The National Border Patrol Museum in El Paso, Texas, is the only museum devoted solely to the history of the U.S. Border Patrol. Founded through a 1979 vote by the Fraternal Order of Retired Border Patrol Officers, it was incorporated in 1980, operated in the Cortez Building from 1985 to 1992, and opened its present facility in 1994. Located beside the El Paso Museum of Archaeology at the base of the Franklin Mountains within Castner Range National Monument, it houses exhibits on the agency’s history, including weapons, vehicles, helicopters, badges, dogs, art, and displays on methods used to cross the Mexico-United States border.