Texas Energy Museum facts for kids
The museum in 2024
|
|
| Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 420: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Established | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Location | 600 Main Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701 |
| Type | Technology museum |
| Collection size | Petroleum technology artifacts - 2,000 items Geology and paleontology specimens - 250 Petroleum well service equipment - 20 items Petroleum exploration equipment - 200 items Household items - 2,000 Research papers relating to Southeast Texas oilfields including Spindletop Spindletop Oilfield photographs (1901-1902) - 87 images |
| Public transit access | BMTS Route #6 (Refinery) Route #7 (South Park) Route #8 (Pear Orchard) |
| Nearest parking | Free, adjacent to museum |
The Texas Energy Museum is a cool place in Beaumont, Texas, USA. It opened in 1990 to share the amazing story of oil. You can see awesome exhibits, even talking robots! The museum was started in 1987. It celebrates the day the famous Spindletop oil well exploded.
This museum is in downtown Beaumont, where many other museums are. It's right next to the Tyrrell Historical Library and the Art Museum of Southeast Texas. The Beaumont Children's Museum is also nearby. You can find the Edison Museum and Fire Museum of Texas just a few blocks away.
Contents
Exploring the Texas Energy Museum
The museum has two floors full of exciting displays. The exhibits are hands-on and interactive. They teach you all about how oil is found, its history, and how it's produced. You'll learn a lot about the huge Spindletop oil discovery. This discovery changed the oil industry forever!
The museum's collections include items from two other museums. These are the Spindletop Museum of Lamar University and the Western Company of North America Museum.
What You'll Discover at the Museum
Here are some of the cool things you can learn about:
- How Oil Forms: Find out how oil was made deep underground. It took millions of years for it to form!
- Finding Oil: Learn how geologists study rocks. They use this knowledge to guess where oil might be hidden.
- Drilling for Oil: See how oil wells are drilled. It's simpler than you might think!
- Making Products from Oil: Discover how crude oil is changed. It becomes many products we use every day.
- The Spindletop Story: This section tells about the amazing oil discovery at Spindletop in 1901. It was near Beaumont, Texas. This event completely changed the oil world!
Plan Your Visit
Source:
Museum Hours
The museum is open from Tuesday to Saturday. You can visit from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. On Sundays, it's open from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
Admission Prices
- Adults: $5.00
- Kids (ages 6-12): $3.00
- Seniors (65 and older): $3.00
See Also
- List of petroleum museums
- List of museums in East Texas
- Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum
- Spindletop
- Texas oil boom
- Anthony Francis Lucas
- Patillo Higgins
- McFaddin-Ward House
