Ask the Ranger Museum


Featured Videos: Ask the Ranger Museum

Produced by The City of Waco

Presented by The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, Ask the Ranger Museum allows you to ask questions of active and retired Texas Rangers, forensics specialists, historians, museum personnel and others. Upcoming guests will be advertised on our Facebook page along a means for viewers worldwide to post questions for the host.

Christine Rothenbush, Marketing & Development Specialist, and Audrey Ladd, Education Programs Manager, developed the series. It presents insight into the modern Texas Rangers service, its history, and how we collect, preserve and make available the artifacts, artwork and archives of the service.

  • Episode 1: July 2020 Interview with then Co. "F" Lieutenant James Thomas about his inspiration to become a Texas Ranger, earning a PhD degree and his hopes for the future.
  • Episode 2: September 2020 Interview with retired Austin police officer and Texas Ranger historian Doug Dukes about his career and new book, Firearms of the Texas Rangers.
  • Episode 3: November 2020 Interview with Co. "F" Texas Ranger Cody Mitchell about his career and the Interdiction for the Protection of Child (IPC) program.
  • Episode 4: April 2021 Interview with retired Captain Richard Sweaney who specialized in forensic hypnosis and tracking.
  • Episode 5: June 2021 Interview featuring our Collections Department team. Go behind the scenes of the Museum collections and exhibits.
  • Episode 6: August 2021 Interview with Administrative Department on coping with COVID and future of the Museum.