International UFO Museum
Explore exhibits about the Roswell story and UFO reports. Museum narratives are not independent proof of extraterrestrial events.
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A place worth knowing
Make room for Roswell.
Have fun with Roswell’s UFO stories, then look beyond the theme for art, local food and wildlife. Choose your museum from current visitor listings rather than assuming every venue is open.
A few good ways to begin.
Choose a stop, then leave room for the unexpected.
Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Check current refuge routes and seasonal wildlife-viewing information before an outing outside town.
Visitor details ↗Downtown art & local life
Choose an available gallery, public-art walk or local-history stop from the city’s current destination listings.
Visitor details ↗Eat & drink
Choose a local food stop around Roswell using the visitor dining directory. Confirm menus, opening days and reservations with the business.
Explore local dining ↗Stay awhile.
Choose a base for your days around Roswell. Compare dates, location and the operator’s booking terms.
Explore Roswell places to stay ↗A little farther along.
Your next good stop.
Find a business. Put yours on the map.
Browse published places around Roswell. Business details are supplied by their owners.
Photo credits & visitor sources
Real New Mexico photographs. Photo dates vary; images illustrate places, not current weather or operating conditions.
- A colorful, though otherworldly, couple in Roswell, a small city in the southeast corner of New Mexico that lacked much of a national identity until one day in 1947 when, believers say, an unidentified flying object, or UFO, landed in the nearby desert — Carol M. Highsmith. Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress No known restrictions on publication. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- Scene at White Sands National Park in southern New Mexico's Tularosa Basin — Carol M. Highsmith. Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress No known restrictions on publication. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- Big Room, Carlsbad Cavern (51202438416).jpg — CarlsbadCavernsNPS. Big Room, Carlsbad Cavern Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
Independent visitor sources; inclusion is not a paid placement or an endorsement by the source.
County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, New Mexico FIPS35. Six WTDO areas are editorial discovery groupings.