The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Museum, located at 2359 Holloman St., Conroe, held a soft opening Dec. 14. The new museum commemorates the history of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office with photos, mementos and artifacts from past to present. The opening coincided with the sheriff office's 185th anniversary.
Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson said it was a tremendous honor to be a part of the day's festivities.
"It's amazing that we've been around this long as one of the original Texas counties," he said. "The committee has worked so hard gathering these artifacts. Some of the them they even found on Ebay and purchased themselves because it was that important that some of these images, patches and badges were on display for everyone to see."
Henderson said many of the donated items came from retired law enforcement officers. Mementos displayed in the museum include patches, uniforms, books, equipment, and an old-school police motorcycle and squad car. The layout of the museum is a natural progression of the first sheriff's office built in 1837 to today's status as the seventh largest sheriff's office in Texas.
