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.
Brooklyn, New York
Try an original egg cream at this museum located inside one of the last surviving old-fashioned seltzer factories in America.
Blackpool, England
See reconstructed Spitfires and other World War II-era planes in a hangar originally used by the Royal Air Force.
Elburg, Netherlands
One of the largest sandsculpture installations in the world, this exhibit boasts a unique combination of sprawling sand scenes, theological musings, and salvaged shipwrecks.
Taiwan
A museum of puppets and puppetry covering all Asian styles.
