Support the Museum Expansion Campaign

The Museum is Growing and We Need Your Support

Established in 2008, the mission of the Frank Brownell Museum of the Southwest is to restore and display the nation’s most important and historic firearms.

The Frank Brownell Museum of the Southwest is embarking on a $2.6 million expansion campaign. It is the largest expansion of this landmark museum since it first opened in 2008.  The expansion will increase the size of the current museum from 2,750 sq. feet to more than 7,000 sq. feet, add state-of-the art exhibit space, include a restoration workshop, and expand collections and educational programs. Among many of the highlights of our new museum will be a history of this storied landscape – from the early nomadic Native Americans to more recent times including the Spanish conquistadors, mountain men, the Santa Fe Trail, and the cowboy era. And our Gunquariums which will be sixteen feet long by ten feet tall and house 200 long guns and 100 handguns! 

When completed, the museum will educate more of the public about the guns and heroes who protected our freedom – inspiring a new generation to service.