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California Oil Museum

Santa Paula California. Housed in the original Union Oil Company building the museum offers docent-led tours of the upstairs where restored offices from the 1890s provide visitors with a personal, hands-on experience of the early California oil business. In addition to the permanent petroleum exhibits, the Museum presents new exhibits of science, transportation and history throughout the year.

Conoco Museum

This world-class facility celebrates the success of Conoco, which was built not by just one person, but by thousands of employees bonded by old-fashioned practicality and sheer determination. It is their stories that create the heritage that truly is the spirit of Conoco. Located in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

Hathaway Ranch & Oil Museum

Dedicated to preserving early twentieth century farming, ranching and oil culture of Fulton Wells, which later became Santa Fe Springs, California.

Kansas Oil Museum

The Kansas Oil Museum is the one of the largest museums in the state with a focus on the history of America's early 20th-century oil industry. We also preserve and interpret the history of Butler County, Kansas, from the earliest days of the Native American tribes and the pioneers, to small-town and ranch life of the 1900s. In addition to curating both permanent and seasonal exhibits, we function as the Historical Society of Butler County, with a large research library and extensive archival and photographic collections.

Norman #1 Museum | City of Neodesha

Norman #1 was the 1st oil well drilled west of the Mississippi River drilled on the garden plot of T.J. Norman, a local blacksmith and became the 1st of what would become known as the Mid-Continent Oil Field of Southeast Kansas. Located in Neodesha, Kansas.

Olinda Oil Museum & Trail

Brea, California.

West Kern Oil Museum

Taft, California.