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.
Glen Arbor, Michigan
Swing by this brightly painted former cannery on the water for a crash-course in local boating history.
Campeche, Mexico
This historic, pentagon-shaped fort houses the City Museum.
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
The spoon-bending sensation himself leads visitors on tours.
Augusta, Georgia
An authentic recreation of a 19th-century museum for "working class folks."
