The Rio Grande 2021

Explore three exhibits about water at the Centennial Museum. The Water/Ways exhibit is a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit that has travelled the state of Texas over the past year, ending here in El Paso. The Smithsonian exhibit tells the story of water in the United States and the world, focusing on human's relationships with water for food, industry, and recreation, but also for religious purposes, artistic inspiration, and life itself. 

Water/Ways is also a local companion exhibit created by the Centennial Museum staff, focusing on water in the Chihuahuan Desert and utilizing research from UTEP's One Water Cluster. Where do we get our water? What is the history of water in our region? What is the future of water for El Paso and Juarez? Take a deep dive into the stories of settlement, agriculture, conservation, and ingenuity that made life possible in the middle of the Chihuahuan Desert.

Lastly, the Rivers and Basins exhibit supplements the Water/Ways exhibits by telling the stories of the world's rivers through paintings. These beautiful images inspire us to think about the world's great water ways, such as the Colorado, the Nile, and the Mississippi, yet they also teach us about the geological features and hydrological processes that are both shaped by and transform these rivers. Furthermore, play in the UTEP Geology department's EMRiver and see how these geologic and hydrologic processes take shape.

MAP to Museum. Parking is free on campus on Saturdays.