Texas Energy Museum
About Texas Energy Museum
The Texas Energy Museum is a museum in Beaumont, Texas in the United States. The museum was formed in 1987 to tell the story of oil through state of the art exhibits including talking robotic characters. The museum opened on January 10, 1990, the anniversary of the Spindletop gusher.
The museum is part of a concentration of several museums in the downtown Beaumont area. It is located adjacent to the Tyrrell Historical Library and the Art Museum of Southeast Texas. The Beaumont Children's Museum is temporarily located across the street in the Beaumont Civic Center. The Edison Museum and Fire Museum of Texas are within a few blocks.
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- Founded
- 1987
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01BeaumontJJonahJackalope · CC BY-SA 4.0
02Men of Vision -- Energy Museum -- Beaumont, TexasJim Evans · CC BY-SA 4.0
03Seismometer, Texas Energy MuseumJJonahJackalope · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within a mile of Texas Energy Museum; the closest, Beaumont Children's Museum, is practically next door.
