Your children's museum, La Nube, means 'The Cloud' in Spanish and opened here in 2024 after years of delays. This building opened on August 10, 2024 after several years of delays and was funded in part by El Paso bonds approved by voters on November 6, 2012 — a measure that totaled $473 million and carried 76% support, with $19 million earmarked for a children's museum. The city purchased the future site in January 2016, a former Greyhound maintenance facility at 201 West Main Street, paying $1.27 million; Greyhound removed underground fuel tanks and any asbestos at their own expense.
La Nube cost $72 million and holds 77,000 square feet (7,200 m2) of floor space. Inside, nine zones explore scientific topics, and you can imagine the scale of the Anything's Possible Climber, a 50-foot-tall (15 m) climbing structure focused on shapes. Stand here and feel how civic votes, a bold purchase, and patient work became a place for curious kids and families.
Picture the Anything's Possible Climber rising fifty feet inside, one of nine zones built for curious kids.