Extremely thoughtful layout. They have interesting items that they have accumulated during the ever-present war on drugs, with pictures of the acquisition. Theres a gift shop and a room honoring service persons who have died in the field. Theres interesting items specific to the region and good explanations for each piece. I would recommend for everyone because it is quick, fun, and free! Kind of like traveling back to the 90s!

Entrance is free, enjoy it and learn the history of the border patrol and the cat and mouse game of illegal border crossing

Amazing way to see how the brave men and women in Border Patrol keep us safe from the dangers across our great American border. To see the memorials of the lives lost in duty gives you so much more pride in those who gave the until sacrifice for our safety. Dont pass up this amazing museum if you love your nation and the heroes that keep it great.

One of the best exhibits I have ever seen. A BUCKET LIST must! The men and women in this highly dangerous JOB are truly American Heroes and no place showcases their greater Service and Sacrifices than the National Border Patrol Museum. These are unheralded Front Line Defenders here on American Soil. I highly recommend seeing this place. My words cannot truly tell you what you need to know and see better than for everyone to visit this place for yourselves. The HALL OF THE FALLEN is one of the most humbling, most moving, most haunting, and most endearing experiences of my lifetime. I will always pray for them and their families ...by the living breathing James Brown

If you are in town this is worth seeing. This is not an all day trip, but it is packed full of border patrol history and memorabilia. As another reviewer noted, this is a fantastic way to learn about the men and women who protect our borders. The museum is entirely privately funded so make a donation when you go!

The National Border Patrol Museum located in El Paso, Texas is in many ways a fascinating place. The many exhibits and memorabilia will take you on a journey through the history of the U.S. Border Patrol from the beginning in the Old West, through the high-tech Patrol of today.The Museum shows the many ways used to enter into the USA illegally. The section or exhibit In Memory of Those Who Gave Their Lives is specially touching realizing how many agents lost their lives protecting US soil along the border, specially in the fight against drug smuggling and the criminal elements wanting to come across the border looking for easier targets. The National Border Patrol Museum is worth your time while visiting El Paso, specially now a days, too understand the challenges faced by the many men and woman in the service of the Border Patrol.

I really enjoyed all the good information. It was well layed out. The staff was extremely helpful. I could definitely spend hours in there. Such a great way to remember a great agency. Thank you to the men and women who serve or have served. Thank you to the people who donated their time and money to make this place a continuous reality. You have my respect and gratitude! You have more support than you know.

Really cool museum full of awesome exhibits. Its not that large, but its wall to wall history. If you love history, youll love this museum.

Great tribute to those who worked in the past. As well as those who lost their lives on duty. Lots of interesting equipment.

We happened across it and decided to go inside. It was a good learning experience for my family and me. We saw many forms of transportation and equipment used to guard the many borders of our vast nation. By air, sea, or land while traveling over snow, desert, mountains, or water dedicated men, women and their canine partners have sometimes paid the ultimate price to keep our borders safe for nearly 100 years. If you like to read, try Rin Tin Tin.

Awesome lil museum! Definitely worth the time to go see!

This is a nice little getaway, so peaceful and has a nice little trail in the back to walk and enjoy the views.

Interesting displays. Informative museum. Good for a 30 minute stop.

Great place, informative and interesting. Thank you for your job!

I didnt go in. I went behind the building to admire the poppies along the well-kept pathways.

By far the best museum Ive been to. Very informative and family friendly!

Very well organized, and clean. The vehicles were school, but my favorite are was the chronological order displays, with facts from the time periods and missions they focused on at those times. You only need about 30 minutes to an hour, depending on how fast you read. Very nice stop.

Clean facility, friendly staff and interesting exhibits.

Enjoyable and educational. My kids liked both vehicle displays, one for the border patrol agents and the others for the drug smugglers. There are several touching poems in the museum, some are located in the memorial display. The dog posters are interesting to flip through. There are interesting exhibits concerning weapons and contraband too. It was worth the visit.

Small museum, obviously orginized with love and care.

Only border patrol museum in the United States. Great artifacts and memorials to our border patrol.

Awesome place to visit. Very informative. Thankful for all the peole who work hard to keep us safe.

