Although some people may think of museums as dusty old attics where nothing ever changes, in reality, the Centennial Museum is almost always juggling events with a number of balls in the air at any one time. This is your page to help you keep up with what's going on. You also may Search within the main pages of the website.
Current Exhibits: Bracero Memories - Voices and Images of the Bracero Experience: January 24 - April 12
The Border Film Project - El Proyecto Fronterizo Fotográfico: February 7 - April 12
An introductory course: The Natural History of the Chihuahuan Desert is now on-line.
An on-line course on the study of mammals now is available": Mammalogy on the Web".
We have added limited searching ability to the Chihuahuan Desert pages. You can now search by keywords for animals, plants, Desert Diary content, and permanent items on the Museum's main page.
The list of plants that were available for FloraFEST 2007, will be kept available from this page since it is likely that most will also be available for FloraFEST 2008. For a more extensive gallery of Chihuahuan Desert plants, visit our Chihuahuan Desert native plant section.
A list of Centennial Museum Publications is available on the web, and Wynn Anderson's Recommended Southwestern Native Plants for the El Paso/Las Cruces Area is finally available in PDF format.
Wynn Anderson's article on Apache Plume has been added to our PDF presentations.
Be sure and visit the Special Exhibits page. These exhibits change over time, bringing you something new several times a year. Many are traveling exhibits that are created by other museums to allow peoples to enjoy collections otherwise inaccessible; other exhibits are the creations of our own, talented El Pasoans.
The final item, though not timely, is meant to remind the viewer that we have not forgotten our viewers who are most comfortable with the Spanish language.
Last updated 21 Mar 2008