El Paso Popular Tourist Attractions El Paso accommodates a variety of historically important buildings, museums for recognizing artistic work by the maestros and many sightseeing attractions. El Paso Museum of Art is one of the most soughed tourist destinations for the art lovers in the west Texas and Northern Mexico region. It is established in 1959, since then it has become the premier destination for art. This museum has accommodated more than 5000 pieces of art which includes European artists such as Bellotto, Canaletto and Artemisia Gentileschi with extensive collection of contemporary work by artists from the United States and Mexico. El Paso museum have five permanent galleries and most of them are exhibits cultures which are influenced by the area. The El Paso Museum of Art hosts a very popular event which is known as the 3rd Tuesdays. The museum is transformed into one of the hottest and sophisticated social place on 3rd Thursday of every month.