Experts' Choice Award National Border Patrol Museum
What the experts agree on
This quirky El Paso museum showcases the Border Patrol's fascinating history and ingenious smuggling methods—from homemade ladders to motorized hang gliders—offering surprising cultural insight into a West Texas institution founded here in 1924.
“The collection of tools and vehicles used to cross the border and elude capture is fascinating, from ladders to boats to motorized hanggliders.”
– Lonely Planet
Frommer's "The only museum dedicated to the U.S. Border Patrol, this facility does a good job presenting displays on all aspects of the federal agency, founded in El Paso in 1924." Full review
Lonely Planet "At first, this may seem like a weird little niche museum, but the more time you spend in west Texas, the more you recognize the Border Patrol as an integral part of the culture. " Full review
