Roswell Museum
A serious art, regional-history, and rocketry collection remains inaccessible after a major flood; the Roswell Museum is closed for an extended recovery with no confirmed reopening date.
Artwork inspired by Peter Hurd
The Roswell Museum's usual strength is the conversation among Southwestern modernism, regional history, and Robert H. Goddard's experimental rocketry. Paintings by artists including Peter Hurd, Henriette Wyeth, and Georgia O'Keeffe share a regional environment with the recreated workshop, prototypes, test equipment, and records of liquid-fueled rocket development near Roswell.
That ordinary visit is unavailable. The City describes the closure as an extended recovery and has suspended Goddard Planetarium shows until further notice. Planning estimates are not reopening promises; use the municipal facility page for current status.
Staff may mount temporary programs elsewhere, including one-day or partner-hosted events, but these do not constitute a standing replacement museum and have their own dates, addresses, access, and admission. Use the live City facility page for status and call 575-624-6744 about recovery-period programming rather than traveling to the closed Richardson Avenue building.
- Current status
- Temporarily closed
- Cause
- Flood damage and recovery work
- Reopening
- No confirmed date
Quick guide
- Do not plan
- An ordinary museum or planetarium visit
- For updates
- Use the live City status page
Understand the collection—and the current closure
- Know what is unavailable
- The art, history, Goddard galleries, and planetarium are not open for an ordinary visit at the Richardson Avenue facility.
- Do not infer a date
- Multiyear recovery estimates describe planning, not a promised reopening year or day.
- Treat offsite events separately
- A partner-hosted exhibition or one-day pop-up needs its own current location, schedule, access, and admission check.
- Use the City source
- The live municipal facility record is more reliable than stale admission links or historic schedules retained elsewhere.
Good to know
This is Roswell’s municipal art, history, and Robert H. Goddard rocketry museum—not the UFO attraction. Flood recovery can affect the building and planetarium, so confirm public access on the city’s official museum page rather than a third-party listing.
Notice these
- Temporarily closed after flooding
- Southwestern art and regional history
- Robert H. Goddard rocketry collection