Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum, Law enforcement history museum in Waco, Texas, United States.
The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum is a state-designated historical center in Waco, Texas, made up of the Homer Garrison Jr. gallery, the Hall of Fame, the Texas Ranger Research Center and the headquarters of Texas Rangers Company "F". The Garrison Gallery preserves more than 14,000 artifacts dating back to the founding of the Rangers, including rotating displays of 2,500 historic firearms and accessories.
The building opened in 1968 as the Homer Garrison Jr. Memorial Museum. The Texas state legislature designated it as the official Texas Rangers repository in 1997.
The collection includes firearms, badges, and personal belongings of Rangers, along with artworks showing scenes from their daily work. Visitors also see memorabilia from television series like The Lone Ranger, which shaped the public image of Rangers in popular culture.
The complex sits off Interstate 35 Exit 335B in Waco, with the Texas Ranger Research Center serving researchers; over 3,000 use it each year to trace ancestors or research books and films. Its collections hold more than 300,000 items, including Rangers' personal and case files, and the Rangers themselves have used it in cold-case investigations.
The building houses the headquarters of Company F Texas Rangers, who coordinate their operations from here. A memorial plaque lists the names of all Rangers who died in service between 1823 and 2004.
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