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California Oil Museum

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The California Oil Museum highlights the history and inner workings of the state's "black gold" industry through hands-on, interactive exhibits, videos, models, photographs, and memorabilia. A separate building holds a working 1900s oil rig.

Address: 1001 E Main St, Santa Paula 93060
Phone: (805) 933-0076
Parking: Lot, Street
State: CA
City: Santa Paula
Street Number: 1001 E Main St
Zip Code: 93060
categories: community organization, history museum, landmark & historical place



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Reviews
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.
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!
This museum was decent much smaller than I expected. I probably wouldn't pay money to come here, so it's a good thing their tickets were free - you just need to get them in advance! The workers here are extremely annoying/strict about not getting too close to the artwork even if you're not touching them! Other than that, it was an okay experience.
A small museum with the wider story of oil in California. The exhibits are truly eclectic, but relevant. There's everything from real history and toys, to machinery and films. Then there's also the staff - absolutely brilliant. They care about the subject, they know a lot and they are keen to pass on the information. I'm very pleased that I took time out to visit.
Nice little museum, they have some displays aimed at kids. The full size oil drilling setup from the 1900's is impressive, it is in the side building be sure not to miss it. Unfortunately when I was here the back gallery was closed to set up a new exhibit and we did not get to see the second floor that is only by docent-led tour. This made the museum kinda small so if you can go when those parts are open.
Small museum full of history. Is was our very girls museum in California and it was a great experience. The staff introduced us to their museum passport. Worth $5 The passport is a book full of museums around California. It includes information about each museum and it has a place for you to collect their stickers/stamps. This is something great to do with kids and get them eager to visit museums. Be sure to stamp a time card when you walk in and walk out of this museum. It makes a great reminder of your experience.
Great historical museum lots of old artifacts including a working full sized early oil well pump, antique gas pumps, detailed scaled model off shore oil drilling rigs! Make sure to see upstairs at the old union oil company offices! Very well restored! Pics to follow soon.
Shannon was a great tour guide. You can tell she has a passion for history. She made my time at this museum great.
Really cool for anyone who likes history. A lot of pictures and artifacts that illustrate how different life was for the early adopters of Santa paula and the oil industry in general. Obviously biased to make the oil companies look good, but when you keep that in mind it's still a fun and educational place to go. It's fun and cheap enough where I would go back. The tour of the original offices was my favorite part.
The museum is smaller and more unknown than other more famous museums in the southern california area. But this museum does capture an important part of the California history which is often forgotten. Oil. Many people, including myself grow up not knowing how oil shaped southern California and continues to do so. Worth visiting if you're local to the area. They have big displays of some of the equipment used in the past. There's free parking.
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