Wiess Energy Hall

Along with displays of fossils, gems, and regional wildlife, the Houston Museum of Natural Science is host to the Wiess Energy Hall. This wing of the museum includes educational displays demonstrating the formation of oil, modern methods of oil extraction, and the future of energy production. The colorful displays are designed to engage curious minds…

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East Texas Oil Museum

East Texas Oil Museum1301 S. Henderson Blvd.Kilgore, TX 75662 Winter/Spring HoursWednesday-Saturday: 10AM – 5PM AdmissionAdults: $8Children 3-11yo: $5Children Under 3: Free The East Texas Oil Museum is the prototype for all modern oil museums. It’s historic life sized 1930s boom town, working models of oilfield technology, and animated “Elevator Ride to the Center of the…

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West Kern Oil Museum

West Kern Oil Museum 1168 Wood St, Taft, CA 93268 Taft, CA 93268 Driving past the orchards, stockyards, and oil wells of central California, it seems only natural to come across the expansive yard of retired oil derricks and other oilfield equipment that greets any visitor to the West Kern Oil Museum. The West Kern…

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The Kern County Museum

Kern County: Rich in Oil and History Kern County has been a major oil hub since oil started being extracted back at the turn of the 20th century. Even before wildcats began drilling for black gold, Native Americans had been using the black, sticky material that seeped out of the ground to waterproof baskets and…

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Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum

Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum5550 Jimmy Simmons BlvdBeaumont, TX 77705 HoursTuesday-Saturday: 10 AM – 5 PMSunday: 1 – 5 PM Admission: Adults: $5Seniors: $3Children 6-12: $2Children Under 5: Free The Texas Oil Boom began on January 10, 1901. On that day, Captain Anthony F. Lucas reached oil underneath Spindletop—a salt dome three miles south of…

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Texas Energy Museum

Texas Energy Museum600 Main StreetBeaumont, Texas 77701​ HoursTuesday – Saturday 9 am – 5 pmSunday – 1 pm – 5 pm​ AdmissionAdults $5Children (6-12) $3Seniors (65 & over) $3​ The Texas Energy Museum in Beaumont, Texas boasts one of the most elegantly curated and educational collections among those featured by The Drillings. Extensive displays dive…

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Kansas Oil Museum

Kansas Oil Museum383 E Central AveEl Dorado, KS 67042 Summer Hours (Memorial Day – Labor Day)Tuesday – Friday: 10AM – 4PMSaturday: 9AM – 5AM Winter Hours (Labor Day – Memorial Day)Tuesday – Friday: 10AM – 4PMSaturday: Noon – 5PM AdmissionAdults: $8.00Seniors: $6.00 Students 6-18: $4.00Children Under 6: FREE The Kansas Oil Museum is features an…

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World’s Richest Acre

World’s Richest Acre101-199 E Main St Kilgore, TX 75662 Hours 24-hours AdmissionFree In a town with over 1,000 wells in the down town alone, the World’s Richest Acre is a 1.195-acre standout in the East Texas Oil Boom. While the boom began in 1930, it wasn’t until June 17, 1937 that the Mrs. Bess Johnson-Adams…

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Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources

Smackover brought Arkansas to the national attention in 1920s when it was ranked 1st amongst the nation’s oil fields.  Before the oil industry came to Smackover, the region struggled producing cotton and timber. On January 10, 1921, the The Busey No. 1 well near El Dorado, Arkansas and 15 miles from Smackover blew in as Arkansas’ discovery…

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Permian Basin Petroleum Museum

The scent of the oil fields is heavy in the air of Midland, Texas, an industry hub and home to the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum.  Ever since the discovery of oil in the Permian Basin with the Santa Rita No. 1 in 1923, Midland has become an administrative center for west Texas’ oil fields.  Midland continues to produce one…

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