Experts' Choice Award El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center
What the experts agree on
This unexpectedly powerful museum uses immersive scale models—including a three-quarter-scale railroad car and gas chamber replica—to create a haunting, thoughtful memorial to Holocaust victims and survivors that resonates far beyond El Paso's
“It may seem a little incongruous in a predominately Hispanic town, but the Holocaust Museum is as much a surprise inside as out for its thoughtful and moving exhibits, which are imaginatively presented for maximum impact.”
– Lonely Planet
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"Memorializing the Holocaust's 6 million victims and its survivors, this museum's bone-chilling exhibits include a three-quarter-scale model of a railroad used to carry victims to concentration camps, a facsimile of an underground gas chamber and models of Nazi death camps." Full review
Lonely Planet "You might want to stop by the free-to-visit El Paso Holocaust Museum on the east side. Holocaust survivor Henry Kellen founded the museum in 1994 to educate the public about the horrors..."
