing was displayed anywhere on-campus on 4.6.2025 when my daughters and I visited and again when I walked my brother's dogs on 4.8.2025. Perhaps they never fixed their digital signs.

It's great for about an hour. Definitely a local vibe. Very clean and well Laid out. The nuclear…read moreexhibit had a tone of information- wish they had a place to sit to watch the video.

We visited the International UFO Museum & Research Center in Roswell, NM and had a wonderful time…read morereading up on the UFO sightings and pictures captured. The museum is located in Downtown Roswell and is open daily from 9am-5pm. Admission for adults is $7 and kids 5-7 is $4. Seniors 65+, military and first responders pay $5. There's a gift shop inside to buy alien souvenirs. Be sure to also stop at Roswell UFO Spacewalk museum afterwards for a cool glow in the dark UFO and aliens experience it's only a 2 minute walk from this museum. Happy Yelping :)

If you are in Roswell, this is a must do. Admission is $7 per person for adults which feels fine…read morefor what you get. You should know going in there's a lot of reading involved and this is not some flashy, high-tech, push a button type of museum. There are lots of displays and documents, timelines and witness accounts, newspaper clippings etc. so if you really want to take it all in, you'll need to give yourself some time. There's a really large research library inside which I found interesting. If you're really into UFO history, investigations, government reports and all of that you could easily spend hours in that section alone. The exhibits themselves are fine, although some of it feels a little dated and again, it's a lot of reading. It's also dog friendly and I'm pretty certain that the UFO exhibit with the life-size aliens kept my dog distracted long enough for me to read most of what I wanted to. There's definitely plenty to keep humans engaged as well if you enjoy learning about the 1947 Roswell incident and everything that followed. The gift shop was really cute; maybe my favorite part. Lots of quirky alien merch, books, shirts, and fun souvenirs. We got a giggly alien head headband in child size that we ended up putting on our dog. It was adorable. I also got a really nice knitted sweatshirt that I probably overpaid for but I love it. If you are looking for something very Roswell you will find it here. This is definitely a place worth visiting, especially if you've already come to the area, just remember to give yourself time and not rush it or expect some sort of interactive/theme park type experience.

The Center for the Arts is located in a large buildup in downtown Hobbs…read more There is free street parking nearby, but I will say that the street adjacent to Broadway is not a through-street. It was made into a patio type area. When I brought my daughters to check the place out on 7/19/2023, there honestly wasn't much to look at except for a few patriotic pieces. All of the pieces on display are from local artists. Some are for sale while some are labeled NFS or "not for sale." These art shows typically entail entry fees of around $10 per artwork. Guidelines apply. The next entry deadline will be in August for their popular Fan Art Show. For details go to https://lccanm.org They do offer classes from time to time mainly for kids in art, music, and readers theater. I saw a few parents dropping the kids. They are closed Sunday & Monday. So glad we have this opportunity in our community!

From the owner: Lea County Center for the Arts is a venue where all art forms gather under one roof.read more

If you are in town doing tourist type shopping & sightseeing alien museums, but want a break from…read morethe massive overload of alien merch, then stop by this spot! We decided to wander in to see what they had & we are glad we stopped by. It was a lot of fun looking at each of the booths that were set up while trying to find little treasures to take home. There is a good mixture of booths here, some have actual vintage products, some have handmade products and others just have bulk type nerd products like loungefly that they are reselling. The store itself seems pretty well organized & clean. Prices vary from booth to booth as every booth is run by someone different. Some booths have some great finds and great prices and others seemed a bit too high. We found a few neat things we decided to pick up!

This shop was pretty unique! Lots of booths to look at full of stuff. Pricing definitely wasn't bad…read morefor a tourist trap of a city like Roswell. Staff were efficient. It's worth a look.

To kick off 2026, I must write about the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art in Roswell, NM…read more This place is outstanding. Allow me tell you all the reasons why... First, it's free admission. Free parking too. Donations were welcome. Second, this behemoth of a building is home to the Roswell Artist-in-Residence (RAiR) Program, founded by the now deceased businessman and fellow artist Don Anderson. There are - to my recollection during our brief introduction on November 29, 2025 - hundreds of artists that apply every year. They dwindle that number down to 6. The artists hailed from all over the world. Third, the artwork is fascinating. There was no limit to the use of mediums either. Each piece is labeled with the artists name, their country of origin, what year they were born, the years they were RAiR, the title of the artwork, the year of its completion, and the mediums used. My middle school daughters and I thoroughly enjoyed room after room of inspiration. They talked about a few of the pieces for several days afterwards. And to think... this opportunity resides in the flat desert of southeastern New Mexico.

The Anderson Museum was such a highlight of my lengthy road trip across the country. I was just…read moresearching Google maps to see what there was to do in town, and came across this museum. I didn't really have any specific expectations going in, but this place honestly blew me away. I've been to some of the biggest art museums in the world and been less impressed. Pound for pound, I don't think any other art museum has had so many pieces that I found compelling. If you are in the area, I can't recommend this place enough. It may be a relatively small place compared to the likes of The MET, but this museum holds its own.

