The Centennial Museum

The museum contains artwork from some of El Paso's most renowned artists that depicts some of the area's history. A lintel-an eight-ton block of limestone-sits above the front doors. Carved into the lintel is a design created by the late Tom Lea, El Paso's "Renaissance Man." The design depicts Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca arriving at the Pass of the North in 1536. Lea's original drawing, which was used as a template for the carving, is housed in Special Collections at the University Library.