Fantastic little museum we had never known about! The concept and layout is sooo cute and well thought out. You can go into all displays like the drug store, bank, and a printing press. And there’s even a old time theatre you can watch a show in! I loved the elevator to the center of the earth “ride”! Highly recommend this little piece of history!

Had an excellent time here today with my wife. Our tour guide, Steve, was excellent and kept us entertained with historical facts and stories. This is definitely a must see destination when visiting East Texas.

My 8 year old son and I had such a good time here, so much history about East Texas and the oil found here and that is still a rich resource of this area still today. If you are in the Piney woods of East Texas I would make time to fit in a visit to this museum.

Great history about the oil industry. Strongly suggest the guided tour if your schedule allows.

So nice to visit again. Have been visiting from time to time since the 80s but its been a long time since I was here last. There were some new touches and updates but the spirit of the place remains. This is a great museum to learn about the history of oil exploration in East Texas.

Museum has a very credible recreation of the boom time era of the oil rush and how it profoundly affected Kilgore, TX.There is also a great recreation of businesses from that era.I would skip the movies.

I love this place. My wife and I visit every time were in East Texas. Wonderful museum. Seen it a thousand times, and still cant wait to go. Kilgore is a beautiful town.

Very informative, Im from PR. Love history, High Schools in Puerto Rico we learn abt US history. Did service for the US Army 8 yrs. How many peoples in the US know where is Puerto Rico. And we are citizen.

This is a great museum. Even smaller children will be enthusiastic when they visit the lifelike dioramas depicting life and commerce during the 1930s oil boom.

Super friendly staff. The volunteers are wonderful and full of knowledge

Amazing museum. Turned out to be much more than I expected. Definitely a great step back into history.

I actually visited this place with a friend who had previously worked here, and so I got a more behind-the-scenes at how this works. This museum is incredible and I absolutely recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the oil riggings in East Texas. They have thousands, if not tens of thousands, of artifacts from the past hundred or so years that give an immersive look into what it was like in that time period. They have interactive exhibits, such as an elevator that takes you down into the earth and explains each layer of earth and how the oil is pulled out. They also have a small town, with artifacts in each building, and explanation for all of it. They even have a free newspaper in the style of that time period! All in all, an amazing experience for a low cost, and I would definitely recommend!

A friend who lives in Longview (lifelong resident) took me to the museum when I visited her. I was impressed with how well information was presented - not boring for an adult, and challenging for children. The collection of oil related items from the area is very impressive. A worthwhile stop if youre in the area!

I was pleasantly surprised at my experience with the East Texas Oil Museum. Its not just about rigs and pumps. You get a real sense of what life was like during the oil boom. Included were interactive features, a movie, and life sized diaramas of the time. The elevator was a great learning experience.

It is the best museum I have ever been in.Loved it. Great information

Good place to learn about the east Texas oilfield boom days... For children and adults.

Lots of interesting things to see. Great tour staff. Good family fun!

A friend recommended visiting here and we are so glad she did. What a great place to learn about the oil boom and oil history. The staff and volunteers were so friendly and the displays were incredible. Plan to stay a bit here as there is so much to see.

Lots of awesome information. Great price to get in with either guided tour included in entry fee. Cute gift shop. Definitely can see myself coming back again!

A very pleasant surprise. Tells the story of the oil boom in East Texas in the 2930s. Fascinating!

Very cool and worth checking out

It could be one of my favorites museums! It use technology and involved me in the history.

Loved it!!! Great experience to learn about how the Wild Oil west was

I have lived in east Texas for fee years now and I never heard of this place before. I came with my family and I was impressed how amazing it is. Very unique.

Love learning about towns ive never been to!!

Fantastic museum! Such an awesome set up for such a quaint museum. Looking at the outside you wouldnt expect so much awesome to be hiding within it.

It is an awesome piece of history. Love walking back in time. So worth your trip if youve never been

Really neat place to see. Can be seen in a few hours and would make a great educational and entertaining afternoon visit.

Awesome museum, friendly ppl

Great place has alot of great history

I had a wonderful time. I only wish I had gone earlier in the day because there was so much to see and I didnt have time to see everything.

Beautifully pull museum left me learning so much more about the world

If you havent been there, you dont know what history youre missing. Excellent tour and learning experience!

The Lonesome Dove exhibit was great. However, the oil town replica was amazing, along with the multiple theatre presentations. Great experience.

AWESOME place to visit.

Really interesting. Great tour and reasonable cost. Good for whole family.