We visited Roswell just to say we'd been there. The UFO Museum turned out not to be worth a stop,…read morebut the Roswell Museum & Art Center is a top-notch small regional museum. It has interesting exhibits of New Mexico and Southwestern art, along with a surprising amount of artifacts from Robert Goddard's life and pioneering work in rocketry. It was unexpected to find a museum of this quality in a small town. I especially enjoyed the paintings by Billy Schenck and the black and white architectural photographs of New Mexico subjects by Robert Christensen. There are several galleries of permanent exhibits, along with a number of rotating exhibits. Admission is by donation. Parking is plentiful in a lot next to the museum, and it's free.

The Roswell Museum is a good place to learn all about the Roswell "weather balloon" incident…read more DISCLAIMER**** Although there are some videos you can press and watch throughout the museum, expect to be READING A TON. If you're not much of a reader, you don't get the benefit of the full value of the museum but still definitely interesting to check out for just 7 bucks. There are clean restrooms here and a fun simulation as well as an awesome gift shop carrying lots of alien themed items. One thing that was very interesting is the Research center. I believe it's free without admission ( they accept donations). You can go inside and it's essentially a library with UFO and paranormal themed books, as well as a separate room for sci fi books and another room with more incident reports and such to look at. It's pretty neat and I wish I had more time to sit and read a few of the interesting books they had. In short, this place is more fun for adults than for kiddos but if the kiddos can read it may be interesting for them.

Really pretty museum. It is a little on the small side for the $12 fee to get in. visited…read moreplanetarium as well, very pretty. went there to see the Jeff Koons on loan

We came back for another visit and well worth it. Visited the planetarium this time along with the…read moreTurner house with new showings. Be sure to stop by. Posted some new photos of art exhibits.

We really enjoyed the Roswell UFO Spacewalk in Roswell, NM located in downtown Roswell…read more This museum is a MUST visit and be sure to wear your glow in the dark alien swag. Strollers are not allowed inside the museum so you'll have to carry your baby when you get the tour. The museum is open 7 days a week from 10am-6pm. Tickets are $5 for general admission. Be sure to also check out the International UFO Museum & Research Center afterwards. It's only a 2 minute walk from this location. Happy Yelping :)

You don't exactly stumble into Roswell Spacewalk expecting NASA-level realism you go because you're…read moreready to space it up and have a good time. And I'll tell you what... they've got the sci-fi sounds humming, lights dancing, and just enough weirdness to make you feel like you took a wrong turn somewhere past Earth. Is it a little generic? Sure. But if you walk in with the right attitude and maybe a drink or two whispering bad decisions in your ear it turns into a pretty dang fun ride. It's the kind of place where you catch yourself grinning for no good reason and thinking, "Well... this ain't right, but it ain't wrong either." And look, I'm just gonna say it there were a lot of folks in there enjoying themselves, good energy all around, and yeah... easy on the eyes, not gonna lie. The whole thing felt light, playful, a little goofy but in a way that works. It's not trying to change your life, it's just trying to give you a good time, and buddy, sometimes that's all you need. By the time you walk out, you're not asking if it was perfect you're just nodding your head like, "Yep... that made the list."

Fantastic Experience!! The staff are fun and friendly…read moreI love the interactive displays It was truly creepy, and really exciting! I will be back again! Great value Thank you so much!

Not counting our hotel , or shopping or eating , this was the activity we spent the most money on…read morein our time in Roswell, and it was by far the least worth it. I was really taken aback because of all the good Yelp reviews. I don't know if I am missing something or I came on a bad day but this is definitely not worth it in my opinion, especially when there are so many other fun things to do close by. When you enter The Alien Zone there is a tiny gift shop in the front and the girl behind the counter was watching a movie on her laptop. We asked for two tickets and paid $17.32. She pointed to the curtain and said "You're fine to go back and check it out. You can touch all of the props and take pictures." Once we walked through the curtain, I thought we were getting pranked. There was a wall full of toys like aliens and rats and spiders but they are all behind netting that has been zip tied together, so you can't touch any of it. Then you see a few displays with aliens that look like they are left over from some old escape room or something. Underwhelming is an understatement. We figured since we had already paid, we might as well try to have some fun, but it is so dark in the room that It's difficult to get a good photo. There are only two rooms and once we got into the second room it got really really warm. At the very end they have a lab coat that you can put on for photo ops I guess but we were literally sweating, so we just left. If you are reading reviews to decide which things are worth doing and which things are not, definitely put this on your not list. The UFO spacewalk is just a block or two away, it's less expensive, and way more fun. There are also plenty of alien photo ops all around the city, including the visitor center, that don't cost a penny.

Wow! I have toured houses all over and this was the nicest, friendliest tour I have ever been on…read more The furniture is beautiful and the house is in good repair. Don't miss this little gem

For a small town museum this was great. Not a lot of clutter, shows off the beautiful home…read more Transparency of costs involved in restoration were very good and appreciated. Good job!