Thu, Jan 29
|El Paso
2026 Forty Years in El Paso:Tom Lea's Collection Exhibit at The Plaza Hotel
Join us for an upcoming celebration at the historic Plaza Hotel, where we will unveil Tom Lea’s WW Mills: 40 Years in El Paso illustrations!
Time & Location
Jan 29, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
El Paso, 106 W Mills Ave, El Paso, TX 79901, USA
About the event
Join us for an upcoming celebration at the historic Plaza Hotel, where we will unveil Tom Lea’s WW Mills: 40 Years in El Paso illustrations!
🎉 The Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park is pleased to unveil Tom Lea’s WW Mills: 40 Years in El Paso illustrations during three seperate receptions this year ( JAN 29, FEB 26, and MAR 26). Originally opened as the Plaza Hotel by Conrad Hilton on November 30, 1930, the property was reopened to the public by Paul Foster in June of 2020. Now, and in partnership with the Tom Lea Institute, the hotel will host an exhibit featuring 22 illustrations by Tom Lea, along with a display of the original book.
🎨Published by Carl Hertzog in 1962, Forty Years at El Paso, 1858–1898 recounts W.W. Mills’ experience in the then small adobe settlement of El Paso. Arriving in 1858, Mills describes what everyday life was like,…