Who would believe that we would have a world class museum in West Texas? It has some cool art galleries and minerals.

This was a very cool and interesting place.There is alot to learn here, interactivity.Kids would love this place

Permian Basin Petroleum Museum is a Harvest Host location that allows RVers to stay overnight in their large parking lot. Had a great visit inside the museum and sites around the property.

Very interesting place. I never knew there was so much to learn about petrolium. I am definitely going to stop in again.

As its Name entails; This is a great Museum for the whole Family. So many interesting things to see and do. 40,000 plus feet inside and alot more outside. Which can be part driving and part walking. Very nice Gift shop also. Go and have some fun you will learn so much of how Oil touches our everyday lives...

The kids and I visited the oil patch and had a great time. Everything was clean and well taken care of. It was a pleasure checking out all the displays.

This is a good place to learn the history of not just the oil industry but the history of the area.

Very fun place for the kids. Take it slow and look at every exhibit and read all the info about it! Lots of cool interactive features for the kids. Adults had fun too. Wall through the entire place they have fossils and gems and crystals, paintings, and race car exhibits . Only cost us about $40 for my whole family.

Recommend for anyone in the oil and gas industry, and anyone passing through. Ive been in the field for years and it was so refreshing and informative, felt like I learned a lot here. It was neat to see how far the industry has evolved. Make sure to drive around the back to see the progression of pump jacks!

The upgrades have been fantastic. Very unique museum and lots to see. I wish I had more time to visit.

Very informative and entertaining for both kids and adults. spend at least 2.5 hours to explore it all. 12 for adult 8 for kids. free for 6 and younger.

More than just a oil and gas museum. Since my background is in oil and gas it was great to see the transition of rigs throughout the last 100years by just going for a walk outside.... spend some time and read up about the rich history of oil and gas in the area both inside and outside. Museum has great layout inside and flows smoothly from exhibit to exhibit.

Was drug to this museum with by wife, fortunately it was not at all what I expected. I was amazed at how educational, entertaining and and very tech filled for the kids. The museum ranges from early oil production exploration to race cars to beautiful rock/gem exhibits. If you decide to view the different pumping units located behind the museum, I suggest driving from the east (right) of the building near the old wooden rig and drive northwest. There is a parking area at the unit viewing area.

We love this place. Its a great place for your company holiday party, too!!

Much more than we expected. Really well done. Clean, displays were engaging and informative.

This place well exceeded my expectations! Amazing experience, full of science displays. Geology, History, technology...this museum is extremely well done. Educational and entertaining- well worth the $12 dollar entry fee.

I highly recommend this museum to anyone who is close enough to see it! It doesnt matter if you are a local, passing through or just moved here this Museum is beautiful and full of great information for adults and children there are even fun strollers to use for free as you make your way though all the exhibits. My family had a blast and we loved getting in the race car! I hope you will stop by and enjoy this wonderful museum!

Very informative, anyone who wants to know and learn oil history, this is the place. Loved the exhibits and staff were amazing.

I love history ! If you like history stop by it.

I loved everything about this experience. The staff was helpful. The grounds were clean. The exhibits were very interesting. I think that this museum makes for a fascinating and educational experience. There is something there for all ages. It is a real eye opener for the non oilfield people... and for those who work in the industry, the history is informative and interesting. Best of all... its free.

Nice overall oil industry info. With Permian details

Great place to see alot of different things. Great place to take children!!!

Everything you would want to know about drilling oil. Very interesting and educational.

Great place to learn and have fun! Neat exhibits and plenty to interact with along with great gifts. Worth a stop for sure

What a great place to learn the history of oil and The Permian Basin. Lots of hands on items to keep you mentally engaged. Great art exhibits and crystal collections too!

Learned a lot about oil drilling. The museum had a lot of interactive educational displays. The museum includes the Chaparral car museum, artwork, rare gem &minerals display and a small kids museum area. Well worth the visit for anyone in the area.

This place is so nice to take the kids to! Theres so much information and things to see! I love how clean and well made this Museum was! My kids had fun on the activity sections they could use and try! When we were leaving there was a group of moms with their children so Im guessing they met there for an activity that was about to happen in one of the rooms! I do highly recommend !!

