Roswell Museum and Art Center

in the 1940s, the city of roswell assumed control of the museum and a donor program brought in works by georgia o'keeffe, marsden hartley, stuart davis, john marin, and others. esther goddard also gifted the museum with one of its most significant historical collections: dr. robert h. goddard's material research on liquid-fuel rockets.[4] goddard's rocket tower now stands in the museum's courtyard. in the robert h. goddard exhibit, visitors may see a moon rock donated by harrison schmitt from the apollo 17 mission.