Learn all about the history of black gold and its impact on the surrounding community at this unusual museum. The highlight here is the chance to travel through an astonishing forest of oil rigs, pump jacks, and the mechanical infrastructure that has powered the modern economy.
The museum is only open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
March 28, 2023
Kilgore, Texas
At this rural museum, visitors can experience "Boomtown U.S.A.," a lifelike re-creation of an oil boomtown in the 1930s.
Oil Springs, Ontario
A petroleum heritage museum on the site where James Miller Williams dug the first commercial oil well on the continent in 1858.
Stavanger, Norway
An impressive museum dedicated to the resource that made the Scandinavian country rich.
Lisbon, Portugal
One man's remarkable private collection of art from around the world.
Lawton, Oklahoma
It is one of the few places in the world with a tar pit.
Peru, Indiana
An aviation museum dedicated to the Cold War era next to the Grissom Air Reserve Base.
Queens, New York
A working art museum inside a psychiatric center where patients create and exhibit paintings, sculptures, installations, and even recorded music in their own studios.
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Four thousand years of history come alive through interactive exhibits and storytelling traditions.