Great Museum in out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere Midland, Texas. Plenty of exhibits and activities for all ages. Dont forget to check out the Chaparral Museum and the art and gemstone galleries. The rigs out back are very informative too.

No other words than excellent. I highly recommend to go with at least 3 hours before they close. Too much stuff to see and very interactive. I liked my visit, for sure, I will go again.

One the best things you can do in this area

Awesome museum, folks in Midland have a jewl here!

Well educated information to collect during the visit. Im 39 but forget about the tube tv already, great to see those vintage old days stuff again. More than knowledge I learn from this place. Well done.

Very informative and fun museum. The outdoor exhibits were very nice and I loved the Chaparral gallery.

Very interesting and educational for people of all ages

I love bringing my kids here!

This is a very good Museum. This displays are informative and contain real oil drilling items. The dioramas are very well done. They have a lot of interactive displays that young and oil old will enjoy. A very good place to bring children. This museum is well worth the money. There is ample parking and free outside displays.

This was a very interesting place learned a lot about the oilfield it had really cool drilling rigs outside. Very information is a must see if youre ever in the Midland Odessa area!!

Has a lot of great exhibits showing both the history of the petroleum industry and current technology. Other exhibits include the Chaparral Gallery with the history of the Jim Hall racing team, including several of the cars; and the Mineral Gallery with lots of superb mineral specimens.

We went on a family fun night and all of us had a blast

This museum was an excellent trip. Theres lots to see and do, including a fun ride for kids. Id recommend this for kids 6+ to go have fun and spend a couple of hours.

Wonderful museum. Great place for kids to learn about all the uses of petroleum.

I regularly visited this museum about five years ago, and I cant wait to see what has improved! I also cant wait to explore the shop!

Great museum. Lots of stuff to see

Just superb. Great for kids, immersive and informative for those who want an excellent foundation to the petroleum industry here in West Texas also an overall understanding of the geology, throughout to technology. Wonderful historical references to the evolution of oil and gas exploration and development in West Texas.The Western masters artists display (currently on exhibit) was fantastic and educational fun (amazing how the museum configured the galleries of art seeing the artists development of a classic, from rendering of the West from pencil sketches through to the finished masterworks).Something for everyone especially good for kids to understand how much petroleum products and byproducts are omnipresent in thier lives despite the mis-informative propaganda shoveled out in every other outlet they are exposed to.Allow a couple of hours minimum. Interesting outside display of equipment too.

This museum is amazing. Very informative, architecturally sound and well managed. Great place to bring kids or just by yourself. Absolutely recommend to anyone!

It can really help kids understand energy and us fun

This museum is amazing, lots of friendly volunteers to talk with and all of the exhibits are very well displayed. Great for tourists, and families alike! Very glad I stopped in!

I love this museum. I enjoyed the Oilfield History they have on display. I Recommend everyone to visit the museum. Its a true Oil and Gas industry experience.

Lots of different interactive sections for kids to learn and play. Its definitely a multi-day visit. Well definitely be going back.

Great place to learn about the oil industry. Very interesting

Great exhibits, but would love to see more actual equipment (bowls, bearings, power units, etc).

Incredibly interesting museum!! Everyone from my in laws to my 4 year old was enthralled!! Something for literally everyone in your group: from race cars to the art aficionado in your life and on down to beautiful stones and geodes. Add to all of that the outside exhibit of petroleum equipment etc through the years and youve got a great afternoon planned!

Very interesting & educational museum!

I have visited many, many museums. This one is among the finest. It is so well done - fun, informative, beautiful. The lighting is exquisite lighting. The outside exhibits are also wonderful! Highly recommend this facility.

Lots you could learn what they make with oil

Want to know why Midland is Midland? Come here and see all the boom and busy of our wonderful city

The Petroleum Museum is fun and highly informative. I guarantee you will learn something you didnt already know. Worth more than the price of admission.

Really enjoyed seeing and learning some of the history behind the oil field and walking around the exhibits... Very relaxing from the stresses of life in West Texas... Highly recommend going at least once while in the area

This museum really does a good job telling the story of oil & gas. I would say other than the Houston energy exhibit this is second to none.