Nice small museum showing material being used to patrol the border, Free entry. My grand daughter really liked her visit there,

Visited here for the first time and it was amazing and informative and sad. It was interesting to find out how long the boarder had been going and all the items they showed here. It was very touching to be able to reflect on those lost for this cause. Great place to go see and get informed.

Very impressive; at first glance this museum doesnt look like it has the vastness or depth that it definitely does. I was transfixed by the preservation of the artifacts, some of the seized artifacts show the desperation/innovation of immigrants. I was pleasantly surprised to see some peerage artifacts of Canada Mounties

This is a nice little museum packed with interesting displays. Though small, the building is full of items and displays explaining the work of the Border Patrol Agent. Admission is a donation only, we spent a couple of hours. The gift shop is stocked with many CBP items and a friendly volunteer.

Awesome place to visit. Exactly how it was when I used to visit it 25 years ago. Could use a little update. Nonetheless, a very interesting place to visit. If you visit, make sure to visit the archeology museum right next door too.

Great history and great facility. Need to see this ! Nice store for gifts.

An interesting free, non-federally funded museum of the Border Patrol (Northern and Southern). The museum has history back from the founding of the Border Patrol in the 1920s. Gift shop.

This place was so neat! Full of history, we really enjoyed it.

Looked good, but closed on Mondays, of course when I was there.

Awesome history!! Really recommend it.

Very interesting place with a lot of background, history and informative exhibits! My family thoroughly enjoyed our trip to see it all the way from Michigan.

Very thorough displays, and knowledgeable staff. Enjoyed the gift shop too!

It is interesting place.

Cool little stop right off the road!

Really enjoyed this visit. It is staffed by retired Border Patrol Agents.

Lots of history here. Good amount of memorabilia of border patrol.

Just a fun fun interesting place. If you like history, guns or law enforcement or all of it!

Great info and history on the folks that protect our country every day.

Excellent museum, lots of historical items, and it’s great that the staff manning it were all former agents, wow gives you a great onsite on the history and operation of the agency, thank you for such a great tour .

Great museum and history of one of the finest law enforcement agencies in our countries history. These guys /girls were some tough characters. The staff is friendly and the displays are very interesting. Highly recommended.

Great place to learn and honor those who protect our borders!

Very cool tribute to the hard working individuals who risk their lives day in and day out to keep our border safe! Lots of interesting exhibits, I could have spent more than the 2 hours I spent there. I highly encourage you to visit the tribute to the fallen CBP officers over the years and read their stories, very touching. Highly recommend!

The only border patrol museum in USA has something amazing and surprise. The equipments that helped illegal immigrants will broaden your horizons

Great museum. Well worth the stop. Free will donation.

Since my husband is retired from federal law enforcement n we have a son working for HSI, I. enjoy visiting the museum. I find it to be a peaceful environment.

I’m glad we stumbled upon this place. Visited with my family while on vacation in the El Paso area. I recommend you just see these FREE exhibits of the past and present weapons, tools, and vehicles used by the border patrol over the years. Very impressive and eye-opening. God Bless the brave women and men that serve our country in this dangerous role.

Well done displays and interesting history.

Great place to see awesome history from El Paso! Always worth the visit! Great history lesson!

This place rocks! A must see El paso attraction. The staff is great. Its full of history in many ways. Not everyone will appreciate everything but there is something for everyone there to enjoy. I can spend all day there, I love it. I wont spoil it for you but its not what you think it is, its way better. Yes its free! But leave them a donation so the museum will be around a long time for others to enjoy. Not only that but donations help to make improvements. Seeing how inventive and ingenious the smugglers were and what little equipment the border patrol had in the early days and remember its not just the Mexican border its also about the Canadian border. There are some mind blowing surprises in store for you like I said a must see, enjoy!

Always a please to visit. I enjoy visiting.

Informative, nice little spot of history... Vehicles and aircraft and uniforms with memorials

Very interesting museum, not much to see though, it doesnt have a big exhibition but it is still a very nice place to visit

Neat exhibits and interesting bios of the men and women who serve our country...

Beautiful place to visit lots of history to see and the souvenir store has a lot of verity.

Very informative, smaller museum. Some fascinating artifacts. Ideal for a quick stop if youre in the area.

