The West-of-the-Pecos Museum occupies an old saloon and three floors of the historic hotel, once the area's finest. See restored ornate fixtures, accurate displays of life in the late 1800s, and the site where two outlaws were gunned down by quick-draw bartender, Barney Riggs. Fifty rooms of exhibits showcase Pecos and West Texas history, plus nformation on other Pecos attractions.
The adjacent park contains the first building in Pecos, the grave of Clay Allison, the "Gentleman Gunfighter," a replica of Judge Roy Bean's saloon, an Eclipse windmill, and offices of the tourist center and chamber of commerce.