The world’s best (and only) Chaparral race car display, excellent! Equally impressive was the mineral display. Finally the museum’s main subject, the petroleum industry, was very well done and very informative. This is a must see while in Midland TX.

The building looks small from the outside but is bigger on the inside. You get the history of the area as well as the history of the petroleum industry and some race car history as well. We spent over two hours in the museum and did not see everything. We will probably be back.

We loved it! It was really fun, my one year old enjoyed herself (which is hard to do) and she loved the strollers lol. if we ever come this way again, I would visit!

Interesting museum. Very unique collection of petroleum history.

Really interesting! Worth the price of admission!

Very cool and informative!

A tremendous educational resource with lots pig visual and interactive displays.

The interactive displays were great for our grandsons.

Wonderful interactive museum

One of the few places to go in Odessa/Midland that doesnt involve dining out or drinking. Very informative museum and interesting to see the evolution of the oilfield. I particularly liked the variety of displays that showed a lot of the geological history of the Permian Basin, but also lots of displays that educate patrons about the necessity and reality of our need to drill for oil. Excellent mineral collection on display. Would have given 5 stars but a bunch of interactive displays were broken and not available which made the trip slightly disappointing.

Awesome place also has a store to buy cool looking gems and stones

Interesting mudeum on the history of oil n gas. Very well done exhibits

Great museum! It is recently renovated, so everything is pretty new. Takes you through the history of oil in Texas. You really learn how oil is viewed in culture and over time. It makes you appreciate the oil industry for how difficult it is to get out of the ground and the technological advances in the industry. Make sure you ask for the key at the front desk to go see the modern oil rig exhibit. Family friendly and informative without much bias.

Place of learning the importance of history in the oil patch clean atmosphere clean show rooms

Great place If you like history on oilfield!

Loved it! Great interactive exhibits and showcase of the rich history. Well worth a stop.

Had a great time here. A good place to learn about old days oilfield.Very interesting.

Very interesting, educational and enjoyable experience. A lot to see and learn about the history of this area.

Very impressed!! Lots of cool stuff, super clean and well maintained.

Very enjoyable and informative for entire family, 4 years old to 71.

It is a very nice and entertaining museum. It was more than what I was expecting. Exhibitions were high quality and with understandable explanations, they did a great job. I am a professional in the oilfield and I approve.Theres an outdoors exhibition were you can see oil derricks through time.

So interesting and a really good time! Ride the Petrotrekker

Enjoyed mine and my husband date at the museum.

Well done. Loved the Chaparral race cars.

Excellent! Informative! Clean.

Very interesting lots to see very enjoyable. Big drive though exhibit of oil rigs through the years

Very educational. We enjoyed the exhibits, especially the old equipment from the early days of drilling.

Fun little spot! Staff were very friendly.

Great museum, but way too much information. Needs to be much shorter and more general. I loved all of the Jim Hall racing cars.

Lovely interactive and intriguing museum. Very fun for children and adults.

Informative and fun. I love the exhibits and the Chaparral cars

Highly educative..good for school children

This was a great time for my girls they loved it. We are going to have to visit again soon

Awesome place to adventure! A lot of interactive displays for kids and kids at heart. Tons of information about the Permian Basin history and the oil boom.The race car gallery was a dream! Even a Chaperall replica for the kids to climb in for a photo op.The gallery of rocks was pretty cool too. All different sizes and colors.

Awesome place and friendly staff. We learned a lot..

Its educational and nice to just hang out

Great educational and versatile presentation.

Great place to visit . Thank you for an experience like no other

I have been in the oilfield for some yrs finally experienced the tour of this museum. Plan to be her all day to benefit from the inside and outside area of the museum. Enjoy you wont be disappointed.

Wow...this museum ls worth the 3hrs we spent and more if needed. This gives you the A to Z of the industry and several extra treats. All for 12 dollars for adults. Worth every penny.

I work the Renewable side of Energy, I was amazed and educated on things I never k ow about oil.. very awesome exhibit