If you want to learn more about the Border Patrol there is the place. The museum is full of history and very informative. Exhibits provide information on the history of the Border Patrol - weapons, equipment used by the border patrol, historical information on its evolution. Besides, entry is fully free, but you can leave donations.

This museum is a good place to visit for those who like history. There are many historic tools used by the CBP and pctures that explain what they were used for. I liked the bronco truck that is parked outside. I used to see those along the border many years ago.

Free, but requests donations. Interesting place to spend 30 minutes or so learning about the border and its goings on, including a display of creative vehicles and methods used to try and cross the border.

People are very friendly. The visit is free, so they depend on donations to maintain the place. Clean and helpful.

This is a fascinating museum and well worth visiting if you are in El Paso. A well curated group of exhibits detailing the history and methods of the Border Patrol throughout the years. I liked the exhibit on the dogs working for the agency a lot too. A great educational experience for all. And free admission too.

What a great place filled with so many good pieces of BP history

Was an interesting visit to learn about the history of the Border Patrol. They had some very interesting seized weapons and items that were used in illegal activities.

Nice small museum that gives the history of Border Patrol. They have many cool vehicles, displays and fun facts to learn.

Great place to take your kids, staff is friendly and the artifacts and memorabilia is beautiful. Not to mention it’s free! Will defiantly be back

With an amazing location, amazingly detailed exhibits, well-preserved artifacts and awesome staff, this place is serves as a shining star of all local museum choices. The detailed history and vital importance of the USBP is on full display here. If you visit this location - you wont be disappointed!

I have received a gift from this store. It was a beautiful card ordered by my brother. I liked it very much. The paper-cutting was very pretty. A good store to shop from!

Its a nice place that honor our Border Patrol agents... but its just small

Great family run museum! The people are friendly and full of knowledge!

Very well kept with lots of pictures, items and information of how these organisation works to keep us safe.

I would never visit a Museum dedicated to housing the horrors of human degradation, segragation, and exploitation being presented as an answer to controlling natural human migration.

Great information and beautiful scenery.

Love it a lot of insight

The museum is fairly small, but very well done. Admittedly, we went hoping for a more fire and brimstone vibe following the general attitude toward immigration perpetuated in the news. It was actually fascinating and provided an objective history of the department.

Was interesting and well displayed. Fairly comprehensive exhibits with the history of the National Border Patrol.

An interesting stop along with the archeological museum next door.

Very small but had a lot of interesting things to check out

I enjoyed everything the surrounding was awesome I must say they have good info on whats needed to know

Fun little free museum in a city where theres not much to see.

Very interesting place to learn about the work of the border patrol. And its free!

Educational and unique experience

Great place to vist Grandkids enjoyed it

This is a small museum that can take 30-45 minutes or a couple of hours if you want. There are some really cool seizures on display, as well as historical artifacts & photos from Border Patrol history. Its a really enjoyable experience, and free to the public, but donations are always welcome.

If youre interested in the subject (immigration) then this museum is a must see. It mixes well documented history with some interesting equipment used to patrol the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada. Its doable in a one hour visit.

Nice history of CBP

There are actually a lot of interesting historical facts to learn here. They have actual artifacts, real confiscated items, and retired border Patrol land/air/sea vehicles. The wall of heroes memoir that they have is humbling. The building is a bit deceiving, I think its bigger than it seems from the outside. If you are attending EPCC you can get some Tejano pass points here.

Free to visit, learned a lot about the old patrol. Very informative museum.

Quite detailed history about the people that established, operate and protect our borders.

Very interesting and historical I think is a nice place to visit in El Paso.

Cool place

.Outstanding exhibit.. thank you to all the border patrol serving us

Lots of pictures, full of information on the history of bp.

We have been through many Border Patrols this trip, so nice to understand what they are all about.

To students on a field trip here and they enjoyed the visit.

My brother got a puppy. good place would recommend.

If you live in el paso you have to Check this place out. Its a great place to learn about the people who protect our borders.

Quite nice day trip and located next to Archiological Museum. It has pictoresque mountain view location.

Awesome view of our US Boder patrol and is history.

Information in abundance with individuals to assist with questions.