California Oil Museum
Google lists this as temporarily closed. Check the official site before you go — we surface this the day Google reports it, but we have not re-verified it ourselves.
Santa Paula, CA
Admission not confirmed — see oilmuseum.net
Curated by Simir Shah
★★★★★4.5(83 Google reviews)
Housed in the 1890 Union Oil Company headquarters building, with interactive exhibits, working models, vintage gas-station memorabilia and a real cable-tool drilling rig. Check the museum's site for current hours, price and first-Sunday family activities before you go.
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1001 E Main St, Santa Paula, CA 93060, USA
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What visitors say
- Michael Teoli★★★★★
We take part in the Passport 2 History (look it up if you don't know about it) and three of the passport museums are within walking distance of each other in Santa Paula! So my son and I took a day trip out to Santa Paula. We visited all three museums starting with The California Oil Museum! This FREE museum has a lot of stuff and has an excellent presentation! What I liked best was that there are a ton of things for little kids to do... push buttons and stuff happens and what not. There is a lot of cool antique gasolina here, signs, bulbs, etc. You won't spend too-too much time here, but make this your first stop, park in the lot and make your way to the other museums as well. A great day trip!
8 years ago
- Sam Chan★★★★★
Went there on a weekend road trip. It had a lot of interesting thing there. We learned about the history of oils drilling and ways we use the oil we pumped up. Our kids were amused.
5 years ago
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