Andrew Metzger

The visitor center is a lovely little place, with a free photo booth (that both prints out a picture, and will email you if you enter your address), and helpful and enthusiastic staff. I highly recommend this as the first stop on your tour of Roswell, as they have helpful maps and good parking.

It might have been a great place some years ago, but it's looking pretty run down these days. A lot of the aliens are missing fingers, and many have their heads falling over. There's a good layer of dust on everything, and it really needs a coat of paint. It doesn't look like anything has been updated for a while. If you like spray foam and black lights, this is the place for you, but otherwise, I'd recommend merely browsing the dusty, er, "collectibles", and moving on.

While it's not a long experience, it's also quite inexpensive, and well kept. There are aliens and monsters from several franchises, as well as the artist's own work. You get a wrist band, and a loaner laser gun to zap the aliens. Great for kids, or adults who enjoy some simple fun.

There are a couple of exhibits that are a little loud (a screeching monster and a loud alien), and of course it's all dimly lit with blacklights, but overall accessible to all.