Way better than I expected! Pricing was under $40 for 4 adults and a child, the museum was a really good size and had lots of activities/interactive things to do. Very clean and the staff were above and beyond friendly. Gift shop was reasonably priced.This museum tells the history/story of the east texas oil boom and lets you walk around in a recreated version of a town during that time period. You can tell a lot of work & care went into this museum.Theres a really cool elevator puppet show, lots of shops to walk in and out on your own to discover. Theres also a neat little movie theater that actually has showing times for a movie about the oil boom. I would go again!

This is a wonderful museum with lots of great information and beautiful exhibits. My son was working on a social studies project when we visited and all of the volunteers are helpful, accommodating, and ready to answer questions.

8 minute elevator ride was something different. Liked it!

Very interesting local museum

Going back!! Lived here for years and never been. Should have went years ago. Enjoyed it much

Awesome place to learn the history of the great old boom in Texas. They just finished their renovations and back open for business. Great for the kids during school vacations.

A lot of reading but it was great

Great history! Remodel is great!

So much fun!!

Great Museum! Loved how immersive and interactive it is. Very creative, fun, and informative! Some exhibits were out of order for remodeling, but I was ok with that because I knew they were invested in improving it for generations to come.

Wonderful museum! Much more than I thought it would be.

Great fun for you and your family

Very informative. Great staff. Students learned alot and enjoyed the trip

Great museum. But I love the oil business and its history so Im a bit biased

Such a cool place. I personally learned a lot. Thanks.

I love how the history is so well preserved!!

Tour guide talked forever

We visited family in Tyler and they took us here for a day outing with the kids. We didnt know what to expect and was pleasantly surprised. The exhibits chronicle the great East Texas oil boom during the prohibition (1930s). An elevator ride, interactive diorama, and a full scale model of downtown Kilgore complete with animatronics are some of the highlights. The kids loved running around and exploring the different areas of the museum. A fun day was had by all!

Very unique museum. I would recommend to anyone, young or old!

Pretty neat and educational. Glad to see they are finally doing some updates! Great place to visit if youve never been. Be sure to ride the elevator!

Great place to see. I didnt expect to like it but I found it really interesting and would go again if I am in the area!!!!!

Great location to find out about the East Texas oilfield history. Wonderful people very friendly and very welcoming. I must stop if in East Texas

Very cool piece of history!

Neat place to learn about Kilgore and the early oil industry.

One of the best museums we have visited. The ticket prices are very reasonable esp. considering that they have a lot to offer. The museum consists of different areas - artefacts, photos, small theatre with timed shows about the discovery of oil in the area, replica village with moving and talking dolls, a discovery elevator ride (made to look like its going down into the earths core). Plenty for kids to learn from. Decent gift shop and nog overcrowded.

We loved this, great history well displayed!!

GREAT PLACE TO VISIT

Small but excellent. Great staff. Educational for all ages.

Very fun! Insteresting if you take the time to notice everything. The diner looking joint was my favorite.

Very interesting museum. Our guide was wonderful and the history of the area is very colorful.

Amazing history!

This place has changed very little since I was a child. Very interesting and a great place to take the whole family. I always love visiting.

It has a model town and show that my little kids enjoyed.

Great place, very interesting and kid friendly

Great Museum

I liked it! Especially since I had time after studying at the library.

Such a great East Texas museum about the finding of oil in East Texas and how it came about.

I loved going here as a kid and love going here as an adult with my family.

Got the guided tour and it was awesome. Very informative.

If youre staying at Kilgore or even passing by, you NEED to stop here. This museum is fantastic (especially the downtown scene) I highly recommend this place for people of all ages.

Very cool place. Lots of interesting history.

Great place to learn about your towns history and its educational for the kids

Enjoyed my visit learned a lot!

Love this place!!!! Gives alot of details of life during the Texas oil boom!!

Great musuem and my family loved it!

Very interesting and it even has some comedy.

A fascinating history of the OIL BOOM days in East Texas... A definite on anyones Bucket List!

It was great well done a must see

Nic3 place to learn about life and (hard) work back in the boom era

Kilgore, Texas is 15 minutes from me nice little oil town my kids went to school there

Very educational

Definitely worth the entry fee

Great history preserved!

Really cool experience feels like you stepped back in time!

Really enjoyable especially for younger kids

I caught a pikachu here. Awesome

We had a great time!

Cool place

Enjoyed very much

10 out of 10 must see in Kilgore Texas.

Great Museum.

Fasinating

Good

This was an amazing place